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{{Short description|Indian footballer (born 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Apurna Narzary
| fullname = Apurna Narzary
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2004|1|8}}
| birth_place = [[Kokrajhar]], [[Assam]], [[India]]
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = [[Sethu FC|Sethu]]
| clubnumber = 24
| years1 =
| clubs1 = [[Indian Arrows|Indian Arrows Women]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2022
| clubs2 = [[Kerala Blasters FC Women|Kerala Blasters]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2023–2024
| clubs3 = [[Sethu FC|Sethu]]
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2024–2026
| clubs4 = [[Sreebhumi FC|Sreebhumi]]
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| years5 = 2026–
| clubs5 = [[Sethu FC|Sethu]]
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-20 football team|India U20]]
| nationalyears1 = 2022–
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| image =
| caption = Apurna Narzary with Kerala Blasters FC Women's Jersey
}}

'''Apurna Narzary''' (born 8 January 2004) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for the [[Indian Women's League]] club [[Sethu FC|Sethu]] and the [[India women's national football team|India national team]].<ref name="the-aiff.com 2022">{{cite web | title=A new Narzary on the block: Apurna shines for Indian Arrows | website=the-aiff.com | date=2022-05-07 | url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/a-new-narzary-on-the-block-apurna-shines-for-indian-arrows | access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref>

==Club career==
Apurna started her senior career with [[Indian Arrows]] and played for them in the [[Indian Women's League]]. She Scored six goals in seven appearances for the Arrows and two Hero of the Match awards. She also scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win against Odisha Police.<ref name="ANI News 2022">{{cite web | title=IWL: Apurna shines for Indian Arrows, becomes new Narzary on block | website=ANI News | date=2022-05-07 | url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/football/iwl-apurna-shines-for-indian-arrows-becomes-new-narzary-on-block20220507174802/ | access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref><ref name="DCunha Olley Marsden Llorens 2022">{{cite web | last1=D'Cunha | first1=Zenia | last2=Olley | first2=James | last3=Marsden | first3=Sam | last4=Llorens | first4=Moises | title=Arrows provide a rare ray of hope for the future of women's football in India | website=ESPN | date=2022-05-19 | url=https://www.espn.in/football/story/4668755/indian-arrows-iwl-rare-ray-hope-womens-football | access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref><ref name="Imtiaz 2022">{{cite web | last=Imtiaz | first=Md | title=Top 5 Indian players from IWL who have impressed us | website=The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports | date=2022-05-13 | url=https://thebridge.in/iwl/top-5-indian-iwl-players-impressed-31459 | access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref> In 2022, she was signed by [[Kerala Blasters FC (women)|Kerala Blasters]] as a part of their newly launched women's team.<ref name="Kerala Blasters FC ">{{cite web | title=Apurna Narzary – Kerala Blasters FC | website=Kerala Blasters FC | date=2014-05-27 | url=https://keralablastersfc.in/player/apurna-narzary/ | access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref><ref name="OnManorama 2022">{{cite web | title=KWL: Apurna hits hat-trick in Kerala Blasters victory | website=OnManorama | date=2022-08-28 | url=https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/08/28/kerala-womens-league-kerala-blasters-luca-win.html | access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref>

==International career==

Apurna debuted for India at the junior level in 2022, after represented the India U-18 team at the 2022 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship.<ref name="PiPa News 2022">{{cite web | title=Assam footballer Apurna Narzary ready to play against USA for U-19 India women's team | website=PiPa News | date=2022-06-25 | url=https://pipanews.com/assam-footballer-apurna-narzary-ready-to-play-against-usa-for-u-19-india-womens-team/ | access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref><ref name="Home 2022">{{cite web | title=Assam footballer Apurna Narzary: ত্ৰিদেশীয় শৃংখলা, ছুইডেনৰ বিৰুদ্ধে খেলাৰ পিছত এইবাৰ USAৰ বিৰুদ্ধে খেলিবলৈ সাজু কোকৰাঝাৰৰ অপৰ্ণা নাৰ্জাৰী | website=Home | date=2022-06-25 | url=https://assam.news18.com/news/sports/assam-footballer-apurna-narzary-ready-to-play-against-usa-for-u-19-india-women-team-bipul-gb-232635.html | language=as | access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref> In September 2022, she was included in the final 23 squad of Indian team to play in the 2022 SAFF Women's Championship.<ref name="Biswas 2022">{{cite web | last=Biswas | first=Joseph | title=India announce squad for SAFF Women's Championship 2022 | website=Khel Now | date=2022-09-04 | url=https://khelnow.com/football/saff-womens-championship-2022-india-announce-squad/ | access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/173289 Apurna Narzary] at All India Football Federation
* {{GSA player|apurna-narzary/528961}}
* [https://bodopedia.com/famous-people/apurna-narzary-biography-footballer/ Apurna Narzary] at Bodo Pedia

{{DEFAULTSORT:Narzary, Apurna}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2004 births]]
[[Category:Footballers from Assam]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Assam]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:India women's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Women's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League players]]
[[Category:Indian Arrows players]]
[[Category:Kerala Blasters FC (women) players]]
[[Category:Sethu FC players]]
[[Category:Sribhumi FC players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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BaileyMetzler at 20:26, 26 April 2026