Karishma Shirvoikar

Karishma Shirvoikar
Personal information
Full name Karishma Purushottam Shirvoikar
Date of birth (2001-08-04) 4 August 2001
Place of birth Odxel, Goa, India
Height 1.51 m (4 ft 11 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kickstart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Panjim Footballers 5 (7)
2019 → PVC Parra (loan)
2020–2022 Gokulam Kerala 17 (7)
2022–2023 Mumbai Knights 7 (1)
2023–2025 Kickstart 26 (13)
2025–2026 Sribhumi
2026– Kickstart
International career‡
2018 India U17
2021– India 19 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 June 2026

Karishma Purushottam Shirvoikar (born 4 August 2001)[2] is an Indian professional footballer from Goa, who plays as a forward for the Indian Women's League club Kickstart and represents the India women's national football team.

Early life

Shirvoikar is 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.[3] 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.[4]

Career

Shirvoikar started playing football on the beaches of Goa with boys in 2011 and played in the Times Girls Soccer League for her school in 2014.[5] In 2017, she joined Panjim Footballers and was part of the team that won the Goa Football League for two years.[6] In the same year she was selected to represent Goa in the Junior Nationals.

In 2018, she took part in the Under-17 Brics Cup in South Africa[7] and in 2019, she played for PVC Parra in the Goan's Women's League,[8] and for Panjim Footballers in the Indian Women's League.[9] She was selected by Palamos CF to train in Spain with CD Fontsanta Fatjo, a third division team, also in 2019.[3] For two seasons, in 2019-2020 and 2021-2022,[2] she played for Gokulam FC.[10][11][12] In September 2021, she was dropped from the Indian team which played friendlies against UAE and Bahrain.[13] From 2023-24, she is playing for Kickstart.[2]

In February 2023, she was back in the Indian team that played two friendlies against Nepal,[14] and the next month in March, she played two friendly matches against Jordan at the Petra Stadium in Amman, Jordan as preparation for Olympic Qualifier.[15] She was selected for the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifier Round 1 at Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic also in April 2023.[16][17]

Career statistics

International

As of 3 June 2026
National teamYearCapsGoals
India 2021 2 0
2022 0 0
2023 5 0
2024 3 0
2025 4 1
2026 5 2
Total 19 3
Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Karishma Shirvoikar
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 October 2025Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India Nepal1–21–2Friendly
2.25 May 2026Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao, India Maldives6–011–02026 SAFF Women's Championship
3.9–0

Honours

India

Gokulam Kerala

Kickstart

Panjim Footballers

References

  1. ↑ "2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup Squad Lists" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Karishma Shirvoikar Tudip Sports". Tudip Sports. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Goan girl earns football training stint, trial in Spain". The Times of India. 19 August 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sporting missionaries who do us proud". The Times of India. 21 September 2015. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "GFDC Dona Paula in semis". The Times of India. 9 December 2014. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Goan trio taste success with Kerala". The Times of India. 16 February 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "From battling with boys to Indian team, no stopping Karishma". The Times of India. 16 July 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Goa Women's League 2019: Ansiva Finishes as Top Scorer, Bidesh XI SC Beat PVC Parra in Final Game". News18. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Gokulam Kerala FC Looking to Sign Goa's Karishma Shirvoikar for Indian Women's League". News18. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Gokulam Kerala FC Renew Goan Karishma Shirvoikar's Contract Ahead of New Season". News18. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "IWL 2020: Sabitra Bhandari Scores 5, Karishma Shirvoikar Bags Hat-trick as Gokulam Kerala FC Smash Kenkre FC". News18. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  12. ↑ Biswas, Joseph. "Gokulam Kerala hand contract extension to forward Karishma Shirvoikar". Khel Now. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  13. ↑ Peter, Naveen (28 September 2021). "Karishma Shirvoikar dropped from Indian football women's squad for international friendlies". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Chances missed as Nepal hold Indian girls". The Times of India. 19 February 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  15. ↑ ANI (19 March 2023). "Indian women's football team suffers 1-2 defeat against Jordan". www.dtnext.in. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  16. ↑ "Thomas Dennerby names 22-member India squad for Olympic Qualifier". The Times of India. 29 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  17. ↑ "India pump in five past Kyrgyz Republic in AFC Women's Olympic qualifier". The Times of India. 4 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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