Personal information | |||
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Full name | Shanti Mullick | ||
Date of birth | 1964[1] | ||
Place of birth | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Bengal | |||
International career | |||
1980–1986 | India | ||
Managerial career | |||
1996–1997 | Bengal | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Shanti Mullick is an Indian former women's footballer who played as a forward for the India women's national football team.[2][3][4][5] Mullick is the first Indian women's footballer to receive the Arjuna Award, the second-highest Indian sports award.[1][6]
Mullick was born in Kalighat,[1] Kolkata, West Bengal and her father was also a footballer who served in the military.[citation needed]
Mullick represented India at the AFC Women's Championships where the team reached the finals twice and finished as runners-up in the 1980 and 1983 editions.[7][8][9] She played for the national team managed by legendary Sushil Bhattacharya.[10][11][12] Her team also finished in third place in the 1981 edition. She captained the Indian team between 1981 and 1983. Mullick was the first women's footballer to score a hat-trick for India in a 5–0 victory over Singapore in the 1981 AFC Women's Championship.[13][2][14]
Following her retirement, she runs a football academy and coaches youth women's footballers.[2][4]
Mullick also played field hockey from 1986 to 1994 while posted at Eastern Railway.[1][4]
India
Bengal