Karishma Shirvoikar

Karishma Purushottam Shirvoikar (born 4 August 2001) is an Indian professional footballer from Goa, who plays as a forward for Kickstart in the Indian Women's League and represents the India women's national football team.

Karishma Shirvoikar

Personal information
Full name	Karishma Purushottam Shirvoikar
Date of birth	(2001-08-04) 4 August 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Odxel, Goa, India
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Kickstart
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Panjim Footballers
2019	PVC Parra
2020–2022	Gokulam Kerala
2022–2023	Mumbai Knights
2023–	Kickstart
International career‡
2018	India U17
2021–	India	12	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 February 2025

Early life

Karishma hails from a small sea-side village named Odxel, on the outskirts of Panaji, Goa. Her mother, Anjani, sells vegetables for a living as her father, Purushottam, is sick and stays at home.^[1] She studied at Our Lady of the Rosary Higher Secondary school, Dona Paula. She lives in Panaji. In the school, she learnt her basics from coach Carol Fernandes Gomes.^[2]

Career

• 2011: She started playing football on the beaches of Goa with boys.
• 2014: She played in the Times Girls Soccer League for her school.^[3]
• 2017: Joined Panjim Footballers and helped the club win the Goa Football League for two years.^[4]
• 2017: Represented Goa in the Junior Nationals.
• 2018: Under-17 Brics Cup in South Africa.^[5]
• 2019: Plays for PVC Parra in the Goan's Women's League;^[6] Plays for Panjim Footballers in the Indian Women's League;^[7]
• 2019: She was selected by Palamos CF to train in Spain with CD Fontsanta Fatjo, a third division team.^[1]
• 2020 to 2021: Played for Gokulam FC;^[8][9][10]
• 2021: In September, she was dropped from the Indian team to play friendlies against UAE and Bahrain.^[11]
• 2023: In February, she was part of the Indian team that played two friendlies against Nepal.^[12]
• 2023: In March, she played two friendly matches against Jordan at the Petra Stadium in Amman, Jordan as preparation for Olympic Qualifier.^[13]
• 2023: She played in the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifier Round 1 to be played in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic in April.^[14][15]

Career statistics

International

As of 26 February 2025

National team	Year	Caps	Goals
India	2021	2	0
	2022	0	0
	2023	5	0
	2024	3	0
	2025	2	0
Total		12	0

Honours

Panjim Footballers

• Goa Women's League: 2017, 2018

Gokulam Kerala

• Indian Women's League: 2019–20, 2021–22

Kickstart

• Karnataka Women's League: 2023–24