FULL NAME: Kalpana Sahoo (Name changed to Kalpana Behera after marriage)
NICK NAME: Tikina
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 April 1977 (Source: Self)
MARITAL STATUS: Married
PARENTS: Janu Charan Sahoo (Father), Sulochana Sahoo (Mother)
FAMILY: Pratap Behera (Husband), one son and one daughter
PATERNAL HOME ADDRESS: Hatiapada, Rajkanika, Kendrapara, Odisha, India.
PRESENT HOME ADDRESS: At/PO- Baralpokhari, Charampa, Bhadrak, Odisha, India
E-MAIL: beherakalpana621@gmail.com
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Plus Two Arts from Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) Odisha.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION:
*     IRB Rugby Ready Course, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, November 2007.
*     AIFF D Coaching Certificate Course, Sundargarh, Odisha, January 2021.
*     AIFF E Coaching Certificate Course, Bubbaneswar, Odisha, February 2021.
*     FIFA Football for Schools Capacity Building Programme, October 2021.

ROLE IN FOOTBALL: Player-turned-coach
PROFESSION: Worked as football coach at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar from 2006 to 2010 and from 2025.
TYPE OF FOOTBALLER: Forward/Mid-fielder
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Not known
TRAINING PLACE: Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Chandan Chanda, Raj Kamal Mandal, Nanda Kishore Patnaik and Gangadhar Behera
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Bhubaneswar and Odisha State Senior Women
HOBBIES: Reading books and watching news on television

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN FOOTBALL:

NATIONAL:
*     Represented Orissa at the 1st Federation Cup Women Football Championship in Halflong, Assam in November 1992.
*     Represented Orissa at the 2nd Senior Women National Football Championship in Daltonganj, Bihar in December 1993.
*     Represented Orissa at the 3rd Federation Cup Women Football Championship in Bhadrak, Odisha in March 1995.
*     Represented Orissa at the 5th Senior Women National Football Championship in Haldia, West Bengal in January 1997.
*     Represented Orissa at the 6th Senior Women National Football Championship in Kolkata, West Bengal in January 1998.
*     Represented Orissa at the 7th Senior Women National Football Championship in Shillong, Meghalaya May in January 1999.
*     Represented Orissa at the 5th National Games in Imphal, Manipur from 14 to 25 February 1999.
*     Attended India coaching camp at Patiala, Punjab in October 1999.
*     Represented Orissa at the 8th Senior Women National Football Championship in Diphu, Assam in May 2000.
*     Represented Orissa at the 9th Senior Women National Football Championship in Ludhiana, Punjab in May 2001.
*     Represented Orissa at the 31st National Games in Ludhiana, Punjab in November 2001.
*     Represented Orissa at the 10th Senior Women National Football Championship in Kolkata, West Bengal in February 2002.
*     Attended India coaching camp at Imphal, Manipur in July 2002.
*     Attended India coaching camp at Bhubaneswar, Odisha in February 2003.
*     Represented Odisha at the 12th Senior Women National Football Championship in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh in February 2004.
*     Represented Odisha at the 14th Senior Women National Football Championship in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh in February 2006.
*     Represented Odisha at the 3rd National Masters Games in Vadodara, Gujarat in February 2020.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN KHO-KHO:
*     Represented Orissa at the 36th SGFI National School Games in Kolkata, West Bengal, October 1990.
*     Represented Orissa at the 15th Womens National Sports Festival in Andhra Pradesh, January 1991.
*     Represented Orissa at the 16th Womens National Sports Festival in Bangalore, Karnataka, February 1992.
*     Represented Orissa at the 17th Womens National Sports Festival in Odisha, February 1993.
*     Represented Orissa at the 18th Womens National Sports Festival in Haryana, January 1994.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: July 14, 2013
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 17 March 2025