Pyari Xaxa

Pyari Xaxa (born 18 May 1997) is an Indian women's international footballer who plays as a forward for the club Rising Students Club and the India national team.

Pyari Xaxa
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-05-18) 18 May 1997
Place of birth Jhartarang, Sundergarh, Odisha, India
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sports Odisha
Number 10
Youth career
Kunwarmunda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Rising Student Club 11 (14)
2022 Odisha Police
2022– Sports Odisha
National team‡
2014 India U19 3 (2)
2015– India 10 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 February 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 December 2021

Career

Xaxa made her senior international debut in 2015 after playing in the India U19 team.[1] She was awarded the AIFF Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year for the year.[2] She was a part of the team that won gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games in Shillong.

Club career

Xaxa began her football career with the club Kunwarmunda based in her home State of Odisha.[3] 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.[4]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 February 2021Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey Ukraine1–02–32021 Turkish Women's Cup
2.2 October 2021Theyab Awana Stadium, Dubai, UAE United Arab Emirates2–04–1Friendly
3.10 October 2021Hamad Town Stadium, Hamad Town, Bahrain Bahrain2–05–0Friendly
4.4–0

Honours

International
India
Gold (1): 2016

Club
Rising Students Club

Individual
  • AIFF Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year: 2015[2]
  • Indian Football Fans' Player of the Year 2020–21[5]

References
  1. "A youthful breeze flows in the Indian Women's National Team". All India Football Federation. February 6, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  2. "Eugenson Lyngdoh voted '2015 AIFF Player of the Year'". All India Football Federation. December 20, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  3. "Pyari Xaxa profile". orisports.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  4. "Eastern Sporting Union win inaugural Indian Women's League". ESPN. espn.in. February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  5. @IndianFootball (July 23, 2021). "Pyari Xaxa" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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