Abhishek Rijal

Abhishek Rijal (Nepali: अभिषेख रिजाल, born 29 January 2000) is a Nepali professional footballer who plays as a forward for NEROCA FC in the I-League and the Nepal national team.

Abhishek Rijal
Personal information
Full name Abhishek Rijal
Date of birth (2000-01-29) 29 January 2000
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Nepal Police Club
2019 Manang Marshyangdi Club
2019–2020 Machhindra Football Club 4
2020 JJ Sports Club 3 (5)
2020 Mohammedan 4 (2)
National team‡
– Nepal 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2019

Club career

Rijal played for the Nepal Police football club. He was one of the young prospects there then he was loaned to Manang Marsyangdi club and went on to scoring in AFC Cup and become the first Nepali Footballer to score in AFC Cup. He currently plays for Mohammedan SC in Kolkata, India.

International career

Rijal played his first match in international level against Malaysia as a substitute then he played his first match as a starter against Chinese taipei and went on to scoring in that match

Career statistics

International
As of 6 June 2019
Nepal national team
YearCapsGoals
201941
Total41

International goals
Scores and results list Nepal's goal tally first.[2]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 June 2019National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Chinese Taipei1–11–1Friendly

Honours

Nepal U-23

Awards
  • ANFA Award 2075 : Emerging player of the year[3]

References
  1. "ABHISHEK RIJAL". footballcritic.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. "Abhishek Rijal". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. "अभिषेक र मञ्जलीलाई उदयमान खेलाडीको अवार्ड". khelpati.com (in Nepali). 2019-06-06. Retrieved 6 June 2019.


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