Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi (born 2 December 1999) is an Indian professional

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from

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

, who plays for as a midfielder for the

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club Gokulam Kerala and

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. She played her debut international match in the AFC Cup Qualifiers 2018.

Career

Ratanbala was called up for the national team during the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers, where she scored her first goal against

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on 11 April 2017. She then became a regular member of the

. Her second goal was against

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in the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 1 on 13 November 2018. The 3rd was in a friendly against

on 21 January 2019, the 4th at another friendly against

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on 27 January 2019 where she scored her first hattrick for the national team. In the 2019 Gold Cup she scored another goal against

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on 11 February 2019. In

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she scored 2 goals, 1 against

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on 13 March and another against

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on 17 March. In the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 2 she scored 1 goal in a 3-3 draw against

on 9 April 2019. However,

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didn't qualify for the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 3 because of a lower goal ratio.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''

Honours

India *

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gold medal:

Sethu *

: 2018–19 Gokulam Kerala *

: 2021–22 KRYPHSA *

runner-up: 2019–20 Manipur *

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: 2023–24 * National Games gold medal:

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Individual * Indian Women's League Most Valuable Player: 2019–20 * Indian Women's League Emerging Player: 2018–19

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Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi
at All India Football Federation * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ratanbala Devi, Nongmaithem Living people Indian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Footballers from Manipur India women's international footballers India women's youth international footballers Sportswomen from Manipur 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people KRYPHSA FC players Sethu FC players Gokulam Kerala FC Women players 1994 births Indian Women's League players South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in football