Anai Mogini (; born 1 March 2003) is a Bangladeshi

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defender who plays as a

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. She currently plays at the Bangladesh women's national under-17 football team. She was a member of the AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central winning team in 2016 in

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. She scored a goal in that tournament. She is the older twin sister of Anuching Mogini, who also plays football.

Early years

Anai Mogini was born in 2003 in

Khagrachhari district Khagrachhari District (), officially Khagrachhari Hill District, is a district in the Chittagong Division of Southeastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. Etymology The zila headquarters is located on the bank of ...

. Her father, Ripru Magh, is a farmer. He sells traditional herbal medicine. Her mother's name is Apruma Mogini. She studied at Ghagra Bohumukhi High School in

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Playing career

Mogini started playing football in 2011.

National

She played in the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Football Tournament for Mogachori Primary School, Rangamati. This is an annual national youth football for girls. The team became the champion in 2012. She represented Rangamati in the KFC national women's championship in 2014 as her home district, Khagrachhari, was not taking part in the competition. Anai Mogini now plays for her school, Ghagra Bohumukhi High School. She helped her team to become runners-up in Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Football Tournament in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

International

Anai Mogini was selected to the Bangladesh women's U-17 team for the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group C matches. She played for the first time at the tournament in the match against Kyrgyzstan women's U-17 on 31 August 2016. Being group C champion, Bangladesh have qualified for the

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in Thailand in September 2017.

Honours

; AFC U-14 Girls' Regional C'ship – South and Central : Bangladesh U-14 Girls' * ''Champion'': 2016

References

External links

"Anuching, Anai to become the first twins to represent Bangladesh women's football"
in '' Daily Star'', 26 April 2016
মগিনি বোনদের দুরন্ত ছুটে চলা
on ''Bangla Tribune'', 1 September 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mogini, Anai 2003 births Living people Bangladeshi women's footballers 21st-century Bangladeshi sportswomen Bangladesh Women's Football League players Women's association football defenders Bashundhara Kings Women players People from Khagrachhari District Marma people Bangladeshi Buddhists Bangladeshi women's futsal players South Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in football Footballers from Chittagong Division