FULL NAME: Manisa Panna (First name also spelt as Manisha)
GENDER: Female
BORN: 20th April 1991 (Source: Football Association of Odisha and Odisha Olympic Association)
HOME ADDRESS: Dandiapali, Brahmanitarang, Jhartarang, Panposh, Sundargarh, Odisha, India. PIN Code-769004.
PARENTS: Father (Fakir Panna), Mother ()
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Plus-Two
PROFESSION: Working at East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar since 5th July 2012.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Defender
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Not known
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Not known
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Odisha Junior and Senior Women, Rising Student Club, Gokulam Kerala, India Senior Women

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     She was Captain of the 20-member Odisha Women Football Team that won the Silver medal in the 36th National Games at  TransStadia in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 10 October 2022.
*     Gold medal at the Women Senior National Football Championships, Punjab, 2017.
*     Gold medal at the Women Senior National Football Championships, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, 2016.
*     Silver medal at the 35th National Games, held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from February 1 to 14, 2015.
*     Gold medal at the Women Senior National Football Championships, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, 2011.
*     Helped Odisha win the women football Gold medal in the 34th National Games, held at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand from Feb 12 to 26, 2011.
*     Gold medal at the 8th Women Junior National Football Championships, Cuttack, Odisha, 2009.
*     Silver medal at the Women Junior National Football Championships, Gurgaon, Haryana, 2008.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     She was part of the India Senior Women Team that drew two international friendlies against Nepal 2-2 and 0-0 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on 15 and 18 February 2023.
*     She was part of the India Senior Women Team that played two international friendlies against Jordan in Amman on 19 and 22 March 2023 and one against Uzbekistan in Tashkent on 28 March 2023.
*     She was part of the Indian Women Team that reached semifinals at the SAFF Women Football Championship, held at Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu (Nepal) from 6-19 Sept 2022.
*     She was part of the Indian team that lost their two matches in the WU23 Three-Nation Tournament in Sweden on 22 and 25 June 2022.
*     She was part of the Indian Senior Women Football Team that lost all of their three international matches during Brazil tour from 29th Nov-2nd Dec 2021.
*     She was part of the Senior India Women Team that won three and lost one friendlies during their exposure tour to UAE and Bahrain from 2 to 13 October 2021.
*     She was part of the Indian women team that lost all of their four matches in the COTIF Cup International Football Tournament, held in Valencia, Spain from August 1-6, 2018.
*     She was part of the Indian women’s football team that won the international friendly 2-0 against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on July 31, 2017.
* She was a member of the Indian women football team that won Gold medal in the 3rd SAFF Women Championship in Siliguri, West Bengal, 2017.
*     She was a member of the Indian women football team that won Gold medal in the 12th South Asian Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Shillong, Meghalaya on Feb 15, 2016.
*     Represented India at the Olympic Qualifying Round Competition in Myanmar in 2015.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     She was part of the Odisha FC team that emerged Champions for the first time in the Indian Womens League (IWL) at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 24 March 2024.
*     She was part of the Gokulam Kerala FC team that emerged champions in the 4th Hero Indian Women’s League at Bangalore Football Stadium in Bangalore on 14 February, 2020.
*     Silver medal at the 2nd Indian Women League, 2018.
*     She was a member of the Cuttack-based Rising Students Club that won the Silver medal at the 1st Indian Women League, held at Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi from Jan 28 to Feb 14, 2017.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     The State Government on June 18, 2014 sanctioned in her favour a monetary incentive of Rs 20,000 for helping Odisha win gold medal in the 2011 National Games.
*     Manisa lost her father in 2008 and mother in 2010.
*     Unable to cope with the loss, she decided to give up the sport forever.
*     But her grandmother Mangari Kujur and aunt Basanti Kujur inspired her to continue with the game and became her biggest support system.
*     She was out of action for six months after sufferng a serious ankle injury while practising at the Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar in 2018.
*     Seeing her brother play football, she took to the game at a very young age.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 11 July 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 24 March 2024