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{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
| name = Neha Goyal<br />
| image = Neha Goyal.jpg <br />
| caption = Goyal in August 2022<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|11|15|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sonipat]], [[Haryana]], India<br />
| height = 1.52 m<br />
| weight = 54 kg<br />
| position = Midfielder<br />
| currentclub =<br />
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| clubs1 = Hockey Haryana<br />
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| clubs2 = [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railways]]<br />
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| years3 = 2025–<br />
| clubs3 = [[Odisha Warriors]]<br />
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| nationalyears1 = 2014–<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 197<br />
| nationalgoals1 = 23<br />
| medaltemplates = <br />
{{MedalSport|Women's [[field hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Women|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[Field hockey at the 2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Field hockey at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalComp|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2017 Gifu]]|}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2025 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2025 Hangzhou]]|}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2022 Muscat]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Asian Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Women's Asian Champions Trophy|2023 Ranchi]]|}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2024 Women's Asian Champions Trophy|2024 Rajgir]]|}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Women's Asian Champions Trophy|2018 Donghae]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup|FIH Nations Cup]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup|2022 Spain]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the South Asian Games|South Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2016 South Asian Games|2016 Guwahati]]|[[Field Hockey at the 2016 South Asian Games – Women|Team]]}}<br />
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'''Neha Goyal''' (born 15 November 1996) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player and is a member of the [[India women's national field hockey team|India national team]]. She plays as a midfielder.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hockeyindia.org/team/neha-goyal-sr-2.html |title=Neha Goyal profile |website=hockeyindia.org |language=en-US |access-date=28 July 2018 |archive-date=18 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118235009/http://hockeyindia.org/team/neha-goyal-sr-2.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She captains the [[Odisha Warriors]] in [[Hockey India League]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Goyal was born in [[Sonipat]] in [[Haryana]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://feminisminindia.com/2017/11/08/indian-womens-hockey-team/ |title=Meet The Players Of The Indian Women's Hockey Team |date=8 November 2017 |work=Feminism In India |access-date=28 July 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/we-the-people-how-neha-goyal-beat-the-odds-to-become-a-world-class-hockey-player-magazine-215738|title=Sonipat-born hockey player Neha Goyal turned her sleepless nights into medal heights. This is her story.|date=11 August 2022|website=Outlook India|accessdate=14 September 2025}}</ref> She and her family have struggled to take care of her basic requirements like shoes, hockey sticks, diet regime, etc.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/Neha-breaks-barriers-to-make-a-mark/articleshow/10673400.cms |title=Neha breaks barriers to make a mark |work=The Times of India |access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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Goyal started playing hockey when she was 11.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-18 |title='Toxic' childhood to cycle factory to Indian hockey team for Tokyo Olympics |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/neha-goyal-indian-hockey-tokyo-olympics-7364040/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Goyal made her debut in the senior Indian national team in 2014 and played her first match in [[Glasgow]] during the FIH ''Champions Challenge.''<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Goyal was part of the 18-member Indian team for the [[2018 Women's Hockey World Cup|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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/womens-hockey-world-cup-2018-neha-goyal-scores-to-help-resolute-india-hold-england-to-a-draw-in-opening-clash-4791331.html |title=Women's Hockey World Cup 2018: Neha Goyal scores to help resolute India hold England to a draw in opening clash |website=Firstpost |date=21 July 2018 |access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fih.ch/events/world-cup/world-cup-2018/hockey-world-cup-london-2018-w/news/latest-news/hockey-india-names-women-s-team-for-world-cup/ |title=Hockey India names women's team for World Cup |website=fih.ch |access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/neha-profile-271 Neha Goyal] at [[Hockey India]]<br />
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