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Sanish Shrestha

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Sanish Shrestha
Personal information
Full name Sanish Shrestha
Date of birth (2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Purkot, Nepal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Church Boys United
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 NIBL Friends
2021–2023 Nepal A.P.F. 38 (3)
2023 Machhindra 2 (0)
2023-24 Lalitpur City F.C. 10 (0)
2024- Church Boys United 1 (0)
International career
2023– Nepal 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 @ 07:56(AEST)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023

Sanish Shrestha (Nepali: सनिश श्रेष्ठ; born 9 November 2000) is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Martyr's Memorial A-Division League club Church Boys United and the Nepal national team.

Club career

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Sanish, who joined Nepal A.P.F. in 2021 after making an impact with Friends Club in the A Division League, was named the league's best player in the 2023 season.[2] He had also won the best defender award in the 2021 Birat Gold Cup.[3]

At APF, he played as a right back and later shifted to a more central defensive role when the club's Ivorian center back Adama Doumbia was suspended due to a red card.[4]

International career

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On 22 March 2023, Sanish made his international debut for Nepal during a 2–0 victory over Laos in the 2023 Three Nations Cup.[5]

Career statistics

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International

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As of 16 November 2023.[6]
Nepal national team
Year Apps Goals
2023 11 0
Total 11 0

References

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  1. ^ "Sanish Shrestha Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more". FBref.com.
  2. ^ "को हुन् फुटबल टोलीमा परेका ६ नयाँ खेलाडी? - हाम्रो खेलकुद". HamroKhelkud (in Nepali). March 21, 2023.
  3. ^ Kafle, Santosh (April 18, 2021). "APF defeat Punjab Police Club, claim Birat Gold Cup crown". The Himalayan Times.
  4. ^ "राष्ट्रिय टोलीमा सनिशको डेब्यु - हाम्रो खेलकुद". HamroKhelkud (in Nepali). March 22, 2023.
  5. ^ "Footballer Sanish Shrestha to debut against Laos". My Republica.
  6. ^ Sanish Shrestha at National-Football-Teams.com
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