Ritu Porna Chakma


Ritu Porna Chakma is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for the Bangladesh national team and Rajshahi Stars FC.

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 2023–24 season, Chakma joined Nasrin Sporting Club in the Bangladesh Women's Football League.
In 2024, she was loaned to Bhutanese club Royal Thimphu College SC for the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League, scoring once in two preliminary stage appearances.
In 2025, she signed with Paro FC, another Bhutanese club, where she scored four goals in her first two appearances.
In 22 December 2025, she joined Rajshahi Stars FC for the 2025–26 Bangladesh Women's Football League.

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 7–0 victory over Bahrain on 29 June 2025. On 2 July 2025, she scored twice in a 2–1 win against Myanmar in Yangon, helping Bangladesh qualify for the AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time in the nation's history.

Career statistics

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 September 2022Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal6–06–02022 SAFF Women's Championship
216 September 2022Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal4–08–02022 SAFF Women's Championship
34 December 2023BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh2–08–0Friendly
44 December 2023BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh5–08–0Friendly
524 July 2024Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan3–15–1Friendly
627 July 2024Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan4–24–2Friendly
727 October 2024Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal1–07–12024 SAFF Women's Championship
830 October 2024Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal2–12–12024 SAFF Women's Championship
929 June 2025Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar2–07–02026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
102 July 2025Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar1–02–12026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
112 July 2025Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar2–02–12026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
125 July 2025Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar5–07–02026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
135 July 2025Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar7–07–02026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Awards and honors

On 9 December 2025, Ritu was awarded the Begum Rokeya Padak 2025 in the category of women's awakening.

Honours

Bashundhara Kings
Bangladesh
  • SAFF Women's Championship: 2022, 2024