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{{Short description|Indian women's professional footballer}}
{{Infobox footballer
| birth_date = 15 July 1995
| birth_place = Dumka, Jharkhand.
}}

'''Dular Marandi''' (born 15 July 1995) is an Indian women's professional [[Association football|footballer]] from Jharkhand. She plays as a forward for SSB Women Football Club in the [[Indian Women's League]] and represents the [[India women's national football team]]. She works with the [[Border Security Force]] and is stationed at [[Siliguri]].

== Early life ==
Dular hails from Kodo village, [[Dumka]] district, one of the most backward districts of India in [[Jharkhand]]. Her elder sister took care of her during the childhood and encouraged her to play football. Her brother had to stop education due to financial difficulties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Neeladri |date=2022-06-14 |title=From playing with a rag-ball to leading SSB, Dular dreams of India spot after IWL success |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/dular-marandi-indian-womens-league-national-team-dream/article38502735.ece |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> Dular was spotted by a Priest from the Dumka, who selected her for missionary football team and later joined her in the SAI Girls Football Training Centre in [[Hazaribagh]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-16 |title=From Playing with Boys in Jharkhand to Indian Women's League: Dular Marandi's Big Journey |url=https://www.news18.com/news/football/from-playing-with-boys-in-jharkhand-to-indian-womens-league-dular-marandis-big-journey-2143429.html |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> In 2009, when she was 13, her mother died and a year later, her brother too died. In 2015, she lost her father.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=SSB has helped us improve our fitness and perform better on the field- Dular Marandi |url=https://khelnow.com/football/indian-womens-league-2019-ssb-womens-team-dular-marandi-interview |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=Khel Now |language=English}}</ref> Thanks to her sports talent, in 2017 she was employed by Shastra Seema Bal (BSF). She trains under coach Juliet Miranda at SSB.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2022-05-16 |title=Fighting past life’s struggles, SSB skipper Dular Marandi ready to shine for India |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/fighting-past-lifes-struggles-ssb-skipper-dular-marandi-ready-to-shine-for-india/articleshow/91602494.cms |access-date=2023-09-17 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She has two younger brothers.

== Career ==

* 2022: She captained the SSB team that won the [[Calcutta Women's Football League|Calcutta Women's Football League]] for [[Kanyashree Cup]], the oldest football tournament for women in India.<ref name=":0" /> She was awarded the 'Best Player of the Tournament'.<ref name=":1" />
* 2022: She represented SSB in the [[Indian Women's League|Indian Women's League]] and scored nine goals
* 2022: Friendly match in Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-20 |title=Jharkhand News: दुमका की दुलार मरांडी का भारतीय महिला फुटबॉल टीम में चयन, मैत्री मैच खेलने गयी स्वीडन |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/jharkhand/dumka/dumka-dular-marandi-selected-in-the-indian-womens-football-team-went-to-sweden-to-play-a-friendly-match-srn |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=Prabhat Khabar |language=hi}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/57673?type=club Dular Marandi] on [[All India Football Federation]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marandi, Dular}}
[[Category:1995 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Footballers from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]

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Ajay Kumar at 15:42, 21 September 2023