Pyari Xaxa

Pyari Xaxa (born 18 May 1997) is an Indian women's international footballer who plays as a forward for Odisha FC and the India national team.

Pyari Xaxa
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-05-18) 18 May 1997
Place of birth Jhartarang, Sundergarh, Odisha, India
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Odisha FC
Number 11
Youth career
Kunwarmunda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Rising Student Club 11 (14)
2022 Odisha Police
2022 Sports Odisha 10 (12)
2022– Odisha FC 0 (0)
International career‡
2014 India U19 3 (2)
2015– India 20 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023

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]

International goals
Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 July 2017MP Selayang Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia1–02–0Friendly
2.2–0
3.23 January 2019Hong Kong Hong Kong1–01–0Friendly
4.23 February 2021Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey Ukraine1–02–32021 Turkish Women's Cup
5.2 October 2021Theyab Awana Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates2–04–1Friendly
6.10 October 2021Hamad Town Stadium, Hamad Town, Bahrain Bahrain2–05–0Friendly
7.4–0

Honours

India

Rising Students

Odisha

Individual

  • AIFF Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year: 2015[4]
  • Indian Football Fans' Player of the Year 2020–21[6]

References
  1. "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. "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. "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.
  6. @IndianFootball (23 July 2021). "Pyari Xaxa" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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