Hemam Shilky Devi

In this Meitei name, the family name is Hemamand the given name is Shilky."Devi" is a name suffix.

Shilky Devi

Personal information
Full name	Hemam Shilky Devi
Date of birth	(2005-11-23) 23 November 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth	Moirang, Manipur, India
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Gokulam Kerala
Number	4
Youth career
	SAI Academy Imphal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–2022	Gokulam Kerala
2022–2023	The Young Welfare Club
2023–	Gokulam Kerala	26	(4)
International career‡
2019	India U17	4	(3)
2021–2023	India U20	17	(1)
2022–	India	16	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2024

Hemam Shilky Devi (born 23 November 2005) is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur, ^[1] who plays as a midfielder for Gokulam Kerala in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team. In 2022, she was the youngest player of the AFC Women's Asia Cup aged 16 years and two months.

Early life

Hemam Shilky was born in Moirang, into a poor family. Her father was a cook and he used to encourage Hemam to play football. Her mother, also a cook, reluctantly accepted later. Hemam was then sent to the SAI Academy, Imphal for training.

Career

Hemam made her Junior India debut at the age of 12 years in 2018 when she captained India to victory at the SAFF under-15 Women's Championship in Bhutan and became the joint top-scorer. The other tournaments she has played in are AFC U-16 Qualifiers in Mongolia ^[2] in 2019 before she made here Senior India debut in 2022 against Brazil ^[3] where India lost 1–5. In the other matches, they lost to Chile 0-3 on 29 November and to Venezuela 1-2 on 2 December 2021.

In the FIFA U-17 World Cup, she was part of the Indian team that played three matches in October 2022 against USA (lost 0-8), ^[4] Morocco (lost 0-3) ^[4] and Brazil (lost 0-5). ^[5] In 2022, she also played the Asian Women's Cup in 2022 and was part of the India Under-17 team at the Women's World Cup where she was the captain. ^[6]

In March 2023, she also represented India U-20 women's team in Group F matches at the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers Round 1 at Viet Tri City, Indonesia. ^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 April 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gokulam Kerala	2022–23	Indian Women's League	10	3	0	0	0	0	—		10	3
	2023–24		11	0	0	0	0	0	3 [a]	0	14	0
	2024–25		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
	Gokulam Kerala total		24	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	27	4
Career total			24	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	27	4

1. Appearance(s) in 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship

International

As of 12 July 2024

International caps and goals
Year	Caps	Goals
2021	2	0
2022	0	0
2023	7	1
2024	7	0
Total	16	1

Scores and results list India's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Hemam Shilky Devi

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 April 2023	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	4–0	5–0	2024 Olympic Qualifiers

Honours

Gokulam Kerala

• Indian Women's League: 2022–23 ^{[8] [9]}

Manipur

• Senior Women's National Football Championship: 2023–24 ^[10]

Individual

• Indian Women's League Best Defender: 2023–24

References

1. "Hemam Shilky Devi". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
2. "14-year-old Shilky Devi aspires to dream big and fulfil world cup ambition". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
3. Tandon, Avishka. "Who Is Shilky Devi? Youngest Football Player In Asia Women's Cup 2022". www.shethepeople.tv. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
4. Score, AI (12 September 2023). "Hemam Shilky Devi". www.aiscore.com. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
5. "India - S. Hemam - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
6. "Youngest in Asia, Shilky Devi looking to take learnings into the future". Hindustan Times. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
7. India, Press Trust (9 March 2023). "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers: India Blank Indonesia With Six Goals To Maintain Perfect Record". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
8. "Indian Women's League 2023: Gokulam Kerala thrash Kickstart FC 5–0 to win third consecutive title". sportstar.thehindu.com. Chennai: Sportstar. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
9. "Gokulam Kerala steamroll Kickstart to complete hat-trick of Hero IWL titles". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
10. "Manipur champions for the 22nd time in Sr Women's NFC for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy". AIFF. 15 May 2024.

External links

• Hemam Shilky Devi at All India Football Federation