Ribansi Jamu

Ribansi Jamu is an Indian professional footballer from Meghalaya who plays as a goalkeeper for the club Garhwal United Football Club in the Indian Women's League 2 and the India women's national football team. She is a product of Baichung Bhutia Football Schools programme.

Early life and career

Jamu is from Shillong, Meghalaya.
She played in the Shillong Sports Association Women’s Football League, the top league in Shillong, Meghalaya, for Laitkor Rngi Sports Club women’s team. Later, she joined the Baichung Bhutia Football Schools Residential Academy at Nashik, Maharashtra. In May 2024, she played for Football Delhi in the 28th Rajmata Jijabai Trophy. In 2022, playing for Sati Raja Memorial SS of Ri-Bhoi, she was declared as the best goalkeeper in the under 17 girls division of the state level Subroto Cup.

International career

She was selected in the 23-player Indian squad by Indian coach Joakim Alexandersson and she played the second FIFA international friendlies against Maldives on January 2 at the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence in Bengaluru. In that match, she made her senior India debut as a substitute coming off the bench to replace Nandini.
She represented the Indian under 20 football team in the Pink Ladies International Youth Cup at Turkey.