Sangita Basfore
Indian footballer
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Sangita Basfore (born 12 July 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for East Bengal in Indian Women's League and the India women's national team.[2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sangita Basfore | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Kalyani, West Bengal, India | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | East Bengal | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| West Bengal | |||
| –2016 | Chandney SC | ||
| 2016–2018 | Rising Students | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2024 | SSB Women | 26 | (10) |
| 2025– | East Bengal | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2016 | India U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2015– | India | 75 | (9) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 March 2026 | |||
Club career
West Bengal
Sangita had featured for the West Bengal State Team before moving to Rising Student Club.[4]
Rising Student Club
On 2016, Sangita signed for the Indian Women's League side Rising Student Club based in Odisha[5]
SSB Women
On 2018, Sangeeta signed for SSB Women's FC. On the 2018–19 Indian Women's League, SSB Women's qualified for the Semi-Finals by a comfortable 2–0 victory against Hans Women FC where Sangita scored a fabulous goal before they lost the semi-finals to Sethu FC on a big margin of 8–1. She ended up scoring 3 goals at the end of the season.[6][7][8][9]
International career
Sangita was selected for the India Women's U19 team at the age of 17. Sangeeta was called up for the Indian National Team at the age of 19 for the Olympics Tournament in 2016. Sangita scored her first international goal against Sri Lanka on 2019 SAFF Women's Championship in their group stage match which was held on 17 March 2019.[10][11] Sangita had also captained the national side against Uzbekistan in the 2019 Turkish Women's Cup which they lost 0–1.[12]
Career statistics
International
- As of 10 March 2026
| National team | Year | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 9 | |
- Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 March 2019 | Sahid Rangsala, Biratnagar, Nepal |  Sri Lanka | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2019 SAFF Women's Championship |
| 2. | 8 April 2021 | AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq, Uzbekistan |  Belarus | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 3. | 10 October 2021 | Hamad Town Stadium, Hamad Town, Bahrain |  Bahrain | 1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 27 October 2024 | Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal |  Nepal | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2024 SAFF Women's Championship |
| 5. | 30 December 2024 | Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru, India |  Maldives | 9–0 | 14–0 | Friendly |
| 6. | 23 June 2025 | 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand |  Mongolia | 1–0 | 13–0 | 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 7. | 2 July 2025 |  Iraq | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 8. | 5 July 2025 |  Thailand | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 9. | 2–1 |
Honours
India
- SAFF Women's Championship: 2016, 2019
- South Asian Games Gold medal: 2016, 2019
Rising Students Club
SSB Women