Munki Akhter
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| Full name | Mosammat Munki Akhter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 December 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Rajshahi Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | ARB College | 8 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Rajshahi Stars | 9 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Bangladesh U17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Bangladesh U19 | 16 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Bangladesh | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 April 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Munki Akhter (Bengali: মুনকি আখতার; born 5 December 2008) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bangladesh Women's League club Rajshahi Stars and the Bangladesh national team.
ARB College Sporting
Munki plays for ARB College Sporting Club in the Bangladesh Women's Football League. During the 2020–21 season of the Bangladesh Women's Football League, her club, ARB College Sporting Club, finished as the runner-up.[2]
Rajshahi Stars
In 22 December 2025, she joined Rajshahi Stars FC.[3][4]
International career
Youth
In the 2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship, she scored three goals and helped her team clinch the championship.[5][6] In the same year, her team qualified for the 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup, with her scoring a goal against Laos.[7][8]
She scored the first hat-trick for the team against Bhutan in 2026 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship.[9][10]
Senior
In October 2024, Munki Akhter was named in the Bangladesh squad for the 2024 SAFF Women's Championship, where the team retained their title with a 2–1 victory over Nepal in the final.[11][12]
Bangladesh qualified for the AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time in history by finishing top of Group C in the qualifiers. The team secured dominant victories over Bahrain (7–0), Myanmar (2–1), and Turkmenistan (7–0), collecting all nine points from three matches. Their historic qualification was confirmed following a 2–2 draw between Bahrain and Turkmenistan. In the tournament, Munki contributed by scoring one of Bangladesh's seven goals against Bahrain.[13]
