{{short description|Indian field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Neha Goyal | image = Neha Goyal.jpg | caption = Goyal in August 2022 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|11|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Sonipat, Haryana, India | height = 1.52 m | weight = 54 kg | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | years1 = | clubs1 = Hockey Haryana | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = | clubs2 = Railways | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = Odisha Warriors | caps3 = | goals3 = | nationalyears1 = 2014– | nationalteam1 = India | nationalcaps1 = 197 | nationalgoals1 = 23 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Jakarta|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Hangzhou|Team}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Asia Cup}} {{MedalGold|2017 Gifu|}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Hangzhou|}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Muscat|}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Champions Trophy}} {{MedalGold|2023 Ranchi|}} {{MedalGold|2024 Rajgir|}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Donghae|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIH Nations Cup}} {{MedalGold|2022 Spain|}} {{MedalCompetition|South Asian Games}} {{MedalGold|2016 Guwahati|Team}} }}
'''Neha Goyal''' (born 15 November 1996) is an Indian field hockey player and is a member of the India national team. She plays as a midfielder.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hockeyindia.org/team/neha-goyal-sr-2.html |title=Neha Goyal profile |website=hockeyindia.org |language=en-US |access-date=28 July 2018 |archive-date=18 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118235009/http://hockeyindia.org/team/neha-goyal-sr-2.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She captains the Odisha Warriors in Hockey India League.
==Early life== Goyal was born in Sonipat in Haryana.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://feminisminindia.com/2017/11/08/indian-womens-hockey-team/ |title=Meet The Players Of The Indian Women's Hockey Team |date=8 November 2017 |work=Feminism In India |access-date=28 July 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> She comes from a poor family and has two elder sisters. Her father was an alcoholic and her mother as a daily wage worker in a cycle factory earning ₹2000/month making spoke.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/we-the-people-how-neha-goyal-beat-the-odds-to-become-a-world-class-hockey-player-magazine-215738|title=Sonipat-born hockey player Neha Goyal turned her sleepless nights into medal heights. This is her story.|date=11 August 2022|website=Outlook India|accessdate=14 September 2025}}</ref> She and her family have struggled to take care of her basic requirements like shoes, hockey sticks, diet regime, etc.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/Neha-breaks-barriers-to-make-a-mark/articleshow/10673400.cms |title=Neha breaks barriers to make a mark |work=The Times of India |access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref>
Goyal started playing hockey when she was 11.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-18 |title='Toxic' childhood to cycle factory to Indian hockey team for Tokyo Olympics |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/neha-goyal-indian-hockey-tokyo-olympics-7364040/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
Goyal began training in an academy run by former India captain Pritam Rani Siwach. Goyal completed her schooling from Tika Ram Senior Secondary Girls School.<ref name=":1" />
==Career== Goyal made her debut in the senior Indian national team in 2014 and played her first match in Glasgow during the FIH ''Champions Challenge.''<ref name=":0" />
Goyal was part of the 18-member Indian team for the 2018 World Cup in London. In their opening match, India played against the host England, where Goyal gave India the lead in 25th minute before England equalised it and the match ended in a draw.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/womens-hockey-world-cup-2018-neha-goyal-scores-to-help-resolute-india-hold-england-to-a-draw-in-opening-clash-4791331.html |title=Women's Hockey World Cup 2018: Neha Goyal scores to help resolute India hold England to a draw in opening clash |website=Firstpost |date=21 July 2018 |access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fih.ch/events/world-cup/world-cup-2018/hockey-world-cup-london-2018-w/news/latest-news/hockey-india-names-women-s-team-for-world-cup/ |title=Hockey India names women's team for World Cup |website=fih.ch |access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{sports links}} *[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/neha-profile-271 Neha Goyal] at Hockey India
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