Shanti Mullick Explained

Shanti Mullick
Fullname:	Shanti Mullick
Birth Date:	1964
Birth Place:	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Position:	Forward
Clubs1:	Bengal
Nationalyears1:	1980–1986
Nationalteam1:	India
Nationalcaps1:	?
Nationalgoals1:	14
Manageryears1:	1996–1997
Managerclubs1:	Bengal

Shanti Mullick is an Indian former women's footballer who played as a forward for the India women's national football team.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Mullick is the first Indian women's footballer to receive the Arjuna Award, the second-highest Indian sports award.^{[5] [6]}

Career

Football

Mullick was born in Kalighat,^[5] Kolkata, West Bengal and her father was also a footballer who served in the military.

Mullick represented India at the AFC Women's Championships where the team reached the finals twice and finished as runners-up in the 1980 and 1983 editions.^{[7] [8] [9]} She played for the national team managed by legendary Sushil Bhattacharya.^{[10] [11] [12]} Her team also finished in third place in the 1981 edition. She captained the Indian team between 1981 and 1983. Mullick was the first women's footballer to score a hat-trick for India in a 5–0 victory over Singapore in the 1981 AFC Women's Championship.^{[13] [1] [14]}

Following her retirement, she runs a football academy and coaches youth women's footballers.^[1]

Field hockey

Mullick also played field hockey from 1986 to 1994 while posted at Eastern Railway.^[5]

Honours

Player

India

• AFC Women's Championship runner-up: 1980, 1983; third place: 1981

Manager

Bengal

• Senior Women's National Football Championship: 1996–97^[5]

Individual

• Arjuna Award: 1983^{[15] [16] [17]}

Bibliography

• Book: Shreekumar . S.S. . 2020 . The Best way forward: for India's Football . HSRA . 978-81-947216-9-7 .
• Book: Kapadia . Novy . 2017. Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football . Penguin Random House . 978-0-143-42641-7 .
• Book: Martinez. Mukharjiim . Projit B. 2009. Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football . . 978-1-138-88353-6 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220702174505/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=nbzhAQAAQBAJ&dq=kerala+footballer+in+Burma&source=gbs_navlinks_s . 2 July 2022 .
• Book: Nath, Nirmal. History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. 2011. Readers Service. 9788187891963. https://web.archive.org/web/20220722172604/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/History_of_Indian_Football.html?id=QbUFaAEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y. 22 July 2022.
• Taylor & Francis

Soccer and Society (2005). The gendered kick: Women's soccer in twentieth century India, Soccer & Society, 6:2–3, 270–284, DOI: 10.1080/14660970500106469.

