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{{Short description|Indian footballer (born 2005)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Western name order|Hemam Shilky Devi}}
{{Meitei name|Hemam|Shilky|Devi}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Shilky Devi
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Shilky Devi Hemam
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|11|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Moirang]], [[Manipur]], India
| height = 1.67 m<ref name="AFC-squad-list">{{cite web |title=2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup Squad Lists |url=https://assets.the-afc.com/2026_AFC_Womens_Asian_Cup/Finals/Squad_Lists/AFC-Women's-Asian-Cup-Australia-2026%E2%84%A2-Final-Registration---Feb-25upd.pdf?source=url |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |access-date=27 February 2026 }}</ref>
| position = [[Midfielder]]/[[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = [[East Bengal FC (women)|East Bengal]]
| clubnumber = 19
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = SAI Academy Imphal
| years1 = –2022
| clubs1 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2022–2023
| clubs2 = The Young Welfare Club
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2023–2025
| clubs3 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]]
| caps3 = 35
| goals3 = 5
| years4 = 2025–
| clubs4 = [[East Bengal FC (women)|East Bengal]]
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-17 football team|India U17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2021–2023
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national under-20 football team|India U20]]
| nationalcaps2 = 17
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2022–
| nationalteam3 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps3 = 31
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| medaltemplates =
| club-update = 18 April 2025
| nationalteam-update = 15 April 2026
}}
'''Shilky Devi Hemam''' ({{langx|mni|Hemam Shilky Devi}}, born 23 November 2005) is an Indian professional [[Association football|footballer]] from [[Manipur]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemam Shilky Devi |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/67642 |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref> who plays as a [[midfielder]] or [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[East Bengal FC (women)|East Bengal]] in the [[Indian Women's League]] and the [[India women's national football team]].

== Early life ==
Shilky was born in [[Moirang]], into a poor family. Her father, Suresh Hemam, was a cook and he used to encourage Hemam to play football but her mother, also a cook, was reluctant to let her play football elsewhere. Later, she accepted and Shilky was then sent to the [[Sports Authority of India|SAI]] Academy, [[Imphal]] for training. Her brother Bijoyo used to play for a local club, AMOFA in Manipur. Bijoyo runs a small hotel which sells rice in [[Moirang]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-18 |title=Why Manipur dominates women's football in India |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/why-manipur-dominates-women-s-football-in-india-101666095838019.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219154654/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/why-manipur-dominates-women-s-football-in-india-101666095838019.html |archive-date=2024-02-19 |access-date=2025-02-23 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us}}</ref>

== Career ==
Hemam made her Junior India debut at the age of 12 years in 2018 when she captained India to victory at the [[South Asian Football Federation|SAFF]] under-15 Women's Championship in [[Bhutan]] and became the joint top-scorer. The other tournaments she has played in are [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] U-16 Qualifiers in Mongolia<ref>{{Cite web |title=14-year-old Shilky Devi aspires to dream big and fulfil world cup ambition |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/14-year-old-shilky-devi-aspires-to-dream-big-and-fulfil-world-cup-ambition |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref> in 2019 before she made here Senior India debut in 2022 against Brazil<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tandon |first=Avishka |title=Who Is Shilky Devi? Youngest Football Player In Asia Women's Cup 2022 |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/sportswomen/who-is-shilky-devi-youngest-football-player-in-asia-womens-cup-2022/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=www.shethepeople.tv |language=en}}</ref> where India lost 1–5. In the other matches, they lost to Chile 0-3 on 29 November and to Venezuela 1-2 on 2 December 2021.

