Sandhiya Ranganathan
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Full name
Sandhiya Ranganathan
Date of birth
20 May 1998
Place of birth
Panruti, Tamil Nadu, India
Position
Forward
.jpg) Sandhiya in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sandhiya Ranganathan | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Panruti, Tamil Nadu, India | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | East Bengal | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Jeppiaar Institute | 5 | (3) |
| 2018–2021 | Sethu | 25 | (27) |
| 2023–2024 | Gokulam Kerala | 21 | (15) |
| 2024– | East Bengal | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | India | 48 | (10) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 February 2025 | |||
Sandhiya Ranganathan (born 20 May 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for East Bengal in the Indian Women's League, and the India women's national team.
She scored her first goal in 2018 in the COTIF Women's Football Tournament. Then she scored her second goal against Sri Lanka in the 2019 SAFF Women's Championship on 17 March 2019.[1] In 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Round 2 she scored another important goal for the national team against Nepal on 6 April 2019.[2]
Career statistics
International
- As of 26 February 2025
| National team | Year | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2019 | 17 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 10 | |
- Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 March 2019 | Sahid Rangasala, Biratnagar, Nepal |  Maldives | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2019 SAFF Women's Championship |
| 2. | 17 March 2019 |  Sri Lanka | 2–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 3. | 6 April 2019 | Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar |  Nepal | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2020 Olympic Qualifiers |
| 4. | 9 April 2019 |  Myanmar | 1–0 | 3–3 | ||
| 5. | 2 September 2019 | Yakkasary Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |  Uzbekistan | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 6. | 5 December 2019 | Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara, Nepal | Sri Lanka | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2019 South Asian Games |
| 7. | 4–0 | |||||
| 8. | 7 April 2023 | Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |  Kyrgyzstan | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2024 Olympic Qualifiers |
| 9. | 3–0 | |||||
| 10. | 29 October 2023 | Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |  Vietnam | 1–3 | 1–3 | |
Honours
India
- SAFF Women's Championship: 2019
- South Asian Games Gold medal: 2019
Sethu
Gokulam Kerala
East Bengal
Tamil Nadu
- Rajmata Jijabai Trophy: 2022–23[5]
- National Games Bronze medal: 2022[6]
Individual
- Indian Women's League Most Valuable Player: 2018–19
