Anai Mogini (Bengali: আনাই মগিনি; born 1 March 2003)[3] is a Bangladeshi women's football defender who plays as a right-back for Bashundhara Kings Women. She currently plays at the Bangladesh women's national under-17 football team. She was a member of the AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central winning team in 2016 in Tajikistan.[1] She scored a goal in that tournament. She is the older twin sister of Anuching Mogini, who also plays football.[4]
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| Date of birth | 1 March 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Khagrachhari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bashundhara Kings Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Ghagra Bohumukhi High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Bashundhara Kings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Bangladesh U-14[1] | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Bangladesh U-16 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Bangladesh U-19 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Bangladesh | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 September 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early years
editAnai Mogini was born in 2003 in Khagrachhari district. Her father, Ripru Magh, is a farmer. He sells traditional herbal medicine. Her mother's name is Apruma Mogini.[5] She studied at Ghagra Bohumukhi High School in Rangamati district.[6]
Playing career
editMogini started playing football in 2011.
National
editShe played in the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Football Tournament for Mogachori Primary School, Rangamati. This is an annual national youth football for girls. The team became the champion in 2012.[6] She represented Rangamati in the KFC national women's championship in 2014 as her home district, Khagrachhari, was not taking part in the competition.[4]
Anai Mogini now plays for her school, Ghagra Bohumukhi High School. She helped her team to become runners-up in Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Football Tournament in 2013, 2014, and 2015.[7]
International
editAnai Mogini was selected to the Bangladesh women's U-17 team for the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group C matches. She played for the first time at the tournament in the match against Kyrgyzstan women's U-17 on 31 August 2016.[8] Being group C champion, Bangladesh have qualified for the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship in Thailand in September 2017.[9]
Honours
edit- AFC U-14 Girls' Regional C'ship – South and Central
- Bangladesh U-14 Girls'
- Champion: 2016
References
edit- ^ a b "BD U-16 Women's team ready for AFC battle". Daily Sun. Dhaka. 2016-08-22. Archived from the original on 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ^ "Schedule & Results". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ^ Hoque, Shishir (2016-09-02). "Meet our supergirls". Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
- ^ a b "The unstoppable twins". Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka. 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ Marma, Moyonkothoyai (2016-09-08). দেড় কিলোমিটার হেঁটে টিভিতে মেয়েদের খেলা দেখেন আনুচিং-আনাইয়ের বাবা মা [Anuching-Anai's parent walk one and half kilo to watch their daughters' football on TV]. Priyo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
- ^ a b "Unrelenting Passion". The Daily Star. Dhaka. 2016-10-07. Archived from the original on 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ ঘাগড়া উচ্চবিদ্যালয় যেন আরেক কলসিন্দুর [Ghagra High School is like another Kalsindur]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Dhaka. 2016-09-11. Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
- ^ "AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2017". Asian Football Federation. 2016-08-31. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
- ^ "Bangladesh, Australia through to AFC U-16 Women's C'ship 2017". Asian Football Confederation. 2016-09-04. Archived from the original on 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
External links
edit- "Anuching, Anai to become the first twins to represent Bangladesh women's football" in Daily Star, 26 April 2016
- মগিনি বোনদের দুরন্ত ছুটে চলা (in Bengali) on Bangla Tribune, 1 September 2016