Sabitra Bhandari

Sabitra Bhandari
Bhandari in 2019
Personal information
Full name Sabitra Bhandari
Date of birth (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996
Place of birth Lamjung, Nepal
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Wellington Phoenix
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 APF
2018–2019 Sethu 7 (15)
2019–2020 Gokulam Kerala 7 (16)
2022–2023 Gokulam Kerala 10 (29)
2023 Hapoel Ra'anana 4 (6)
2024–2025 Guingamp 29 (7)
2025– Wellington Phoenix 6 (3)
International career
2014– Nepal 61 (68)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing    Nepal
South Asian Games
2016 India
2022 Nepal
SAFF Women's Championship
Runner-up 2019 Nepal
Runner-up 2022 Nepal
Runner-up 2024 Nepal
WAFF Women's Championship
Runner-up 2024 Saudi Arabia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 January 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 July 2025

Sabitra Bhandari (Nepali: साबित्रा भण्डारी, pronounced [saːbit̪ra bʱʌɳɖari]), popularly known as Samba, is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for A-League Women club Wellington Phoenix and captains the Nepal national team.

She is the all-time highest goal scorer in Nepalese football history and broke record as the highest female goalscorer in South Asia, with 53 goals. She made history by being the first Nepalese player to play and score in top tier European league. She is also the first ever South Asian player to score a hat-trick in a top tier European league.