Further reading

• Web site: ভারতীয় ফুটবলের অসুখসমূহ: পর্ব – ২. Diseases of Indian football: Episode – 2. Mithun. Bhowmick. Kolkata. IE Bangla Sports Desk. bengali.indianexpress.com. Indian Express News Service. bn. 15 December 2018. 31 January 2019. 15 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231115165835/https://bengali.indianexpress.com/sports/indian-football-problems-article-part-two-mithun-bhowmick-58095/.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Who will tell our story?': Shanti Mullick, the woman who took India to two AFC Cup finals . The Bridge . Bontra . Soumya . 7 February 2022 . 19 July 2022 . 17 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220817164948/https://thebridge.in/football/woman-india-afc-cup-shanti-mullick-28256 . live .
2. Web site: Meet Shanti Mallick, India's First Female Footballer Arjuna Awardee . Femina . Rathod . Kalwyna . 2 November 2020 . 19 July 2022 . 17 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220817164939/https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/meet-shanti-mallick-indias-first-female-footballer-arjuna-awardee-176055.html . live .
3. Web site: Shanti Mullick: A Mystical Passer in a Physical World Indian Women's Football History Special Series . Newscllick . Raghunandan . Vaibhav . 29 January 2022 . 19 July 2022 . 17 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220817164947/https://www.newsclick.in/shanti-mullick-mystical-passer-physical-world-indian-womens-football-history-special-series . live .
4. Web site: Indian Football Down the Years: Looking back at the glorious moments. AIFF. Media Team. www.the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. en. New Delhi. 15 August 2022. 20 October 2022. 21 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220921011335/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/indian-football-down-the-years-looking-back-at-the-glorious-moments.
5. Web site: Shanti Mullick: A Rebel Who Embraces Hardships . Delhi Post News . Biswas . Sudipta . 14 October 2019 . 19 July 2022 . 19 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220719230822/https://delhipostnews.com/shanti-mallick-a-rebel-who-embraces-hardships/ . live .
6. Web site: Beacons who lit the way for women's football in India . Olympics . Nag . Utathya . 24 March 2022 . 19 July 2022 . 20 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220320193050/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/indian-female-football-team-players-best-national-women . live .
7. Web site: Women's Asian Cup - When hosts India grabbed the silver medal in 1979 . Goal.com . 14 June 2020 . 19 July 2022 . 19 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220719230812/https://www.goal.com/en-sa/news/afc-womens-asian-cup-2022-when-india-hosted-1979/3x4o01zf2i231so67diuq19jv . live .
8. Web site: Trailblazers go down memory lane as India hosts AFC Women's Asian Cup . Raghunandan . Vaibhav . Business Standard . 14 January 2022 . 20 July 2022 . 20 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220720051341/https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/trailblazers-go-down-memory-lane-as-india-hosts-afc-women-s-asian-cup-122011400015_1.html . live .
9. Web site: ইস্টবেঙ্গলের প্রথম পেশাদার কোচ, না পাওয়ার বাস্তবে এ এক অন্য তথ্যচিত্র!. East Bengal's first professional coach, this is another documentary in reality!. bengali.indianexpress.com. The Indian Express. 14 May 2019. 9 October 2022. Debasmita. Das. Kolkata. bn. 29 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929010448/https://bengali.indianexpress.com/entertainment/a-documentary-on-sushil-bhattacharya/.
10. Web site: Legendary Indian coach Sushil Bhattacharya passes away. 19 July 2015. Kolkata. 22 July 2015. Atanu. Mitra. Goal. www.goal.com. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145235/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/07/19/13704072/legendary-indian-coach-sushil-bhattacharya-passes-away. dead.
11. Web site: EAST BENGAL CLUB, INDIA – RECORDS, FUNS AND FACTS SUSHIL BHATTACHARYA – THE FIRST COACH OF EAST BENGAL CLUB – 1961. East Bengal Club. eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com. 24 November 2014. 9 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20190609103202/https://eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/sushil-bhattacharya-the-first-coach-of-east-bengal-club-1961/. 9 June 2019.
12. Web site: ইস্টবেঙ্গলের প্রথম কোচ প্রয়াত. www.anandabazar.com. Anandabazar Patrika. bn. First coach of East Bengal passed away. Kolkata. 19 July 2015. 10 October 2022. 16 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220816071947/https://www.anandabazar.com/sports/east-bengal-first-coach-sushil-bhattacharya-dead-1.178613.
13. Web site: Asian Women's Championship 1981 . 30 November 2019 . 21 October 2011 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20111021192632/http://rsssf.com/tablesa/aswomen.html#p81 . live .
14. Book: Shreekumar . S.S. . 2020 . The Best way forward: for India's Football . HSRA . 978-81-947216-9-7 . 2022-08-14 . 2022-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220817164945/https://books.google.com/books?id=KdH7DwAAQBAJ&dq=Shanti+Mullick+afc+women%27s+championship&pg=PA221 . live .
15. Web site: LIST OF ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS - Football Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221945/http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm#Football. 25 December 2007. 25 December 2007. yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
16. Web site: List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). 12 September 2020. dmy-all. 18 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200718084523/https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/LIST%20OF%20ARJUNA%20AWARDEES.docx%2061%20-%2017_0_0.pdf.
17. Web site: National Award winning Footballers. indianfootball.de. IndianFootball. Arunava. Chaudhuri. 2000. 25 January 2019. 1 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181001123849/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/nationalawards.html. dead.