FULL NAME: Manisha Naik (Also spelt as Manisha Nayak)
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 April 2003 (Source: Football Association of Odisha and Odisha Olympic Association)
PARENTS: Father (), (Mother)
HOME ADDRESS: Keonjhar/Sundargarh, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Working at Odisha Police
TYPE OF PLAYER: Forward
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Sports Hostel, Sundargarh
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Mamata Samant, Crispin Chettri, Gitanjali Khuntia
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Football Association of Odisha (Sub-junior Girls and Senior Women), India U-17 Women and Odisha Police

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     She was part of the 22-member Odisha Women Football Team that won the Silver medal in the 38th National Games at Indira Gandhi International Sports Complex in Haldwani, Uttarakhand on 6 February 2025.
*     She was part of the Odisha team that won the Silver medal in the 29th Senior Women National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy (Final Round) at RKM Ashram Ground in Narainpur, Chhattisgarh on 23 Dec 2024.
*     Represented Odisha in the 28th Senior Womens National Football Championship (Final Round) for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy, held in Kolkata from 2-11 May 2024.
*     She was part of the 20-member Odisha Women Football Team that won the Silver medal in the 36th National Games at  TransStadia in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 10 October 2022.
*     Scored 10 goals as a forward of the Odisha team that finished runners-up in the Sub-junior Girls National Football Championship, held at Cuttack from July 1-12, 2018.
*     She was part of the Odisha team that reached semifinals of the Sub-junior Girls National Football Championship, held at Imphal, Manipur from October 26 to November 6, 2017.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     She was part of the India U-17 women team that won two-match friendly series against Romania U-17 women 1-0 at Turkler, Turkey on 19 Feb, 2020.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     She was part of the Odisha Police Women Team that bagged the Bronze medal in the 73rd BN Mullik Memorial All India Police Football Championship at Umakanta Stadium in Agartala, Tripura on 6 March 2025.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 2 November 2017
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 8 March 2025