Karishma Purushottam Shirvoikar (born 4 August 2001) 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. 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.
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. In 2017, she joined Panjim Footballers and was part of the team that won the Goa Football League for two years. 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 and in 2019, she played for PVC Parra in the Goan's Women's League, and for Panjim Footballers in the Indian Women's League. She was selected by Palamos CF to train in Spain with CD Fontsanta Fatjo, a third division team, also in 2019. For two seasons, in 2019-2020 and 2021-2022, she played for Gokulam FC. In September 2021, she was dropped from the Indian team which played friendlies against UAE and Bahrain. From 2023-24, she is playing for Kickstart.
In February 2023, she was back in the Indian team that played two friendlies against Nepal, 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. She was selected for the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifier Round 1 at Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic also in April 2023.
Career statistics International
National teamYearCapsGoalsIndia202120202200202350202430202541202652Total193
Scores and results list India's goal tally first. +List of international goals scored by Karishma Shirvoikar No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 27 October 2025 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India 1–2 1–2 Friendly 2. 25 May 2026 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao, India 6–0 11–0 2026 SAFF Women's Championship 3. 9–0
Honours
India SAFF Women's Championship: 2026
Gokulam Kerala Indian Women's League: 2019–20, 2021–22
Kickstart Karnataka Women's League: 2023–24
Panjim Footballers Goa Women's League: 2017, 2018
References
External links Karishma Shirvoikar at All India Football Federation