FULL NAME: Juli Kishan (Also spelt as Julie)
NICK NAME: Chuwa
GENDER: Female
BORN: 10 April 2000 (Source: Football Association of Odisha and Odisha Olympic Association), 8 May 1999 (Source: Football Association of Odisha)
HOME ADDRESS: Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India.
PARENTS: Father (Jogeswar Kishan), Mother ()
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Employee of Odisha Police
TYPE OF PLAYER: Defender/Mid-fielder
TRAINING PLACE: Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Gitanjali Khuntia
TEAMS REPRESENTED: Odisha U-19 Women, Odisha U-21 Women, Odisha Senior Women, Rising Student Club, Odisha Police, Odisha FC Women, India Senior Women

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Represented Odisha in the 28th Senior Womens National Football Championship (Final Round) for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy, held in Kolkata from 2-11 May 2024.
*     She was part of the Odisha team that reached  semifinals before losing to Haryana in the 27th Senior Women National Football Championship 2023 (Final Round) at GNDU Main Ground in Amritsar on 26 June 2023.
*     She was part of the 20-member Odisha Women Football Team that won the Silver medal in the 36th National Games at  TransStadia in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 10 October 2022.
*     She was part of the Odisha U-21 women football team that won bronze medal at the 3rd Khelo India Youth Games in Guwahati, Assam on 22 January, 2020.
*     She was part of the Odisha team that reached semifinals in the 25th Sr Women National Football Championship, held at Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh from 10-24 Sept, 2019.
*     She was a member of the Odisha team that reached semifinals in the Junior (U-19) Women National Football Championship, held at Cuttack from July 1 to 17, 2016.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     She was part of the Indian Senior Women Team that lost a two-match friendly series 0-1 against Uzbekistan, played in Tashkent on 31 May and 4 June 2024.
*     She was part of the Senior India Women Team that finished runners-up in the Turkish Womens Cup International Football Tournament, held in Alanya, Turkey from 21-27 February 2024.
*     She was part of the India Senior Women Team that drew two international friendlies against Nepal 2-2 and 0-0 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on 15 and 18 February 2023.
*     She was part of the India Senior Women Team that played two international friendlies against Jordan in Amman on 19 and 22 March 2023 and one against Uzbekistan in Tashkent on 28 March 2023.
*     She was part of the Indian Women Team that reached semifinals at the SAFF Women Football Championship, held at Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu (Nepal) from 6-19 Sept 2022.

MISCELLANEOUS ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     She was part of the Odisha FC team that emerged Champions for the first time in the Indian Womens League (IWL) at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 24 March 2024.
*     She was part of the Rising Student Club that won the Odisha Women League in ?
*     Won her second Odisha Women League title in 2022, this time for her employers Odisha Police in ?.
*     Her first taste of the Indian Women League came as part of the Sports Odisha team which finished fourth in the IWL 2021-22 season.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Made her international debut in the SAFF Women Championship match against Maldives in Kathmandu on 10 Sept 2022.
*     On 13 August 2022, she was recruited by professionsl football club Odisha FC.
*     On 26 June 2021, Odisha Government appointed her as Police Constable and posted in Bhubaneswar UPD.
*     Juli started playing football as recently as 2016.
*     Born and brought up in Rourkela, Juli began her career at Young Association Club in Kuarmunda.
*     She was spotted by Odisha Sports Department coach and ex-India international Gitanjali Khuntia at a U-19 Odisha State team camp.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 15 July 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 6 June 2024