FULL NAME: Mamata Kumari Samanta
GENDER: Female
BORN: Date not known.
AGE: 28 years.
FAMILY: Father (Late Gobinda Chandra Samant), mother (Kusuma Samant), two brothers (Kirti Chandra Samant and Biswajit Samant).
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Graduate in Arts and Physical Education (BA, BPEd). Also studied at Syed Mumtaz Ali High School, Bhubaneswar.
PROFESSION: Serving as football coach with the Government of Odisha.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION: Diploma in coaching from NIS, SAI Centre, Kolkata.
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Nanda Kishore Patnaik.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*    Selected as a reserve player for the Women`s Senior National Championship at Kolkata in 1998.
*    She was a member of the Orissa team, which reached the semifinals of the Women`s Senior National Championship at Shilong in 1999.
*    Her career at the National level lasted from 1998 to 2007.
*    Represented Orissa in Senior National Championship 10 times and National Games three times.
*    Represented Mohun Bagan Club in the Kolkata Women`s Football League for three seasons.
*    Joined the Senior India Camp in 2005.
*    She shaped her career in football thanks to the financial support provided by her brothers, who have been working as indegenous orthopaedicians at Nayapally, Bhubaneswar.
*    Wants to be obtain an AFC coaching license.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     She was coach of the Odisha U-17 women football team that won silver medal at the 3rd Khelo India Youth Games in Guwahati, Assam on 22 January, 2020.
*     Married to Sujit Dhal since May 27, 2011.
*    Imparts coaching at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.
*    Appointed as the coach of the State under-16 girls team for the National championship in Uttarakhand.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 10 August, 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 20 March, 2020