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{{short description|Indian female footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jyoti Chouhan
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|7|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Madhya Pradesh]], India
| height =
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]]
| clubnumber = 35
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 =
| clubs1 = DFA Dhar
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2019–2020
| clubs2 = [[Kenkre FC|Kenkre]]
| caps2 = 6
| goals2 = 2
| years3 =
| clubs3 = MUM- Footie First
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2021–2022
| clubs4 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]]
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2022–2024
| clubs5 = [[ŽNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| caps5 = 25
| goals5 = 18
| years6 = 2025
| clubs6 = → Misaka United FC (loan)
| caps6 =
| goals6 =
| years7 = 2025–2026
| clubs7 = [[East Bengal FC (women)|East Bengal]]
| caps7 = 7
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2026–
| clubs8 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]]
| caps8 = 1
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2023–
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| medaltemplates =
| club-update = 9 January 2026
| nationalteam-update = 27 October 2024
}}
'''Jyoti Chouhan''' (born 6 July 1999) is an Indian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]] for the [[Indian Women's League]] club [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]] and the [[India women's national football team|India national football team]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.24sata.hr/sport/indijke-u-dinamu-uh-kako-su-vase-djevojke-visoke-htjele-bismo-zaigrati-i-za-hrvatsku-911734|title=Jyoti Chouhan - 24sata article|access-date=2023-07-24|archive-date=2023-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724024005/https://www.24sata.hr/sport/indijke-u-dinamu-uh-kako-su-vase-djevojke-visoke-htjele-bismo-zaigrati-i-za-hrvatsku-911734|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://semafor.hns.family/igraci/1178855/jyoti-jyoti/|title=Jyoti Chouhan Statistics|website=Croatian Football Federation|access-date=2023-11-24}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Chouhan's father died when she was twelve years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/field/1052633/football-meet-jyoti-chauhan-the-indian-striker-who-made-a-mark-in-the-croatian-top-flight-league|title=Meet Jyoti Chouhan|publisher=scroll.in|access-date=2023-07-24|archive-date=2023-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721212011/https://scroll.in/field/1052633/football-meet-jyoti-chauhan-the-indian-striker-who-made-a-mark-in-the-croatian-top-flight-league|url-status=live}}</ref> Chouhan has four sisters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/jyoti-chouhan-croatia-football-hat-trick-dinamo-zagreb-first-indian-woman-football/article66901387.ece|title=Jyoti Chouhan charts new territories for Indian football in Europe|publisher=thehindu.com|access-date=2023-07-24|archive-date=2023-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724024002/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/jyoti-chouhan-croatia-football-hat-trick-dinamo-zagreb-first-indian-woman-football/article66901387.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> She is a native of [[Sardarpur]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/football/jyoti-chauhan-scripts-history-becomes-first-indian-footballer-to-score-a-hattrick-in-europe/cid/1939178|title=Jyoti Chauhan scripts history|publisher=telegraphindia.com|access-date=2023-07-24|archive-date=2023-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724024006/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/football/jyoti-chauhan-scripts-history-becomes-first-indian-footballer-to-score-a-hattrick-in-europe/cid/1939178|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Club career==

