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(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
En Avant Guingamp
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 APF
2019 Sethu 7 (15)
2019–2020 Gokulam Kerala 7 (16)
2023 Gokulam Kerala 10 (31)
2023 Hapoel Ra'anana 4 (6)
2024– Guingamp 29 (7)
International career
2014– Nepal 54 (57)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing    Nepal
South Asian Games
2016 India
2022 Nepal
SAFF Women's Championship
Runner-up2019 Nepal
Runner-up2022 Nepal
WAFF Women's Championship
Runner-up2024 Saudi Arabia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2025

Sabitra Bhandari (Nepali: साबित्रा भण्डारी), popularly known as Samba, is a Nepalese professional football player who plays as a forward for Première Ligue club En Avant Guingamp and Nepal women's national team.

She is the all-time highest goal scorer in Nepalese football history and broke record as the highest woman goal scorer in South Asia with 53 goals. She made history by being the first Nepalese player to play and score in European league.