Bishal Rai
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bishal Rai | ||
Date of birth | 6 June 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Jhapa, Nepal[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Manang Marshyangdi F.C. | ||
Youth career | |||
ANFA Jhapa Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2014 | Machhindra F.C. | ||
2010 | → Saraswoti Y.C. (loan) | ||
2014– | Manang Marshyangdi F.C. | ||
International career‡ | |||
Nepal U-16 | |||
Nepal U-19 | |||
2014– | Nepal | 28 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 September 2021 |
Bishal Rai (born 6 June 1993, in Jhapa District) is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Manang Marshyangdi Club and the Nepal national football team.
Career
[edit]Bishal Rai started off in the ANFA Jhapa Youth Academy before joining Machhindra F.C. in 2008. He played for Machindra for four years straight with the exception of a loan move to Saraswoti Youth Club two years after arriving.[1] Later in 2014 he joined Manang Marshyangdi Club ahead of the 2013–14 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League season.
International career
[edit]Rai played for Nepal at the u-14, u-16 and u-19 youth levels.[1] After being routinely called up for the senior squad since 2014 Rai finally made his senior national team debut on 31 August 2015 in a friendly against India.[2] Bishal Rai scored his first goal for Nepal in a 4–1 win against Maldives in the Bangabandhu gold cup on 19 January 2016.[3]
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Nepal's goal tally first.[4]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 19 January 2016 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2016 Bangabandhu Cup | |
2. | 29 May 2016 | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | |
3. | 28 March 2017 | Taipei Municipal Stadium, Tapei, Chinese Taipei | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bishal Rai B - Player Profile - Football". GoalNepal.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ "GoalNepal.com - Anjan Bista & Bimal Gharti Magar To Start From Front, Ananta Tamang In the Defense Line; Anil Gurung, Jumanu Rai Dropped". GoalNepal.com. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ "Nepal Promising Midfielder Bishal Rai: I Feel Proud To Open An Account For My Country". GoalNepal.com. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Rai B, Bishal". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Jhapa District
- Nepalese men's footballers
- Nepal men's international footballers
- Manang Marshyangdi Club players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Nepal
- Machhindra F.C. players
- South Asian Games gold medalists for Nepal
- South Asian Games medalists in football
- Martyr's Memorial A-Division League players
- Nepalese football biography stubs