Isabella Bandoja
Filipino footballer (born 2001)
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Isabella Marie Rabano Bandoja[2] (born March 30, 2001) is a Filipino footballer who plays for Hong Kong Women's League club TSL. She represents the Philippines at international level for futsal.
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Bandoja at the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Isabella Marie Rabano Bandoja[1] | ||
| Date of birth | March 30, 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Libmanan, Philippines[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TSL | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Tuloy | (54) | |
| 2025 | → Pinay5 | ||
| 2026– | → TSL | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Philippines (futsal) | 15 | (6) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of February 18, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of November 27, 2025 | |||
Early life
Bandoja was born on March 30, 2001.[3][4] At 14 years old, Bandoja was admitted by the Tuloy sa Don Bosco; a foundation for abandoned and indigent children ran by Catholic priest Rocky Evangelista. Football was initially just a hobby for Bandoja but she was able to pursue the sport more seriously after the foundation established a football program for girls.[5][6]
Career
Club
Bandoja became part of Tuloy around 2014 or 2015.[7] She played for her foundation's club Tuloy F.C. in the PFF Women's League. She was the top scorer for the 2018 and 2019–20 seasons.[6][8]
Her career went into hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] She did not play in the 2022 PFF Women's Cup but returned to the PFFWL for the 2023 season.[9] Along with Dela Salle's Angelica Teves, Bandoja was named co-awardee of the golden boot with both women 19 goals each for the season.[10]
In 2025, Bandoja joined the Pinay5 Futsal Club to play in the High 5 Futsal League.[11][12]
In January 2026, Bandoja joined Hong Kong club TSL coming in from Tuloy.[13][14]
International
Bandoja has been part of pool of the Philippines women's national team since 2019.[15] She has been invited to take part in the team's training camp at least thrice; the latest being in 2023.[16][17] She has yet to make her first international cap.[16] Bandoja would be named part of the Philippine squad for the 2024 Pinatar Cup[15][18] and later for the pair of friendlies against South Korea in April 2024.[19]
She has played for the Philippines national futsal team at the 2023 PFF Women's Tri Nations Futsal Invitational where the team finished second.[16] She captained the Philippine squad which took part at the 2024 ASEAN Women's Futsal Championship in Pasig.[20][21] She was the team's top scorer, making two out of four goals.[22]
In December 2024, Bandoja along with three fellow players resigned from the national futsal team after the PFF relieved Vic Hermans as head coach and announced a mandatory camp on short notice ahead of the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup qualifiers citing that the women's futsal is disorganized.[23][24]
However, Bandoja is among the players announced in April 2025 to have received a call-up for the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup competition proper, which the Philippines managed to qualify for.[25] She also played in the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup and scored the only goal of host Philippines in their 1–5 defeat to Argentina in the group stage.[26]
Career statistics
- International
- Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bandoja goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | October 19, 2023 | Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines |  Indonesia | 2–5 | 4–9 | PFF Women's Tri Nation Futsal Invitational | [27] |
| 2. | October 22, 2023 | Indonesia | 1–2 | 2–5 | [28] | ||
| 3. | November 16, 2024 | Philsports Arena, Pasig, Philippines |  Myanmar | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2024 ASEAN Women's Futsal Championship | [29] |
| 4. | November 20, 2024 | Indonesia | 1–0 | 1–2 | [30] | ||
| 5. | May 11, 2025 | Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot, China |  Hong Kong | 3–7 | 3–7 | 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup | [31] |
| 6. | November 27, 2025 | Philsports Arena, Pasig, Philippines |  Argentina | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup | [32] |
Honors
Individual