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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Shivani Toppo
| image =
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| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2007|10|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hutup, [[Ranchi district]], [[Jharkhand]], India
| height =
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]]
| clubnumber = 12
| years1 =
| clubs1 = FC United Kanke
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2022–2023
| clubs2 = [[East Bengal FC (women)|East Bengal]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2024–2025
| clubs3 = [[Sribhumi FC|Sribhumi]]
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2025–
| clubs4 = [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]]
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| nationalyears1 = 2023
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-17 football team|India U17]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 2024
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national under-20 football team|India U20]]
| nationalcaps2 =
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| nationalyears3 = 2024–
| nationalteam3 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps3 = 2
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update =
| nationalteam-update = 2 January 2025
}}
'''Shivani Toppo''' (born 17 October 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |title=AIFF - Senior National Team - 21 Shivani Toppo |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/199311 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=The AIFF}}</ref> is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] from [[Jharkhand]], who plays as a defender for the [[Indian Women's League]] club [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]] and the [[India women's national football team]]. She has also represented the [[Jharkhand women's football team|Jharkhand]] state team in the domestic tournaments.

== Early life and career ==
Toppo was born in Hutup village, [[Ranchi district]], Jharkhand. She is born in a poor family but her mother Jhari Devi and grandfather Dukhan Pathan encouraged her to play football. She was trained under [[Franz Gastler]] who runs [[Yuwa-India|Yuwa India]], a [[non-government organisation]] which trains rural girls in football with an aim to bring social development through football.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2014-02-14 |title=Jharkhand's girl footballers wait for govt. land |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/jharkhands-girl-footballers-wait-for-govt-land/article5690868.ece |access-date=2025-02-23 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Career ==
Toppo began football as a 13-year old and played her first international tour was to Spain with her NGO team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shah |first=Ashiya |date=2013-08-02 |title=TBI Inspirations: An Incredible Journey From Jharkhand To Spain For This All-Girls Football Team |url=https://thebetterindia.com/7571/tbi-inspirations-an-incredible-journey-from-jharkhand-to-spain-for-this-all-girls-football-team/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=The Better India |language=en-US}}</ref> Later, she went to [[Sri Lanka]] in June 2016. Two girls from Yuwa were selected for the India under[[Non-government organisation|-]]14 team's Lanka tour and she was one of them.<ref name=":0" />

She was selected in the 23-player Indian squad by Indian coach [[Joakim Alexandersson]] and she played the two FIFA international friendlies against Maldives on December 30 and January 2 at the [[Padukone - Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence|Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence]] in [[Bengaluru]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2024-12-29 |title=India women's football team coach Alexandersson announced 23-member squad for Maldives friendly |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/india-womens-football-team-23-member-squad-maldives-friendly-full-team-venue-time/article69039441.ece |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India complete a Maldives massacre in FIFA Women's Friendly |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/football/india-complete-a-maldives-massacre-in-fifa-womens-friendly20241230205547/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-30 |title=9 from NE in 23-member Women's India Football Squad |url=https://northeastlivetv.com/topnews/9-from-ne-in-23-member-womens-india-football-squad-to-play-friendlies-against-maldives/#google_vignette |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Northeast Live |language=en-US}}</ref> She also represented the SAAF Under[[Non-government organisation|-]]17 Women's Football Championship games at Dhaka in March 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-17 |title=7 state players in U17 Women's SAFF meet squad |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/7-state-players-in-u17-womens-saff-meet-squad/articleshow/98720496.cms |access-date=2025-02-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She also played the women Asia Cup qualifiers in April 2023 at Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shivani's strike guided Indian under-17 women to beat Kyrgyzsthan Republic 1-0 |url=https://parallelsports.in/news/shivanis-strike-guided-indian-under-17-women-to-beat-kyrgyzsthan-republic-1-0 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=ParallelSports.in |language=English}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{{Updated|2 January 2025}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!National team!!Year!!Caps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan=2|[[India women's national football team|India]]
|2024
|1
|0
|-
|2025
|1
|0
|-
! colspan=2|Total
!2
!0
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/199311 Shivani Toppo] at [[All India Football Federation]].

{{DEFAULTSORT:Toppo, Shivani}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2007 births]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:India women's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Women's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Footballers from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:People from Ranchi district]]
[[Category:East Bengal FC Women players]]
[[Category:Sribhumi FC players]]
[[Category:Garhwal United FC players]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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