Soumya Guguloth (born 18 July 2001) is an Indian women's international

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who plays as a

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for Croatian club

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and the

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Club career

Soumya has played for Kenkre in

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, before signing with Gokulam Kerala in 2021. She also participated in

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, where they sealed their third place. On 13 July 13, 2022, it was announced that she, along with Jyoti Chauhan, have been invited to give trials at the Prva hrvatska nogometna liga za žene side ŽNK Dinamo Zagreb. They were selected by the club's assistant coach, Mia Medvedoski, when she attended the "Sports Elite Trials" held from 6–11 June in

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. On 1 September, she was signed by the club. Soumya made her Croatian Women's League debut on 20 November 2022. On 5 March 2023, she scored her first goal for ŽNK Dinamo Zagreb in the Croatian Women's Football Cup Round of 16 match.

International career

After representing India at various youth international levels, Soumya made her senior debut for the

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on 8 April 2021 in a 0–1 friendly away loss to

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. On 7 September 2022, at the

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in Nepal, she scored her first international goal against Pakistan in their 3–0 win. Later on 10 September, she again scored a goal against the Maldives as they clinched a 9–0 victory.

International goals

:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''

Honours

Kenkre * WIFA Women's Football League: 2019–20 Gokulam Kerala *

: 2021–22 *

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: third place

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