Pyari Xaxa

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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*
YearsTeamApps(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 30 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 December 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.

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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 30 December 2024
International caps and goals
YearCapsGoals
201510
201620
201712
201830
201921
2021104
202220
202310
202486
Total3013
Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Pyari Xaxa
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 July 2017 MP Selayang Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1–02–0 Friendly
2.2–0
3.23 January 2019 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1–01–0
4.23 February 2021Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1–02–3 2021 Turkish Women's Cup
5.2 October 2021Theyab Awana Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2–04–1Friendly
6.10 October 2021Hamad Town Stadium, Hamad Town, Bahrain Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 2–05–0
7.4–0
8.21 February 2024Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 3–14–3 2024 Turkish Women's Cup
9.9 July 2024 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 1–11–2Friendly
10.12 July 20241–01–1
11.30 December 2024Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru, IndiaFlag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 1–014–0
12.2–0
13.4–0

Honours

India

Odisha

Rising Students

Odisha (state)

Individual

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References

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  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. 1 2 "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.
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  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.


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