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Pyari Xaxa

Pyari Xaxa
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-05-18) 18 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Jhartarang, Sundergarh, Odisha, India
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Odisha
Number 10
Youth career
Kunwarmunda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Rising Students Club 11 (14)
2022 Odisha Police
2022 Sports Odisha 10 (12)
2022– Odisha 0 (0)
International career
2014 India U19 3 (2)
2015– India 28 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 July 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 and the India national team.

Club career

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

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

International

As of 12 July 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 7 3
Total 28 10
Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Pyari Xaxa
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
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
7. 4–0
8. 21 February 2024 Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey  Estonia 3–1 4–3 2024 Turkish Women's Cup
9. 9 July 2024 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar  Myanmar 1–1 1–2 Friendly
10. 12 July 2024 1–0 1–1

Honours

India

Odisha

Rising Students

Odisha (state)

Individual

  • AIFF Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year: 2015[4]
  • Indian Football Fans' Player of the Year 2020–21[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pyari Xaxa". orisports.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Eastern Sporting Union win inaugural Indian Women's League". ESPN. espn.in. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ^ "A youthful breeze flows in the Indian Women's National Team". All India Football Federation. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "20 selected in Indian squad for 12th South Asian Games". AIFF. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 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.
  8. ^ @IndianFootball (23 July 2021). "Pyari Xaxa" (Tweet) – via Twitter.