Shanti Mardi
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| Full name | Shanti Mardi | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bangladesh Army | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Dhaka Rangers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Nasrin Sporting Club | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025— | Bangladesh Army | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025— | Bangladesh U20 | 11 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Bangladesh | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 February 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Shanti Mardi (Bengali: শান্তি মার্ডি; Santali: ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱤ ᱢᱟᱨᱫᱤ) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bangladesh Women's League club Bangladesh Army and the Bangladesh national team.[1][2][3][4]
Club career
Dhaka Rangers
Shanti played for Dhaka Rangers FC Women in the 2023–24 Bangladesh Women's Football League.
Bangladesh Army
In the 2025–26 Bangladesh Women's Football League, she joined Bangladesh Army. She scored her first goal for the club against BKSP FC.[5]
International career
In 2025, Shanti represented the Bangladesh U-20 team in the 2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship, where she scored 4 goals in 6 matches. She scored a hat-trick there against Bhutan U-20.[1][6][7]
In the same year, her team qualified for the 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup, with her scoring an Olympico goal against Timor-Leste U-20.[8][9][10]
Personal life
Shanti has stated that her role model is Ritu Porna Chakma, while her favourite footballer is Lionel Messi.[12]
Honours
Bangladesh U20
References
- ^ a b "SAFF U-20 Champs:Shanti Mardi's hattrick helps Bangladesh to maintain all-win run beating Bhutan 4-1". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "Bangladesh earns admirable draw against Indonesia | Sports". BSS. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ bdnews24.com. "Sagorika scores four in 4-0 rout of Nepal as title defence ends in perfection". Sagorika scores four in 4-0 rout of Nepal as title defence ends i. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Sagorika secures Bangladesh's another SAFF title | Festival of Youth 2025". BSS. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "এবার বিকেএসপিকে হারাল সেনাবাহিনীর মেয়েরা". T Sports (in Bengali). 3 January 2026. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "Mardi treble sinks Bhutan". New Age. 15 July 2025.
- ^ Sportstar, Team (11 July 2025). "SAFF U-20 Women's Championship 2025: Bangladesh, Nepal open campaigns with big wins". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "Bangladesh qualify for Women's U-20 Asian Cup". New Age.
- ^ "8-0 on 8/8: Bangladesh U-20 women thump Timor-Leste". The Daily Star. 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Trishna treble as Bangladesh U20s hit Timor-Leste for 8 in AFC qualifiers". bdnews24.com.
- ^ "গ্রামের মেয়ে থেকে জাতীয় তারকা শান্তি মার্ডি" (in Bengali). Dhaka Mail. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ ""Ritu Porna Chakma is my role model," says Shani Mardi". Daily Sun. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.