In 2022, Chouhan signed for Croatian side [[ŽNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]] after doing well in the trials.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/after-kol-camp-2-girls-picked-up-for-croatian-football-club-trials/articleshow/92864655.cms|title=After Kolkata camp, 2 girls picked up for Croatian football club trials|date=15 July 2022|access-date=5 November 2023|location=Kolkata|first1=Dipawali|last1=Mitra|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721211316/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/after-kol-camp-2-girls-picked-up-for-croatian-football-club-trials/articleshow/92864655.cms|archive-date=21 July 2022}}</ref> She then helped the club winning the domestic league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/sn/nogomet/nogomet-mix/indijke-briljiraju-u-dinamu-dosle-smo-u-najveci-klub-o-vama-nismo-znale-nista-sad-znamo-jednu-stvar-15341090|title='Došle smo u najveći klub. O vama nismo znale ništa, sad znamo jednu stvar'|publisher=jutarnji.hr|access-date=2023-07-24|archive-date=2023-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724024002/https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/sn/nogomet/nogomet-mix/indijke-briljiraju-u-dinamu-dosle-smo-u-najveci-klub-o-vama-nismo-znale-nista-sad-znamo-jednu-stvar-15341090|url-status=live}}</ref> She scored a hat-trick against Croatian side ZNK Agram, becoming the first Indian professional player to score a hat-trick for a European club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/in/other-sports/news/who-jyoti-chouhan-first-indian-footballer-score-european-final/l7oj5kdjco6kt5mtrm60nyv3|title=Who is Jyoti Chouhan?|publisher=sportingnews.com|access-date=2023-07-24|archive-date=2023-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724024004/https://www.sportingnews.com/in/other-sports/news/who-jyoti-chouhan-first-indian-footballer-score-european-final/l7oj5kdjco6kt5mtrm60nyv3|url-status=live}}</ref> Previously, she played for Indian sides Kenkre and Gokulam Kerala, where she was regarded as one of the club's most important players.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/from-dhar-to-dinamo-zagreb-jyoti-chauhan-paves-the-way-for-girls-in-madhya-pradesh|title=Jyoti Chouhan paves the way for girls in Madhya Pradesh|access-date=2023-07-24|archive-date=2023-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528172122/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/from-dhar-to-dinamo-zagreb-jyoti-chauhan-paves-the-way-for-girls-in-madhya-pradesh|url-status=live}}</ref>

==International career==

Chouhan was called up to [[India women's national football team]] training camps in 2016 and 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/jyoti-chouhan-football-dinamo-zagreb-croatia-111687865344056.html|title=The irresistible European success of footballer Jyoti Chouhan|publisher=livemint.com|access-date=2023-07-24|archive-date=2023-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724024001/https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/jyoti-chouhan-football-dinamo-zagreb-croatia-111687865344056.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She made her national team debut against [[Chinese Taipei women's national football team|Chinese Taipei]] at the [[Football at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's tournament|2022 Asian Games]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/resAG2022-/pdf/AG2022-/FBL/AG2022-_FBL_C73_FBLWTEAM11------------GPB-000100--.pdf|title=Match Report TPE vs IND|publisher=info.hangzhou2022.cn|access-date=2023-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928223222/https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/resAG2022-/pdf/AG2022-/FBL/AG2022-_FBL_C73_FBLWTEAM11------------GPB-000100--.pdf|archive-date=2023-09-28}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{{Updated|27 October 2024}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!National team!!Year!!Caps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan=2|[[India women's national football team|India]]
|2023
|1
|0
|-
|2024
|6
|1
|-
! colspan=2|Total
!7
!1
|}

===International goals===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 17 October 2024 || [[Dasharath Rangasala]], [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]] || {{fbw|PAK}} || align=center|'''5'''–2 || align=center| 5–2 || [[2024 SAFF Women's Championship]]
|-
|}

==Honours==
'''Gokulam Kerala'''
*[[Indian Women's League]]: [[2021–22 Indian Women's League season|2021–22]]

'''Dinamo Zagreb'''
*[[Croatian Women's Football Cup]]: [[2023–24 Croatian Women's Football Cup|2023–24]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://semafor.hns.family/utakmice/88802734/znk-osijek-znk-dinamo-1-1/|title=HNKŽ 23/24, Finale|website=semafor.hns|access-date=13 July 2024}}</ref> runner-up: [[2022–23 Croatian Women's Football Cup|2022–23]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/114629?type=club Jyoti Chouhan] at All India Football Federation

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[[Category:1999 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Dhar district]]
[[Category:Footballers from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:Women's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Indian expatriate women's footballers]]
[[Category:Gokulam Kerala FC Women players]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League players]]
[[Category:ŽNK Dinamo Zagreb players]]
[[Category:Indian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia]]
[[Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Croatia]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games footballers for India]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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DrshivambjpIND at 21:36, 4 March 2026