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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Indian patronymic|Malavika|Prasad}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Malavika P
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Malavika Prasad
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|11|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kasaragod]], [[Kerala]], India
| height = 1.63 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 = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = [[Sethu FC|Sethu]]
| clubnumber = 11
| youthyears1 = 2017–2019
| youthclubs1 = [[Kerala women's football team|Kerala]]
| years1 = 2019–2020
| clubs1 = Misaka United FC
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2021
| clubs2 = Travancore Royals FC
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2021–2022
| clubs3 = [[Kemp FC|Kemp]]
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2022
| clubs4 = [[Rainbow AC|ASOS Rainbow]]
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| years5 = 2022–2023
| clubs5 = [[Kerala Blasters FC (women)|Kerala Blasters]]
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| years6 = 2024–
| clubs6 = [[Sethu FC|Sethu]]
| caps6 =
| goals6 =
| nationalyears1 = 2025–
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| club-update =
| nationalteam-update = 15 April 2026
}}
'''Malavika Prasad''' (born 12 November 2003)<ref>{{Cite web |title=AIFF - 11 Malavika P. |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/82423?type=club |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref> is an Indian professional footballer from [[Kerala]], who plays as a forward for the [[Indian Women's League]] club [[Sethu FC|Sethu]] and the [[India women's national football team]].

== Early life and career ==
Prasad is from [[Kasaragod]], Kerala.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2024-07-31 |title=Arjun, Malavika win best player awards |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/arjun-and-malavika-win-best-player-awards-in-kerala-football-association/articleshow/112151309.cms |access-date=2025-02-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Before joining Sethu FC, she played for [[Kerala Blasters FC]], ASOS Rainbow Athletic Club, [[Kemp FC|Kemp Football Club]], Travancore Royals Football Club and Misaka United FC. She also represented the Kerala State sub–junior girls team in 2018–2019 and 2017–18. With lack of proper grounds to practice and short of funds, Kerala Blasters stopped the activities of their women's team in 2023 for some time and she moved on to the Madurai club, Sethu FC for the next season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rayan |first=Stan |date=2023-06-06 |title=Not very expensive to run a women's team, says former international Bentla |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/kbfc-womens-team-aiff-fine-isl-walkout-vukomanovic-iwl-gokulam-news-updates/article66939215.ece |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Agencies |date=2025-01-16 |title=Indian Women's League: Nita FA fights back to hold Sethu FC 2-2 |url=https://www.dtnext.in/news/sports/indian-womens-league-nita-fa-fights-back-to-hold-sethu-fc-2-2-819529 |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=www.dtnext.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sethu FC too good for Sports Odisha {{!}} I-League |url=https://i-league.org/sethu-fc-too-good-for-sports-odisha/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |language=en-US}}</ref>

She is named in the 32–Indian probables list for the National camp at [[RDS Stadium|Anantapur]], Andhra Pradesh by chief coach [[Crispin Chettri]], ahead of the Pink Ladies Cup to be held in UAE in February 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fascinating Fazila floods Indian Women's League with flux of goals {{!}} I-League |url=https://i-league.org/fascinating-fazila-floods-indian-womens-league-with-flux-of-goals/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 2025 |title=Coach Crispin Chettri names 32 probables for the Pink Ladies Cup in Dubai |url=https://thebridge.in/football/crispin-chettri-names-32-probable-pink-ladies-cup-51894 |access-date=15 February 2025 |website=The Bridge |language=en}}</ref>

=== Senior India debut ===
Prasad made her Senior India debut in the first of the two FIFA Women's International Friendlies against Uzbekistan played on 30 May 2025 at the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence stadium, Bengaluru.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Debutants Manisha Naik, Malavika, Priyadharshini dream of more Blue Tigresses caps |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/debutants-manisha-naik-malavika-priyadharshini-dream-of-more-blue-tigresses-caps |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2025-05-30 |title=India women's football team suffers narrow defeat against Uzbekistan |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/india-womens-football-team-defeat-against-uzbekistan-match-report-fifa-international-friendly/article69638846.ece |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 June 2025 |title=Debutants Manisha Naik, Malavika, Priyadharshini dream of more Blue Tigresses caps |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/football/debutants-manisha-naik-malavika-priyadharshini-dream-of-more-blue-tigresses-caps20250601185221/ |access-date=4 July 2025 |website=ANI}}</ref>

=== Awards ===
In July 2024, she was presented the [[Kerala Football Association|Kerala Football Association's]] Best Player award in the female category.<ref name=":0" />

==Career statistics==
===International===
{{Updated|15 April 2026}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!National team!!Year!!Caps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan=2|[[India women's national football team|India]]
|2025
|5
|1
|-
|2026
|2
|0
|-
! colspan=2|Total
!7
!1
|}

:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+List of international goals scored by Malavika P.
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 23 June 2025 || [[700th Anniversary Stadium]], [[Chiang Mai]], [[Thailand]] || {{fbw|MNG}} || align=center| 10–0 || align=center| 13–0 || [[2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification]]
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/82423?type=club Malavika P.] at [[All India Football Federation]].

{{India squad 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:P., Malavika}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2003 births]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Kerala]]
[[Category:People from Kasaragod district]]
[[Category:Women's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Kerala Blasters FC (women) players]]
[[Category:Sethu FC players]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]
[[Category:2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup players]]

Malavika Prasad - Revision history

AnnieSneed66 at 16:26, 15 April 2026