Anusha Mandala

Anusha Mandala (born 19 March 2005) is an Indian football player from Andhra Pradesh. She plays for the India women's national football team as a defender or midfielder. She is registered with Andhra Pradesh and plays for Kemp Football Club in the domestic tournaments and the Karnataka Women’s League.^[1][2]

Anusha Mandala

Personal information
Date of birth	(2005-03-19) 19 March 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth	Atmakur, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tungabhadra
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Kemp
	Tungabhadra
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life and career

Mandala is from Atmakur, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. She comes from a farming community. She joined Anantapur Sports Academy in 2018.^[3][4] She joined the Anantapur Sports Academy, a sport for development initiative of an Anantapur NGO, Rural Development Trust under Laliga Foundation in 2018.^[5] Laliga is India's first women's residential football academy in Andhra Pradesh.^[5]

Career

She made her Senior India debut on 2 January 2025, in the second of the two friendlies against the Maldives at Bengaluru .^[1] In October 2023, she was selected to play for the Andhra Pradesh state junior football team.^[5] After the first game, chief coach Joakim Alexandersson made six changes in the squad and including Mandala, who played the second match as a defender to make her India debut.^[6] In October 2024, she represented Andhra Pradesh senior team in the 29th Senior Women’s National Football Championship for the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy.^[7]