Pyari Xaxa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 May 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Jhartarang, Sundergarh, Odisha, India | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Odisha FC | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kunwarmunda | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016– | Rising Student Club | 11 | (14) |
| 2022 | Odisha Police | ||
| 2022 | Sports Odisha | 10 | (12) |
| 2022– | Odisha FC | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | India U19 | 3 | (2) |
| 2015– | India | 24 | (8) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 February 2024 | |||
Pyari Xaxa (born 18 May 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Indian Women's League club Odisha FC and the India national team.
Club career[edit]
Xaxa began her football career with the club Kunwarmunda based in her home State of Odisha.[1] In 2016, she was signed by Rising Student to play in the inaugural season of the Indian Women's League. She finished the season with 14 goals, with ten in the preliminary and four in the final round. Her team lost to Eastern Sporting Union in the final.[2]
International career[edit]
Xaxa made her senior international debut in 2015 after playing in the India U19 team.[3] She was awarded the AIFF Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year for the year.[4] She was a part of the team that won gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games in Shillong.[1]
Career statistics[edit]
International[edit]
- As of 27 February 2024
| International caps and goals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Caps | Goals |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 9 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 24 | 8 |
- Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 31 July 2017 | MP Selayang Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  Malaysia |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 2–0 | |||||
| 3. | 23 January 2019 | Hong Kong |  Hong Kong |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 23 February 2021 | Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey |  Ukraine |
1–0 | 2–3 | 2021 Turkish Women's Cup |
| 5. | 2 October 2021 | Theyab Awana Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |  United Arab Emirates |
2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 6. | 10 October 2021 | Hamad Town Stadium, Hamad Town, Bahrain |  Bahrain |
2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 7. | 4–0 | |||||
| 8. | 21 February 2024 | Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey |  Estonia |
3–1 | 4–3 | 2024 Turkish Women's Cup |
Honours[edit]
India
- South Asian Games Gold medal: 2016[5]
Odisha
Rising Students
Odisha (state)
- National Games Silver medal: 2022[7]
Individual
- AIFF Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year: 2015[4]
- Indian Football Fans' Player of the Year 2020–21[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Pyari Xaxa". orisports.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Eastern Sporting Union win inaugural Indian Women's League". ESPN. espn.in. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "A youthful breeze flows in the Indian Women's National Team". All India Football Federation. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Eugenson Lyngdoh voted '2015 AIFF Player of the Year'". the-aiff.com. 20 December 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "20 selected in Indian squad for 12th South Asian Games". AIFF. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Odisha FC take home the IWL trophy with stunning ease". i-league.org. I-Leauge. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "National Games 2022, October 10 HIGHLIGHTS: Manipur wins women's football gold; Tamil Nadu tops Group A in men's volleyball". Sportstar. 10 October 2022.
- ^ @IndianFootball (23 July 2021). "Pyari Xaxa" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links[edit]
- Pyari Xaxa at All India Football Federation
- Pyari Xaxa at Global Sports Archive
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