Sanjida Akhter

Sanjida Akhter (সানজিদা আক্তার; born 20 March 2001) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for the Indian Women's League club East Bengal and the Bangladesh women's national team.

She was a member of the AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central winning Bangladesh U-14 team in Nepal in 2015. She played all five matches at the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualifiers held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Early years
Sanjida Akter was born on 20 March 2001 in Kalsindur, Dhobaura, Mymensingh district.

Early career
Sanjida first played in 2011 Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Football Tournament for Kolsindur Govt. Primary School.

Club career
Sanjida joined Bangladesh Women's Football league team Bashundhara Kings Women in 2019 and made appearances for the club as their starting midfielder during the 2019-20 Bangladesh Women's Football League season.

In 2024, she joined the Indian Women's League club East Bengal FC for the season.

International
Sanjida was selected to the Bangladesh girls' U-17 team for the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group B matches in 2014. She also played AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central held in Nepal in 2015, where Bangladesh U-14 Girls' became Champion. She played in 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group C matches. She capped 9 times for the U-17 nationals and scored 4 goals. Being group C champion, Bangladesh have qualified for the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship in Thailand in September 2017.

She later played in 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification and the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Club
Bashundhara Kings Women


 * Bangladesh Women's Football League
 * Simple cup icon.svg Winners (2): 2019–20, 2020–21

International

 * SAFF Women's Championship
 * Winner : 2022
 * Runner-up : 2016


 * South Asian Games
 * Bronze : 2016


 * SAFF U-18 Women's Championship
 * Champion (1): 2018


 * Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup
 * Champion trophy shared (1): 2019 She was the best player in the tournament.


 * AFC U-14 Girls' Regional C'ship – South and Central
 * Bangladesh U-14 Girls'
 * Champion : 2015