Pyari Xaxa
{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Pyari Xaxa
| image =
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| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|5|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Jhartarang, Sundergarh, Odisha, India
| currentclub = Odisha
| clubnumber = 10
| height =
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Kunwarmunda
| years1 = 2016–
| clubs1 = Rising Students Club
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 14
| years2 = 2022
| clubs2 = Odisha Police
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| goals2 =
| years3 = 2022
| clubs3 = Sports Odisha
| caps3 = 10
| goals3 = 12
| years4 = 2022–
| clubs4 = Odisha
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 2014
| nationalteam1 = India U19
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 2015–
| nationalteam2 = India
| nationalcaps2 = 31
| nationalgoals2 = 13
| medaltemplates =
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| nationalteam-update = 30 December 2024
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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.{{cite web|title=Pyari Xaxa|url=http://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=MTA0MA==|publisher=orisports.com|access-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218135740/http://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=MTA0MA==|archive-date=18 February 2017}} 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.{{cite web|title=Eastern Sporting Union win inaugural Indian Women's League|url=http://www.espn.in/football/india/story/3060461/eastern-sporting-union-win-inaugural-indian-womens-league|work=ESPN|publisher=espn.in|access-date=18 February 2017|date=14 February 2017}}
International career
Xaxa made her senior international debut in 2015 after playing in the India U19 team.{{cite web|title=A youthful breeze flows in the Indian Women's National Team|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6987|work=All India Football Federation|access-date=18 February 2017|date=6 February 2016}} She was awarded the AIFF Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year for the year.{{cite web |title=Eugenson Lyngdoh voted '2015 AIFF Player of the Year'|date=20 December 2015 |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6879 |website=the-aiff.com |access-date=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026005737/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6879 |archive-date=26 October 2017 |url-status=live }} She was a part of the team that won gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games in Shillong.
Career statistics
=International=
{{Updated|30 December 2024}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="3" |International caps and goals | |
| Year
!Caps | Goals |
|---|---|
| 2015
|1 |0 | |
| 2016
|2 |0 | |
| 2017
|1 |2 | |
| 2018
|3 |0 | |
| 2019
|2 |1 | |
| 2021
|11 |4 | |
| 2022
|2 |0 | |
| 2023
|1 |0 | |
| 2024
|8 |6 | |
| Total
!31 !13 |
:Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| +List of international goals scored by Pyari Xaxa
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | rowspan=2| 31 July 2017 | rowspan=2| MP Selayang Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | rowspan=2| {{fbw|MAS}} | align=center|1–0 | rowspan=2 align=center|2–0 | rowspan=3| Friendly |
| 2. | align=center|2–0 | |||||
| 3. | 23 January 2019 | Hong Kong | {{fbw|HKG}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center|1–0 | |
| 4. | 23 February 2021 | Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey | {{fbw|UKR}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center|2–3 | 2021 Turkish Women's Cup |
| 5. | 2 October 2021 | Theyab Awana Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | {{fbw|UAE}} | align=center|2–0 | align=center|4–1 | rowspan=3| Friendly |
| 6. | rowspan=2| 10 October 2021 | rowspan=2| Hamad Town Stadium, Hamad Town, Bahrain | rowspan=2| {{fbw|BHR}} | align=center|2–0 | rowspan=2 align=center|5–0 | |
| 7. | align=center|4–0 | |||||
| 8. | 21 February 2024 | Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey | {{fbw|EST}} | align=center|3–1 | align=center|4–3 | 2024 Turkish Women's Cup |
| 9. | 9 July 2024 | rowspan=2| Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar | rowspan=2| {{fbw|MYA}} | align=center|1–1 | align=center| 1–2 | rowspan=5| Friendly |
| 10. | 12 July 2024 | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 1–1 | |||
| 11. | rowspan=3| 30 December 2024 | rowspan=3| Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru, India | rowspan=3| {{fbw|MDV}} | align=center|1–0 | rowspan=3 align=center| 14–0 | |
| 12. | align=center|2–0 | |||||
| 13. | align=center|4–0 |
Honours
India
- South Asian Games Gold medal: 2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/20-selected-in-indian-squad-for-12th-south-asian-games|title=20 selected in Indian squad for 12th South Asian Games|website=AIFF|date=1 February 2016|access-date=10 December 2023}}
Odisha
- Indian Women's League: 2023–24{{cite news|title=Odisha FC take home the IWL trophy with stunning ease|url=https://i-league.org/odisha-fc-take-home-the-iwl-trophy-with-stunning-ease/|website=i-league.org|publisher=I-League|date=24 March 2024|access-date=24 March 2024}}
Rising Students
Odisha (state)
- National Games Silver medal: 2022{{cite web |title=National Games 2022, October 10 HIGHLIGHTS: Manipur wins women’s football gold; Tamil Nadu tops Group A in men’s volleyball |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/national-games/national-games-2022-october-10-live-updates-results-highlights-gujarat/article65991366.ece |website=Sportstar |date=10 October 2022 }}
Individual
- AIFF Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year: 2015
- Indian Football Fans' Player of the Year 2020–21{{cite tweet |user=IndianFootball|number=1418571873441312769|date=23 July 2021|title=Pyari Xaxa}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/57362 Pyari Xaxa] at All India Football Federation
- {{GSA player|pyari-xaxa/291300}}
{{India squad 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup}}
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Category:Indian women's footballers
Category:India women's international footballers
Category:India women's youth international footballers
Category:Footballers from Odisha
Category:People from Sundergarh district
Category:Sportswomen from Odisha
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Odisha FC Women players
Category:Indian Women's League players
Category:South Asian Games gold medalists for India
Category:South Asian Games medalists in football
Category:Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games competitors for India
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