Neha Goyal
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File:Neha Goyal.jpg Goyal in August 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
15 November 1996 Sonipat, Haryana, India | ||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Hockey Haryana | |||
| Railways | |||
| 2025– | Odisha Warriors | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2014– | India | 192 | (23) |
Medal record | |||
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Neha Goyal (born 15 November 1996) is an Indian field hockey player and is a member of the India national team. She plays as a midfielder.[1] She captains the Odisha Warriors in Hockey India League.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Goyal was born in Sonipat in Haryana.[2] She comes from a poor family and has two elder sisters. Her father was an alcoholic and her mother as a daily wage worker in a cycle factory earning ₹2000/month making spoke.[3] She and her family have struggled to take care of her basic requirements like shoes, hockey sticks, diet regime, etc.[4]
Goyal started playing hockey when she was 11.[5]
Goyal began training in an academy run by former India captain Pritam Rani Siwach. Goyal completed her schooling from Tika Ram Senior Secondary Girls School.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]Goyal made her debut in the senior Indian national team in 2014 and played her first match in Glasgow during the FIH Champions Challenge.[2]
Goyal was part of the 18-member Indian team for the 2018 World Cup in London. In their opening match, India played against the host England, where Goyal gave India the lead in 25th minute before England equalised it and the match ended in a draw.[6][7]
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External links
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- Neha Goyal at Hockey India
- Living people
- 1996 births
- Sportspeople from Sonipat
- Sportswomen from Haryana
- Field hockey players from Haryana
- Indian female field hockey players
- Female field hockey midfielders
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Asian Games field hockey players for India
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for India
- South Asian Games gold medalists for India
- South Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
- Commonwealth Games field hockey players for India
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Asian Games silver medalists in field hockey
- Asian Games bronze medalists in field hockey
- 21st-century Indian sportswomen