Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) Name Yumnam Devi -present India | Years Team | |
Date of birth (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 23) Place of birth Thoubal, Manipur, India | ||
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Kamala Devi Yumnam (born 4 March 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and an occasional striker for the Indian team.
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International career
Kamala Devi was a part of the Indian team that won the SAFF Championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014. At the 2012 tournament, she was awarded the Best Player of the Final. She finished the tournament scoring seven goals, also scoring in the final against Nepal, in the 83rd minute. At the 2014 Asian Games, she scored five goals in India's first match against Maldives. She scored five goals and was the top-scorer at the 2016 South Asian Games. It included a brace in the final against Nepal that helped her win the gold medal.
Club career
In 2016, Devi was signed by Eastern Sporting Union to play in the inaugural season of the Indian Women's League. She helped her team win the League scoring 15 goals in 10 games and was the joint top-scorer alongside Sanju Yadav. 12 of those goals came in the final round. It included a brace in the final against Rising Student.
Devi also plays for Railways in various competitions.