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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anjana Thapa
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|3|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]], India
| height =
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Sesa Football Academy (women)|Sesa]]
| clubnumber = 21
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2021–2022
| clubs1 = [[Indian Arrows]]
| caps1 = 6
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2022
| clubs2 = → Modern Girls FC
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| years3 = 2022–2023
| clubs3 = Mata Rukmani FC
| caps3 = 7
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2023–2024
| clubs4 = [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]]
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2024
| clubs5 = → Pink Panthers FC
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| years6 = 2024–2025
| clubs6 = [[Sribhumi FC|Sribhumi]]
| caps6 = 2
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2025
| clubs7 = [[Transport United FC|Transport United]]
| caps7 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2025–
| clubs8 = [[Sesa Football Academy (women)|Sesa]]
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| nationalyears1 = 2022
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-20 football team|India U20]]
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'''Anjana Thapa''' (born 4 March 2003) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] from [[Uttarakhand]], who plays as a midfielder for the [[Indian Women's League]] club [[Sesa Football Academy (women)|Sesa]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=AIFF - 4 Anjana Thapa |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/96448?type=club |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=The AIFF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mylvahanan |first=Arjun |date=2025-01-10 |title=IWL 2024-25: Complete squad list of all the eight teams |url=https://thebridge.in/football/iwl-2024-25-complete-squad-list-of-all-eight-teams-51475 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref> She has also represented [[India women's national under-20 football team|India]] at the youth level internationally.

== Early life and education ==
Thapa is from Galjiwada, [[Dehradun]], Uttarakhand. She is the daughter of Man Bahadur Thapa, a vegetable seller.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=rajyasameeksha.com |date=2022-06-26 |title=देहरादून की अंजना का भारतीय फुटबॉल टीम में चयन, पिता लगाते हैं सब्जियों की ठेली |url=https://www.rajyasameeksha.com/uttarakhand/23080-dehradun-anjana-thapa-selected-in-indian-football-team |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Rajya Sameeksha |language=hi}}</ref> Before joining Sreebhumi FC, she played for Pink Panthers FC, [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United Football Club]], Mata Rukmani FC (Girls), Modern Girls FC and [[Indian Arrows]].<ref name=":0" /> She started playing football at the local academy in Basantvihar, Dehradun and learnt her basics under her first coach Rahul Negi of Garhwal Heroes. She did her schooling at Gorkha memorial school and was a student of Gorkha Military Inter College, Dehradun.<ref name=":1"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Majumdar |first=Rounak |date=2021-12-13 |title=The newest Thapa on the block |url=https://www.enjogo.com/newsletter/the-newest-thapa-on-the-block/#:~:text=Anjana,%20born%20and%20bred%20in,culture%20and%20produced%20notable%20sportspeople. |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Enjogo Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==
Thapa was selected for the senior India camp in [[Goa]] in September 2024 under coach [[Santosh Kashyap]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-17 |title=Football: Former international player Santosh Kashyap appointed coach of Indian women's team |url=https://scroll.in/field/1073377/football-former-international-player-santosh-kashyap-appointed-coach-of-indian-womens-team |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref> Later, she was named among the probables for the senior India camp at [[Anantapur]], Andhra Pradesh under chief coach [[Crispin Chettri]], ahead of the [[2025 Pink Ladies Cup|Pink Ladies Cup]] in February 2025. But she could not make it to the final team.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-02 |title=Indian women's national team head coach Crispin Chettri names probables for Pink Ladies Cup in Dubai |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/crispin-chettri-names-india-womens-national-football-team-pink-ladies-cup-in-dubai/article69172858.ece |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> In March 2022, she was included for the Under'''–'''17 camp at Jasmshedpur for the AFC Women's Champions 2022 and later under'''–'''20 camp at Jharkhand.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 April 2022 |title=देहरादून की अंजना ने फुटबॉल की नेशनल टीम मई बनायीं जगह |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=501232978324785&set=p.501232978324785&type=3 |access-date=23 February 2025 |website=Hindustan (Hindi)}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> She played the [[2022–23 Rajmata Jijabai Trophy|2022'''–'''2023 Senior Women's National Football Championship]] for Uttarakhand.

She played for Sreebhumi Football Club in the [[Indian Women's League]] 2024–2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AIFF - IWL 2024-2025 |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/40797 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref> Earlier, she played in the Delhi Women's League.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/96448?type=club Anjana Thapa] at [[All India Football Federation]].

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[[Category:India women's youth international footballers]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Dehradun]]
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[[Category:Indian Arrows players]]
[[Category:Garhwal United FC players]]
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[[Category:Indian expatriate women's footballers]]
[[Category:Indian expatriate sportspeople in Bhutan]]
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[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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SimonK54990761 at 16:26, 16 March 2026