Hemam Shilky Devi

Hemam Shilky Devi (born 23 November 2005) is an Indian women's professional footballer from Manipur.[1] She plays as a midfielder for the Young Welfare Club. Earlier, she played for Gokulam FC in the Indian Women's League. She is part of 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.

In this Meitei name, the family name is Hemam and the given name is Shilky. "Devi" is a name suffix.
Hemam Shilky Devi
Personal information
Full name Hemam Shilky Devi
Date of birth (2005-11-23) 23 November 2005
Place of birth Moirang, Manipur, India
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 The Young Welfare Club
Youth career
SAI Academy Imphal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Gokulam Kerala
2022– The Young Welfare Club
International career‡
2019–2022 India U17
2022– India 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023

Early life

Hemam Shilky was born in Moirang in 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.

Football 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:

2019: AFC U-16 Qualifiers in Mongolia.[2]

26 Nov 2021: Debut for the Senior India team in 2022 against Brazil.[3] Lost 1–5.

29 Nov 2021: Lost to Chile 0–3.

2 Dec 2021: Lost to Venezuela 1–2.

FIFA U-17 World Cup:

  • 11 Oct 2022: India lost to USA u-17 = 0–8;[4]
  • 14 Oct 2022: India lost to Morocco U-17 = 0–3;[4]
  • 17 Oct 2022: India lost to Brazil 0–5.[5]

2022: Asian Women's Cup.

2022: India Under-17 team at the Women's World Cup (captain).[6]

References
  1. "Hemam Shilky Devi". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  2. "14-year-old Shilky Devi aspires to dream big and fulfil world cup ambition". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  3. Tandon, Avishka. "Who Is Shilky Devi? Youngest Football Player In Asia Women's Cup 2022". www.shethepeople.tv. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  4. Score, AI (2023-09-12). "Hemam Shilky Devi". www.aiscore.com. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  5. "India - S. Hemam - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  6. "Youngest in Asia, Shilky Devi looking to take learnings into the future". Hindustan Times. 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
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