Pyari Xaxa

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.

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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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	31	(13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 December 2024

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
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.

List of international goals scored by Pyari Xaxa

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	31 July 2017	MP Selayang Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2.				2–0
3.	23 January 2019	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1–0	1–0
4.	23 February 2021	Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey	Ukraine	1–0	2–3	2021 Turkish Women's Cup
5.	2 October 2021	Theyab Awana Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	2–0	4–1	Friendly
6.	10 October 2021	Hamad Town Stadium, Hamad Town, Bahrain	Bahrain	2–0	5–0
7.				4–0
8.	21 February 2024	Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey	Estonia	3–1	4–3	2024 Turkish Women's Cup
9.	9 July 2024	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Myanmar	1–1	1–2	Friendly
10.	12 July 2024			1–0	1–1
11.	30 December 2024	Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru, India	Maldives	1–0	14–0
12.				2–0
13.				4–0

Honours

India

• South Asian Games Gold medal: 2016^[5]

Odisha

• Indian Women's League: 2023–24^[6]

Rising Students

• Indian Women's League: 2017–18

Odisha (state)

• National Games Silver medal: 2022^[7]

Individual

• AIFF Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year: 2015^[4]
• Indian Football Fans' Player of the Year 2020–21^[8]