Anita Basnet is a reliable midfielder of the Nepali women's national football team. Born in Fedap Rural Municipality of Tehrathum, Anita was fond of football since childhood. The reason for this was the dusty grounds of Bhagwati Basic School, which was 2 minutes away from the house.

There were frequent sports competitions on that ground. School children used to play during lunch time and in the evening many people gathered from the village to play. Anita's heart stopped when she saw the game on the ground near the house. She used to attend. 

He got addicted to football while playing jhumre ball with village boys. "When I saw my friend playing ball in the nearby field, I used to jump out of the window," she said. Born in 2053, she participated in many district level competitions till the age of 15.

'My father is a teacher, perhaps because he understood the importance of sports, he never stopped me. When I was in school, I used to participate in small and medium-sized competitions organized in the village,' she says, 'My mother used to remind me that I should not just play, but also pay attention to my studies and housework. I used to win hearts by being stubborn. I was afraid to tell my father directly.

An incident that happened to her father while playing with his blindfold will haunt him forever. There were 10 days left for the SLC exam in March 2067. An invitation came to play football in the Kharande Mela held at Jirikhimti in Tehrathum. She told her mother. They advised me not to go this time as the exam was about to come. 

However, she packed her clothes at night and left the house without light. Her team came first in the competition, but Anita broke her right hand after falling during the game. There was no reliable hospital in Manglung, the capital. Had to go to BP Koirala Health Science Institute in Dharan for treatment. She told her friends not to hear about the incident at home.

Organizers and friends collected money from the fair and took it to Dharan. Hand plastered. "My mother was upset when I came home," she said Anita played forward. Pasang Tamang, the coach of Panchthar's football team, offered to play for his team in the national games held in Nawalparasi in 2068. She went there and played. She played for the Morang team in the 6th National Games held in Dhangadhi. Then, gradually, he started playing. After the tournament in Dhangadhi, his performance caught the eye of the Armed Police Force coach. Since then, she has been playing club level competitions with the armed police team. While playing for the club, he also got an opportunity in the national team.

It has been 11 years since Anita started playing in the national team. She made her debut with the national team in the 2014 Women's SAFF Championship. She has scored 8 goals for the national team in a decade. She scored her first goal for the national team against Iran in the Hero Gold Cup in 2019. She remembers that first goal scored in the 41st minute of the game was the most important in her playing life. In the same year, she scored the second goal for the national team against Sri Lanka in the fifth SAFF Women's Championship held in Biratnagar. In 2020, she scored 2 goals against Kyrgyzstan in the Nadezhda Cup in Kyrgyzstan.