Odisha woman footballer Pyari Xaxa today bagged the newly introduced ‘2015 AIFF Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year’ in the Annual General Body Meeting of All India Football Federation (AIFF) which was held at Goa.

It was double delight for Odisha as Football Association of Odisha (FAO) bagged the ‘2015 AIFF Award for Best Grassroots Prorgamme.’

``The AIFF Emerging Woman Player of the Year Award means the World to me and I am so happy that I could achieve this. I thank the AIFF for their constant support and exposure. And without a platform provided by the AIFF, I don’t know where I would be,’’ Pyari opined.

Eugenson Lyngdoh was voted as the AIFF Player of the Year, Bala Devi was declared the AIFF Woman Footballer of the Year and Pritam Kotal was named AIFF Emerging Player of the Year.