Anu Lama
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anu Lama | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Makwanpur, Nepal | ||
| Height | 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| APF Club | |||
| National team | |||
| 2010 | Nepal U-23 | 5 | (4) |
| 2010— | Nepal | 19 | (30) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Anu Lama is a Nepalese women's footballer who currently is the captain for the Nepal women's national football team and a forward for APF Club. Lama is currently the highest international goal-scorer in Nepal, with 33 total international goals to her name.
Besides being a footballer Lama is also a member of the Nepalese Army, she along with Bhagwati Thapa, Laxmi Poudel and Usha Bhandari missed the first weeks of training for the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship because they had to go through the mandatory quarantine for the Ebola virus disease as the four had served in the U.N. mission in Liberia.
Anu Lama made her debut for Nepal U-23 during the 2010 South Asian Games women's football tournament against Bangladesh. Lama performed well landing Nepal a silver medal overall after scoring against Sri Lanka (1-0), and a hat-trick against Pakistan (1-0, 4-0, 6-0).
During the same year, Lama was later called up for the senior team for the 2010 SAFF Women's Championship. In a friendly match against Kuwait Lama scored four goals in a 8-0 victory. After the match Lama dedicated her four goals to all the Nepalese fans who had made the long trip to support the team.
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