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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lako Phuti Bhutia
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|10|20}}
| birth_place = Sribadam, [[Sikkim]], India
| currentclub =
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| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Mangalbari Women's FA
| years1 = 2014–2017
| clubs1 = Bodyline SC<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arunfoot.com/indian-womens-league-quartz-sc-score-1-0-upset-win-bodyline-sc/|title=Indian Women's League: Quartz SC score 1-0 upset win over Bodyline SC|website=arunfoot.com|date=22 October 2016|access-date=14 June 2023|archive-date=15 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115133808/https://www.arunfoot.com/indian-womens-league-quartz-sc-score-1-0-upset-win-bodyline-sc/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| caps1 =
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| years2 = 2014
| clubs2 = [[New Radiant W.S.C.|New Radiant]]
| caps2 =
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| years3 = 2017–2019
| clubs3 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (Women's)|Gokulam Kerala]]
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| years4 = 2018
| clubs4 = Sunrise FC
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| years5 = 2021
| clubs5 = [[Shirsh Bihar United FC|Shirsh Bihar United]]
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| nationalyears1 = 2012
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-19 football team|India U19]]
| nationalyears2 = 2013–2019
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 8
| nationalgoals2 = 1
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'''Lako Phuti Bhutia''' (born 20 October 1994) is an Indian former [[association football|footballer]] who played for the [[India women's national football team]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lako Phuti Bhutia|url=http://www.the-aiff.com/player-profile-details.htm?id=154|work=THE AIFF|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729224118/http://www.the-aiff.com/player-profile-details.htm?id=154|archivedate=29 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Career==
Bhutia who hails from [[Sribadam]], a remote place in [[West Sikkim]] is a product of the Mangalbari Women's Football Academy. The defender horned her skills under coach Palden Bhutia.<ref name="Lako Bhutia Stint"/>

She also played for Maldivian club [[New Radiant S.C.]] in 2014. Then she joined [[Gokulam Kerala FC (Women's)|Gokulam Kerala FC]] for [[2017–18 Indian Women's League season]].

Bhutia also played for Sunrise WFC in Bhutan Women's National Championship in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kuenselonline.com/sunrise-womens-fc-draw-1-1-against-bff-academy-to-top-the-league/|title=Sunrise Women's FC draw 1–1 against BFF Academy to top the league|date=23 July 2018|access-date=15 January 2023|website=kuenselonline.com|publisher=KUENSEL News Bhutan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024144819/https://kuenselonline.com/sunrise-womens-fc-draw-1-1-against-bff-academy-to-top-the-league/|archive-date=24 October 2021}}</ref>

== International==
In 2012, she was called up to the Under-19 National Team for the [[2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification]] in [[Malaysia]]. She became the 4th Girl from the state to represent the National Team after Pushpa Chetri, Anuradha Chetri and Nima Lhamu Bhutia. She attended a one-month coaching camp at [[Gandhinagar]], [[Gujarat]] with the U-19 squad before leaving for Malaysia.<ref name="Lako Bhutia Stint"/>

She along with her sister Nima Lhamu Bhutia was selected for the Senior Women's National Football Coaching Camp, which was held from 1 April 2013. This Camp was held for the selection of the Senior National Team for the Asian Cup qualifying round. Her sister could not attend the camp for personal reasons. Lako has represented the National Team 8 times and has 1 goal to her credit.<ref name="Lako Bhutia Stint">{{cite web|first=Boudhayan|last=Sarbajna|title=Oinam Bembem Devi's & Lako Phuti Bhutia' s Foreign Stint Signals A Bright Future For Indian Women Football|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2014/oinam-bembem-devis-lako-phuti-bhutia-s-foreign-stint-signals-a-bright-future-for-indian-women-football/|work=The Hard Tackle|access-date=20 July 2014|archive-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416051218/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2014/oinam-bembem-devis-lako-phuti-bhutia-s-foreign-stint-signals-a-bright-future-for-indian-women-football/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Honours==

'''India'''
* [[SAFF Women's Championship]]: [[2014 SAFF Women's Championship|2014]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiafooty.com/2014/11/10/indian-womens-squad-announced-for-saff-championship/ |title=Indian women's squad announced for SAFF Championship |website=India Footy |last=Shukla |first=Abhishek |accessdate=19 February 2022 |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907050536/https://www.indiafooty.com/2014/11/10/indian-womens-squad-announced-for-saff-championship/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[2019 SAFF Women's Championship|2019]]

'''New Radiant WSC'''
*[[FAM Women's Football Championship]]: [[2014 FAM Women's Football Championship|2014]]

'''Sunrise FC'''
*Women's National League runner-up: 2018<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhutan-wom2018.html |title=Bhutan (Women) 2018 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115132603/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhutan-wom2018.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Indian football players in foreign leagues]]

==References==
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[[Category:1994 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:India women's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Sikkim]]
[[Category:Footballers from Sikkim]]
[[Category:People from Soreng district]]
[[Category:Women's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Indian expatriate women's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate women's footballers in the Maldives]]
[[Category:Indian expatriate sportspeople in the Maldives]]
[[Category:Indian expatriate sportspeople in Bhutan]]
[[Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Bhutan]]
[[Category:Gokulam Kerala FC Women players]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League players]]

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KandacePolding at 08:49, 26 March 2026