Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (born on 3 July 1993), known as Ashalata Devi, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Indian Women's League club East Bengal and captains the India women's national team. Devi is considered one of the finest defenders from Asia. She started playing football at the age of 13. In 2008 at the age of 15, Devi was called-up for India U17. Devi was called-up for the senior team and debuted in the year 2011. She is the current captain of the India women's national football team. Devi played a pivotal role in India's success in qualifying for the 2021 Olympics (supposed to be held in 2020) which is going to be held in Tokyo. Devi has several achievements with the national team. Devi was a part of the Indian tea that won two South Asian Games gold medals in 2016 and 2019 and was also part of the team that won the SAFF Women's Championship four times consecutively, in 2012, 2014, 2016 and finally in 2019. She was nominated by AFC for the women's player of the year in 2019 and was selected as the AIFF women's player of the year for her performance in the 201819 campaign.