Rohit Chand

Rohit Chand Thakuri (born 1 March 1992) is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta and the Nepal national team.[2] During his teenage years, Chand was heavily linked to clubs such as Arsenal, Tottenham, Lille and all the other premier league clubs.[3] Chand has currently awarded as The Best Player of The Year on Liga 1 2018 (the highest level of Indonesia football competition) alongside Persija Jakarta as the champion.[4]

Rohit Chand
Personal information
Full name Rohit Chand Thakuri
Date of birth (1992-03-01) 1 March 1992[1]
Place of birth Surkhet, Nepal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Defender
Club information
Current team
 Persija Jakarta
Number 32
Youth career
2005–2008 ANFA Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Machhindra 36 (6)
2010–2012 HAL SC 38 (7)
2012–2013 PSPS Pekanbaru 15 (0)
2013–2015 Persija Jakarta 30 (3)
2015–2016 T-Team 12 (2)
2016 Manang Marshyangdi 9 (0)
2017– Persija Jakarta 92 (8)
National team
2009–2010 Nepal U19 34 (2)
2014–2018 Nepal U23 5 (0)
2009– Nepal 60 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2019

Early years

Rohit Chand Thakuri was born in Surkhet, Nepal. He started playing football at the age of eight with his brother Rabin Chand Thakuri, who is also a semi-professional footballer, at the age of 13 he was selected for ANFA academy.[5] Chand's tour in Iran with the U-16 national team in 2008 was the turning point of his career. At the age of 16, Chand was called up to the senior national team even though he hadn’t played any games both at club and U-19 team’s level. This allowed Chand to propel his professional football career quickly in Nepal.[6]

Club career

Machhindra Football Club

Chand's first professional club in Nepal's top flight was Machhindra Football Club. Chand's play had brought him four Man of the Match awards during the league campaign and his play at the back had been one of the highlights of Machhindra's season. The young stopper has led a defense that doesn't leak too many goals, but he also can be a threat moving up the pitch. Chand had shown his leadership qualities and captained Machhindra. He was awarded best defender of the year award for his spectacular play during the 2067B.S.(2010–11) league season.[7] Machhindra FC also reached the semifinals of the British Gurkha Cup that season.[8]

HAL SC

On 2 January 2012 it was reported that Chand had signed a 6-month contract with the club after trying his luck in Europe. In April, Chand scored a hat-trick in I-League match but despite his efforts his team went on to lose the match. And his efforts were not enough to prevent HAL from relegation in the I-League. His contract at HAL SC expired in 2012 after they were relegated from the top tier of I-League.

PSPS Pekanbaru

Rohit Chand gave a trial at Indonesia Liga Side Arema where he was able to give an average performance, although he was not selected by the team.[9] Later he was signed by another Indonesian side PSPS Pekanbaru on a 10 months.[10]

Persija Jakarta

In May 2013 he signed a 5-month contract with the Indonesian side Persija Jakarta in the Indonesia Super League.[11] He was then nominated for the Young player of the year award for the same season in the Indonesian league.[12] After his best performance. He has signed new two year contract with club and Rohit will be staying in Persija Jakarta till end of 2022.[13]

FC Vestsjaelland

Rohit has trained with the club for more than one and half months until 25 December 2013. He was offered with 6 months contract for reserved team as like Indian Goalkeeper Subrata Paul . Rohit's Manager Rabindra Chand denied the offer and placed Rohit to ISL club.

T-Team

Rohit signed a year deal with Malaysian Outfit T-Team FC in January 2016.[14]

Return to Persija Jakarta

After a brief spell for local Nepalese club Manang Marshyangdi, it was announced that Chand had returned to Indonesian club, Persija Jakarta.[15]

International career

Chand is the youngest players to play the full senior level tournament for Nepal, making his debut on 23 March 2009 (16 years 22 days) against Palestine in the AFC which was later broke by Bimal Gharti Magar. He also made many appearances in different age groups(U-17 and U-19 age ).[5] Rohit was named the vice-captain of the national team in 2015.

Honours

Club
Persija Jakarta
Champions (1): 2018
Champions (1): 2018

Individual

Personal life

Chand hails from Birendra Nagar in Surkhet District. His idol is Paolo Maldini.[17] Aside from football Chand is also an avid reader and enjoys novels, and also loves pets having a dog named Roger.[18]

References
  1. https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=345318/index.html
  2. "Chand Nepal's highest paid footballer". eKantipur. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  3. "Kettering beat Arsenal and Spurs in race for Nepal star". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  4. "Rohit Chand awarded most valuable player of Indonesia's Liga 1". The Himalayan Times. 10 December 2018.
  5. "The One Game, One World Interview: Rohit Chand". 27 April 2010.
  6. "A star in the making: interview with Nepal international sensation Rohit Chand". AsianOceanFootball. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  7. "Rohit Chand best defender". 19 June 2010.
  8. "Rohit send MFC into semifinals". 11 January 2010.
  9. "Rohit Chand Scribbled off Arema, Can select other team". 16 November 2012.
  10. "BREAKING NEWS! Rohit Chand Officially signs for PSPS Pekanbaru". 24 December 2012.
  11. "Resmi! Rohit Chand Bergabung Dengan Persija Jakarta -". 4 May 2013.
  12. Rohit Chand Nominated for Young Player of the Year
  13. "Nepal's Rohit Chand signs contract with Indonesia's Persija Jakarta". The Himalayan Times. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  14. "Rohit signs for T-Team".
  15. "Rohit Chand Resmi Kembali Berseragam Persija". CNN Indonesia. 7 April 2017.
  16. "Tim Terbaik Go-Jek Liga 1 2018". liga-indonesia.id. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  17. "Rohit Chand Profile". GoalNepal.com. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  18. "Rohit Chand: I Have No Plan To Naturalize Myself". GoalNepal.com. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
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