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Juli Kishan

Juli Kishan
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-05-08) 8 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Rourkela, Sundergarh, Odisha, India
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Odisha
Number 16
Youth career
Young AC Kuarmunda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Rising Students
East Coast Railway
Odisha Police
Sports Odisha
2022– Odisha
International career
2022– India 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024

Juli Kishan (born 8 May 1999) is an Indian professional footballer from Odisha, who plays as a defender for Odisha in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team. She has also played for Odisha Police and East Coast Railways.

Early life

Juli was born in Rourkela to Yogeshwar Kishan.[1] She started playing football in 2016 with Young Association Club in Kuarmunda village. Former player and coach Gitanjali Khuntia spotted her at the U-19 Odisha State camp.[2] She was appointed as a constable by Odisha State Police in June 2021.[3]

Career

  • 2016: She started playing football and was selected for the Odisha team in July to play in the Junior under-19 women's National Football Tournament at Cuttack.[1]
  • 10 September 2022: Senior India debut against Maldives at SAFF games.
  • September 2022: SAFF Women's Football Championship, Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • February 2023: Two friendly matches against Nepal, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai.
  • March 2023: Friendly matches against Jordan in Amman, and against Uzbekistan in Tashkent.
  • 2023: She is among the 34 probables for the National camp of the Senior India team preparing for AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 2 at Bhubaneswar from July 30.[4][5]

Career statistics

International

As of 27 October 2024
International caps and goals
Year Caps Goals
2022 2 0
2023 3 0
2024 3 0
Total 8 0

Honours

Odisha

Odisha Police

Odisha (state)

References

  1. ^ a b "Orisports.com". www.orisports.com. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ^ Release, Press (13 August 2022). "Juli Kishan becomes latest Odisha FC Women recruit!". Arunava about Football. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. ^ Police, AIG of (22 June 2021). "Odisha Police State Headquarter office order" (PDF). www.odishapolice.gov.in. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ^ Staff Reporter (25 July 2023). "Bhubaneswar welcomes the Indian Women's Football Team for National Camp including Manisa Panna, Juli Kishan, Tudu Jabamani and Pyari Xaxa". SportzPoint. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  5. ^ Service, Pragativadi News (25 July 2023). "Bhubaneswar welcomes the Blues Tigresses for National Camp". Pragativadi. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Odisha FC take home the IWL trophy with stunning ease". i-league.org. I-League. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. ^ "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.