In the [[FIFA U-17 World Cup]], she was part of the Indian team that played three matches in October 2022 against USA (lost 0-8),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-12 |title=Hemam Shilky Devi |url=https://www.aiscore.com/player-hemam-shilky-devi-/zrkn6invpyma0ql |url-status= |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=www.aiscore.com}}</ref> [[Morocco]] (lost 0-3)<ref name=":0" /> and [[Brazil]] (lost 0-5).<ref>{{Cite web |title=India - S. Hemam - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/hemam-shilky-devi/804981/matches/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref> In 2022, she also played the Asian Women's Cup in 2022 and was part of the India Under-17 team at the Women's World Cup where she was the captain.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-15 |title=Youngest in Asia, Shilky Devi looking to take learnings into the future |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/youngest-in-asia-shilky-devi-looking-to-take-learnings-into-the-future-101642239133081.html |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

In 2022, she was the youngest player of the [[AFC Women's Asian Cup|AFC Women's Asia Cup]] aged 16 years and two months.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Youngest in Asia, Shilky Devi looks to learn for the future |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/youngest-in-asia-shilky-devi-looks-to-learn-for-the-future |date=15 January 2022 |website=AIFF }}</ref>

In March 2023, she also represented India U-20 women's team in Group F matches at the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers Round 1 at Viet Tri City, Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-09 |title=AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers: India Blank Indonesia With Six Goals To Maintain Perfect Record |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/afc-u-20-women-s-asian-cup-qualifiers-india-blank-indonesia-with-six-goals-to-maintain-perfect-record-news-268608 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.outlookindia.com}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|match played 28 April 2023}}

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]]
|[[2022–23 Indian Women's League|2022–23]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian Women's League]]
|10||3||0||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||10||3
|-
|[[2023–24 Indian Women's League|2023–24]]
|11||0||0||0||0||0||3{{efn|name=statsAWCC|Appearance(s) in [[2023 AFC Women's Club Championship]]}}||0||14||0
|-
|[[2024–25 Indian Women's League|2024–25]]
|14||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||14||2
|-
! colspan="2" |Gokulam Kerala total
!35!!5!!0!!0!!0!!0!!3!!0!!38!!5
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!35!!5!!0!!0!!0!!0!!3!!0!!38!!5
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
{{Updated|15 April 2026}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!National team!!Year!!Caps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan=6|[[India women's national football team|India]]
|2021
|2
|0
|-
|2022
|0
|0
|-
|2023
|7
|1
|-
|2024
|7
|0
|-
|2025
|11
|0
|-
|2026
|4
|0
|-
! colspan=2|Total
!31
!1
|}

:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+List of international goals scored by Hemam Shilky Devi
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 4 April 2023 || [[Dolen Omurzakov Stadium]], [[Bishkek]], [[Kyrgyzstan]] || {{fbw|KGZ}} || align=center|4–0 || align=center| 5–0 || [[2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament|2024 Olympic Qualifiers]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Gokulam Kerala'''
*[[Indian Women's League]]: [[2022–23 Indian Women's League season|2022–23]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Women's League 2023: Gokulam Kerala thrash Kickstart FC 5–0 to win third consecutive title|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/gokulam-kerala-wins-indian-womens-league-gkfc-5-0-kickstart-fc-sabitra-bhandari-top-scorer-iwl-records-milestones-stats/article66878249.ece|website=sportstar.thehindu.com|publisher=[[Sportstar]]|date=21 May 2023|access-date=22 May 2023|location=Chennai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522151217/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/gokulam-kerala-wins-indian-womens-league-gkfc-5-0-kickstart-fc-sabitra-bhandari-top-scorer-iwl-records-milestones-stats/article66878249.ece|archive-date=22 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gokulam Kerala steamroll Kickstart to complete hat-trick of Hero IWL titles|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/gokulam-kerala-steamroll-kickstart-to-complete-hat-trick-of-hero-iwl-titles|access-date=21 May 2023 |website=the-aiff.com|publisher=All India Football Federation|date=21 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522160849/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/gokulam-kerala-steamroll-kickstart-to-complete-hat-trick-of-hero-iwl-titles|archive-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>

'''Manipur'''
* [[Rajmata Jijabai Trophy]]: [[2023–24 Rajmata Jijabai Trophy|2023–24]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Manipur champions for the 22nd time in Sr Women's NFC for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/manipur-champions-for-the-22nd-time-in-sr-womens-nfc-for-rajmata-jijabai-trophy |website=AIFF |date=15 May 2024 }}</ref>

'''Individual'''
* Indian Women's League Best Defender: [[2023–24 Indian Women's League|2023–24]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/67642 Shilky Devi Hemam] at All India Football Federation

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