FULL NAME: Anima Malik
GENDER: Female
BORN: Date not known
HOME ADDRESS: Village Demala, under Aul block of Kendrapada district, Odisha, India.
FAMILY: Father (Kalindi Mallick), three sisters and two brothers.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Class seven student of Aul Government High
School.
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Chittaranjan Patra
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
NATIONAL:
* Represented Odisha Police in the 4th Indian Women League Football Tournament, held in Bangalore from 24 Jan to 14 Feb 2020.
* She was the captain of the Odisha team that reached semifinals in the Junior (U-19) Women National Football Championship, held at Cuttack from July 1 to 17, 2016.
* She was a member of the Odisha team that won the East Zone Group-A title in the 21st Senior Women National Football Championship at Kalyani in West Bengal on Dec 26, 2015.
* She was the captain of the Odisha team that finished runners-up in the Junior Women National Football Championship, held in Goa from Oct 5 to 21, 2015. She became the second highest scorer for Odisha with five goals.
* Helped Odisha finish runners-up in the 20th Senior Women National Football Championship at Golaghat in Assam on May 12, 2014.
* Helped Orissa finish runners-up in the Under-14 Girls National Football Championship at Goa in 2010.
INTERNATIONAL:
* Selected to represent India in the AFC U-14 Girls Football Festival in Sri Lanka from March 1 to 14, 2011.
OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
* She is a dalit girl.
* Her father is a rickshaw puller, who played football during his youth days.
* Her father sold his rickshaw to arrange Rs 2,000 for the passport of Anima.
* Took to football at the age of 10 in 2008.
* The talent in her was spotted by Debendra Sharma.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 10 March, 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 16 March, 2020