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{{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          = [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railways]]
| years1               =
| clubs1               = Hockey Haryana
| caps1                =
| goals1               =
| years2               =
| clubs2               = [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railways]]
| caps2                =
| goals2               =
| nationalyears1       = 2014–
| nationalteam1        = [[India women's national field hockey team|India]]
| nationalcaps1        = 169
| nationalgoals1       = 20
| medaltemplates       =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Women|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Field hockey at the 2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Field hockey at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalComp|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2017 Gifu]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2022 Muscat]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Asian Champions Trophy|Asian Champions Trophy]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 Women's Asian Champions Trophy|2023 Ranchi]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2024 Women's Asian Champions Trophy|2024 Rajgir]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Women's Asian Champions Trophy|2018 Donghae]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup|FIH Nations Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Women's FIH Hockey Nations Cup|2022 Spain]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the South Asian Games|South Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 South Asian Games|2016 Guwahati]]|[[Field Hockey at the 2016 South Asian Games – Women|Team]]}}
}}
'''Neha Goyal''' (born 15 November 1996), known [[mononymously]] as '''Neha''', is an Indian [[field hockey]] player and is a member of the [[India women's national field hockey team|India national team]]. She hails from [[Haryana]] and plays as the 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}}</ref>
==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 a alcohol addict and her mother as a daily wage worker in a cycle factory earning ₹2000/month making spoke.<ref>https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/we-the-people-how-neha-goyal-beat-the-odds-to-become-a-world-class-hockey-player-magazine-215738 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</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 Women's Hockey World Cup|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 |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>
==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/neha-profile-271 Neha Goyal] at [[Hockey India]]
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