Kaviya Pakkirisamy

Kaviya Pakkirisamy
Personal information
Date of birth	23 December 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Tamil Nadu, India
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sethu
Number	31
Senior career*
Years	Team
–2023	Kickstart
2023–	Sethu
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023

Kaviya Pakkirisamy (born 23 December 2002)^[1] is an Indian professional footballer from Tamil Nadu, who plays as a forward for Sethu in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team. She has also played for the club Kickstart.^[2]

Career

In 2022, Kaviya played for Kickstart and was the top scorer of the Karnataka Women's League with 22 goals.^[3] She played for Kickstart in the 2021–22 Indian Women's League which finished third in the regular season.^[4] In the 2023 season, she played for Kickstart FC in the Indian Women's League.^[5] Kaviya scored her first IWL hattrick and received the Hero of the match award in the regular season match against Churchill Brothers.^[6] She represented Tamil Nadu in the 2022–23 Senior Women's National Football Championship.^[7]

^ "Kaviya Pakkirisamy". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
^ Menon,DHNS, Sandeep. "Kickstart, Misaka look for strong IWL show". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Karnataka Women's League". The Away End. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ Guha, Sayantan (26 May 2022). "IWL 2021-22: Kickstart FC finish their season on a high with a narrow victory against Indian Arrows". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ PTI (3 May 2023). "IWL: Kickstart FC massacres Churchill Brothers 10-0". Sportstar. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ Scroll Staff (4 May 2023). "IWL 2023: Kickstart FC outplay Churchill Brothers; CRPF, Odisha FC win". Scroll.in. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Sr Women's Football final round to kick off today". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 21 September 2023.