Kajol D'Souza

Kajol D'Souza
Personal information
Full name Kajol Hubert D’Souza
Date of birth (2006-04-28) 28 April 2006
Place of birth Pune, Maharashtra, India
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Amal
Youth career
LaLiga Football Schools
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Parikrama Club
2022–2024 Sethu 18 (14)
2024–2025 Odisha 14 (0)
2025 → Kickstart (loan) 24 (8)
2025– Al-Amal 10 (5)
International career‡
India U17
2022– India U20 11 (2)
2024– India 2 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 April 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 January 2025

Kajol Hubert D’Souza (born 28 April 2006) is an Indian professional footballer from Maharashtra, who plays as a midfielder for the Saudi Women's First Division League club Al-Amal and the India national football team.[1][2] She has also played for the clubs Sethu and Odisha.[3]

Early life

Encouraged by her mother Gratia, she took up football in 2014 and started playing in her community with boys along with her brother Kian.[4] Her mother, a sprinter, is from Mangalore and her father is from Pune. She studied at The Bishop's School, and joined the Arsenal School programme.[5] She trained at the LaLiga Academy, Madrid, and studied there from September 2023 to June 2024.[6]

Career

In 2018, Kajol's first big tournament was the 64th Nationals organised by School Games Federation of India and she scored nine goals for Maharashtra, which won bronze.[7] In 2019, she played in the 65th Nationals organised by School Games Federation of India; La Liga football schools to Spain scholarship.[8]

She played for Pune, which won the Inter-district championship at Jalgaon in 2020.[7] In 2021, she played for La Liga Schools, Pune and Parikrama Club in the Indian Women's League.[9]

In 2022, she was selected for the Tour of Italy for the 6th Torneo Female Football tournament and Tour of Norway for the Open Nordic U-16 Tournament as part of the India national under-17 team. In 2022, she made her debut for Junior India and played in the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup, where she played in the group stage against United States,[10] Morocco and Brazil. In 2023, she played in AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers in Vietnam.

Career statistics

International

As of 2 January 2025
National teamYearCapsGoals
India 2024 1 2
2025 1 1
Total 2 3
Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Kajol D'Souza
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 December 2024Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru, India Maldives12–014–0Friendly
2.14–0
3.2 January 2025 Maldives2–011–1

References

  1. ↑ "Kajol D'Souza's Move to Saudi Arabia: A Defining Moment for Indian Women's Football". indiasportshub.com. 4 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Kajol Hubert Dsouza". SAFF+. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "IWL 2023: Sethu FC Humble Churchill, Kajol D'Souza Scores Four Goals | The Fan Garage (TFG)". thefangarage.com. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Writer, Guest (18 October 2022). "Kajol D'Souza fights off the struggle to exist and then survive!". Arunava about Football. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Who is Kajol D'Souza? All you need to know about young Indian midfielder who join Saudi Club Al-Amal SC". Khel Now. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Indian U-20 Striker Kajol Dsouza bags full scholarship into LALIGA Academy in Spain - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  7. 1 2 Dolare, Rahul (17 October 2022). "Pune-born India Junior World Cup Footballer Kajol D'Souza Shows That Determination Pays Off". Punekar News. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Arés, Ruby (26 October 2022). "Kajol, la futbolista con 'ADN LaLiga' que ha jugado el Mundial Sub-17 femenino". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "With Kajol D'Souza's career on the rise, Pune sees interest in women's football grow". thebridge.in. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: LaLiga Football Schools student Kajol Dsouza living the dream". Hindustan Times. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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