Ritu Porna Chakma (; Chakma: π’π¨ππͺππ§π’π΄π πππ΄π; born 30 December 2003) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for the Bangladesh national team and Ayeyawady.
Early life Ritu Porna Chakma was born on 30 December 2003 in Kawkhali, Rangamati. She is of indigenous Chakma community.
She studied at Mogachhari Government Primary School. At school, a teacher named Birsen Chakma introduced her to football. She started playing football in 2012 while attending primary school. In 2013, at the age of 10, she took part in the Bangamata Gold Cup Football tournament, representing her school.
Ritu is the oldest among four sisters and one brother. After the deaths of her father in 2015 and her younger brother in 2022, her mother, Kala Sona Chakma, and her sisters supported her.
Club career In the 2023β24 season, Chakma joined Nasrin in the Bangladesh Women's Football League.
In 2024, she was loaned to Bhutanese club Royal Thimphu College for the 2024β25 AFC Women's Champions League, scoring once in two preliminary stage appearances against Bam Khatoon. Prior to participating in the tournament, she featured in a league match for the club.
In 2025, she signed with Paro, another Bhutanese club, where she scored four goals in her first two appearances. In the season, she managed to score 13 goals in 8 matches.
On 22 December 2025, she joined Rajshahi Stars for the 2025β26 Bangladesh Women's Football League.
In 2026, she signed a three-month deal with Ayeyawady for the Myanmar Women League. She made her debut for the club in a 4β0 victory against Thitsar Arman. She made her debut in the 2026β27 AFC Women's Champions League against Jurong. After the AWCL campaign ended, her loan spell with Ayeyawady ended, and she returned to her parent club.
International career Chakma made her senior debut for the Bangladesh women's national team in 2019. The following year, she participated in the 2022 SAFF Women's Championship, where Bangladesh secured its first title in the tournament's history, held in Kathmandu. She also played for the Bangladesh U-19 team during this period, including a match where she scored twice against Sri Lanka.
She was part of the squad that won the 2022 and 2024 SAFF Women's Championship.
On 30 October 2024, Chakma scored the winning goal in the final of the SAFF Women's Championship against Nepal and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. On the next month, she received an offer from a European club, North Macedonian club Brera Tiverija.
During the AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers, Chakma scored in Bangladesh's 7β0 victory over Bahrain on 29 June 2025. On 2 July 2025, she scored twice in a 2β1 win against Myanmar in Yangon, helping Bangladesh qualify for the AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time in the nation's history.
Style of play Chakma primarily plays as a left winger, although she is also capable of operating as an attacking midfielder. She is known for her pace, dribbling ability, creativity in the final third, and powerful left-footed shots. She is also capable of delivering inswinging set-pieces and scoring directly from corner kicks, as well as from acute angles.
Peter Butler described her as "one of the best wingers in South Asia" in 2026.
Career statistics Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each goal scored by Chakma.
+ List of international goals scored by Ritu Porna ChakmaNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 10 September 2022 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal 6β0 6β0 2022 SAFF Women's Championship2 16 September 2022 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal 4β0 8β0 2022 SAFF Women's Championship3 4 December 2023 BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2β0 8β0 Friendly45β05 24 July 2024 Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan 3β1 5β1 Friendly6 27 July 2024 Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan 4β2 4β2 Friendly7 27 October 2024 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal 1β0 7β1 2024 SAFF Women's Championship8 30 October 2024 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal 2β1 2β1 2024 SAFF Women's Championship9 29 June 2025 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar 2β0 7β0 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification10 2 July 2025 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar 1β0 2β1 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification11 2β0 12 5 July 2025 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar 5β0 7β0 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification13 7β0 14 3 June 2026 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao, India 1β1 2β1 2026 SAFF Women's Championship15 6 June 2026 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao, India 1β1 1β3 2026 SAFF Women's Championship
Awards and honors
On 9 December 2025, Ritu was awarded the Begum Rokeya Padak 2025 in the category of women's awakening (sports).
Honours Bashundhara Kings Bangladesh Women's Football League: 2021β22, 2021β22 Rajshahi Stars Bangladesh Women's Football League: 2025β26 Bangladesh U-20 SAFF Women's Championship: 2021 Bangladesh SAFF Women's Championship: 2022, 2024
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