Ritu Porna Chakma
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Chakma in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 December 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kawkhali Upazila, Rangamati District, Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger, midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Paro FC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Bashundhara Kings | 25 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Nasrin Sporting Club | 8 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | → Royal Thimphu College (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Paro FC | 2 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Bangladesh U17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Bangladesh U19 | 5 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Bangladesh | 31 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 July 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ritu Porna Chakma (born 30 December 2003; Chakma: 𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄪 𑄛𑄧𑄢𑄴𑄚 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦; Bengali: ঋতুপর্ণা চাকমা) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for the Bangladesh national team.[1][2]
Early life
Ritu Porna Chakma was born on 30 December 2003, in Kawkhali, Rangamati.[3][4] She is of indigenous Chakma community.[5]
She studied at Mogachhari Government Primary School. At school, a teacher named Birsen Chakma introduced her to football.[6] She started playing football in 2012 while attending primary school. In 2013, at the age of 10, she took part in the Bangamata Gold Cup Football tournament, representing her school.[4][5]
Ritu is the oldest among four sisters and one brother. After their father's and younger brother's death, her mother, Kala Sona Chakma and her sisters supported her.[7][5]
Club career
In the 2023–24 season, Chakma joined Nasrin Sporting Club in the Bangladesh Women's Football League. In 2024, she was loaned to Bhutanese club Royal Thimphu College SC for the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League, scoring once in two preliminary stage appearances.[8]
In 2025, she signed with Paro FC, another Bhutanese club, where she scored four goals in her first two appearances.[9]
International career
Chakma made her senior debut for the Bangladesh women's national team in 2019.[10] The following year, she participated in the 2022 SAFF Women’s Championship, where Bangladesh secured its first title in the tournament’s history, held in Kathmandu. She also played for the Bangladesh U-19 team during this period, including a match where she scored twice against Sri Lanka.[11][12]
She was part of the squad that won the 2022 and 2024 SAFF Women's Championship.[13][14]
On 30 October 2024, Chakma scored the winning goal in the final of the SAFF Women’s Championship against Nepal and was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.[15] On the next month, she received an offer from an European club, North Macedonian club Brera Tiverija.[16][17]
During the AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers, Chakma scored in Bangladesh's 7–0 victory over Bahrain on 29 June 2025.[18] On 2 July 2025, she scored twice in a 2–1 win against Myanmar in Yangon, helping Bangladesh qualify for the AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time in the nation’s history.[19][20]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each goal scored by Chakma.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 10 September 2022 | Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal | Pakistan | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2022 SAFF Women's Championship |
| 2 | 16 September 2022 | Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal | Bhutan | 4–0 | 8–0 | 2022 SAFF Women's Championship |
| 3 | 4 December 2023 | BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Singapore | 2–0 | 8–0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 5–0 | |||||
| 5 | 24 July 2024 | Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan | Bhutan | 3–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 6 | 27 July 2024 | Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan | Bhutan | 4–2 | 4–2 | Friendly |
| 7 | 27 October 2024 | Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal | Bhutan | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2024 SAFF Women's Championship |
| 8 | 30 October 2024 | Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal | Nepal | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2024 SAFF Women's Championship |
| 9 | 29 June 2025 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar | Bahrain | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 10 | 2 July 2025 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar | Myanmar | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 11 | 2–0 | |||||
| 12 | 5 July 2025 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar | Turkmenistan | 5–0 | 7–0 | 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 13 | 7–0 |
References
- ^ "Ritu Porna Chakma – Soccer player profile & career statistics – Global Sports Archive". Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "SAFF U-19 Women's: Bangladesh crush Sri Lanka 12–0 to face India in the final". 20 December 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Shifat, Lincoln (10 August 2024). "Ritu Porna Chakma Biography, Age, Religion, Height, Pic, FB". GTV Live. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Ritu Porna Chakma: The Heroine behind Bangladesh's Historic Performance in the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ a b c Pratidin, Bangladesh (3 July 2025). "The Heroine behind Bangladesh's Historic Performance in the AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualification 2025 | | Bangladesh Pratidin". en.bd-pratidin.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Basher, Naziba (1 December 2024). "Breaking Barriers: Women athletes leading the fight for change". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Rahman, Anisur (8 March 2022). "Football keeps Ritu's family moving". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Reporter, Sports (25 August 2024). "Ritu Porna strikes but RTC go down". The Daily Star. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ ""My goal this season is to help Paro FC win the championship"". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "A big match player from the hills". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ jagonews24.com. "Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka 12–0 to reach final". Retrieved 6 January 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ BSS. "Bangladesh U-19 girls thrash Sri Lanka 12–0". Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Ritu dedicates goal to brother | The Daily Star". 11 September 2022. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ Bangladesh women retain SAFF glory | The Daily Star on 30 October 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Ritu Porna silences 15,000 Nepal fans as Bengal Tigresses clinch back-to-back SAFF titles". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Sabina, Ritu Porna get offer from North Macedonian club". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Sabina, Ritu Porna get North Macedonian club offer -". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Bangladesh women crush Bahrain 7-0 in Yangon". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Bangladesh now have a chance to qualify for the World Cup". The Business Standard. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Ritu Porna Chakma: The Heroine behind Bangladesh's Historic Performance in the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
External links
- Media related to Ritu Porna Chakma at Wikimedia Commons
- Ritu Porna Chakma at Global Sports Archive