FULL NAME: Gitanjali Samantaray
GENDER: Female
BORN: Date not known
FAMILY: Father (Netrananda Samantaray), Mother (Rashmi Samantaray), two sisters (Sradhanjali and Puspanjali) and one brother (Debadutta).
CONTACT ADDRESS: Plot No N-4/190, IRC Village, Nayapally, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India.
TELEPHONE: Contact orisports.com
OCCUPATION: Working in National Aluminium Company (Nalco) at Bhubaneswar.
MARITAL STATUS: Married
TYPE OF PLAYER: Striker
COACH: Chandan Chanda, Raj Kamal Mandal, Gangadhar Behera.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
* Represented Odisha in many all-India and National championships.
*    She was the first captain of Odisha women`s football team.
*    Also represented Odisha in National Kho-Kho Championship.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     She was felicitated by Odisha Sports Journalists Association on the occasion of World Sports Journalists Day in in Bhubaneswar on 2nd July, 2019.
*     She inspired lot of girls take to football and helped the sport gain popularity in the state.
*     Taking the cudgel from Gitanjali, her younger sister Sradhanjali attained international fame, leading National women football team for many years.

PROFILE FIRST POSTED: 10 January, 2012
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 2 July, 2019