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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Astam Oraon
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|2|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gorratoli, [[Gumla district|Gumla]], [[Jharkhand]], India
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| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = [[Kickstart FC|Kickstart]]
| clubnumber = 5
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| clubs1 = Lords FA Kochi
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| years2 = 2022–
| clubs2 = [[Kickstart FC|Kickstart]]
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| nationalyears1 = 2022
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-17 football team|India U17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
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| nationalteam-update = 24 September 2023
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'''Astam Oraon''' (born 5 February 2005) is an Indian women's professional [[Association football|footballer]] from Jharkhand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Astam Oraon |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/103509 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref> She plays as a defender for [[Kickstart FC]] in the [[Indian Women's League]] and represents the [[India women's national football team]]. She captained the India Under-17 team in the [[FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]] hosted by India in October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jharkhand girl to lead Indian team in FIFA U-17 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/jharkhand-girl-to-lead-indian-team-in-fifa-u-17/cid/1890732 |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Neeladri |date=2022-10-09 |title=Jharkhand shows the way for women’s football at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/fifa-u17/fifa-u17-womens-world-cup-2022-india-jharkhand-football-astram-oraon-captain/article65987560.ece |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=sportstar.thehindu.com |language=en}}</ref> A road was built in her village by the local administration in the name of Astam Oraon to celebrate her nomination as the captain.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-09 |title=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: India captain who got a road built in her village |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/football-news/fifa-u-17-womens-world-cup-indias-astam-oraon-who-got-a-road-built-in-her-village-11412611.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Astam Oraon hails from Banari Goratoli village in Bishunpur block of Gumla district, [[Jharkhand]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohapatra |first=Rajendra Prasad |title=Braving all odds: Astam Oraon’s journey from a daily labourer’s daughter to national team’s captain |url=https://odishatv.in/news/sports/braving-all-odds-astam-oraon-s-journey-from-a-daily-labourer-s-daughter-to-national-team-s-captain-187987 |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Braving all odds: Astam Oraon’s journey from a daily labourer’s daughter to national team’s captain |language=en}}</ref> She is born in a poor family to Heeralal Oraon and Tara Devi. Both are daily wage labourers. They live in a small house with tiled roof but use a plastic sheet to prevent water seeping in during rains. She has four sisters and a brother.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-11 |title=U-17 Women's World Cup: Girl from Red zone dribbles past poverty to be India captain |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/fifa-u-17-womens-world-cup/u-17-womens-world-cup-girl-from-red-zone-dribbles-past-poverty-to-be-india-captain/articleshow/94774605.cms |access-date=2023-09-10 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She is studying in Class 12 at [[St. Columbus Collegiate School]], [[Hazaribagh]] and trains at the attached Football Training Centre. In October, after she was selected as the captain of the Indian team, she was named as the district's brand ambassador for a government scheme that supports girl child's education, named [[Savitribai Phule Kishori Samriddhi Yojana|Savitribai Phule ''Kishori Samriddhi Yojana'']] (SPKSY). The district administration also gifted a TV for her parents to watch the matches.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lahiri |first=Dipankar |date=2022-10-11 |title=FIFA U17 World Cup: Indian captain Astam Oraon's house gets TV, inverter |url=https://thebridge.in/football/u17-world-cup-india-captain-ashtam-oraon-tv-parents-labourers-36190 |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Her father, a footballer who had to stop due to an injury, introduced the game to her daughter and in 2016 admitted her in the Girls Football Training Centre at Hazaribagh. Her first coach was Ms. Sony.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-10 |title=Astam Oraon: Indian Superwoman who fulfilled her father's dream of performing in football |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/football/astam-oraon-indian-superwoman-who-fulfilled-her-fathers-dream-of-performing-in-football-article-98480553 |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=TimesNow |language=en}}</ref> She was called for the Junior India camp in 2019. She captained the Indian youth team at the U-17 World Cup in 2022.

== Honours ==

'''Kickstart'''
*[[Indian Women's League]] runner-up: 2022–23<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><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>

'''Lords FA'''
*[[Kerala Women's League]]: [[2022–23 Kerala Women's League|2022–23]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/103509 Astam Oraon]

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[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:People from Gumla district]]
[[Category:Footballers from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:India women's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Women's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League players]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]

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Rajiv Ranjan Bhakt at 07:38, 1 October 2023