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Abhishek Rijal
Nepalese footballer
Abhishek Rijal (Nepali: अभिषेख रिजाल; born 29 January 2000) is a Nepali professional footballer who plays as a forward[2] for Aizawl FC in the I-League and the Nepal national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abhishek Rijal | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-01-29) 29 January 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Kathmandu, Nepal | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aizawl FC | ||
| 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) |
| 2021– | Aizawl | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Nepal | 11 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:02, 11 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Rijal played for the Nepal Police football club. He was one of the young prospects there then he was loaned to Manang Marsyangdi and went on to scoring in AFC Cup and become the first Nepali Footballer to score in AFC Cup. With Kolkata based Mohammedan Sporting, he won the 2019–20 I-League 2nd Division tournament and helped the team qualifying for the 2020–21 I-League season.[3] He currently plays in the I-League for Aizawl FC in India.[4]
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 score in that match.
International
- As of 6 June 2019
| Nepal national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Caps | Goals |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 1 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Nepal's goal tally first.[5]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7 June 2019 | National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |  Chinese Taipei | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Nepal U23
Mohammedan
- ANFA Award 2075 : Emerging player of the year[7]
- "ABHISHEK RIJAL". footballcritic.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- "Breaking: Abhishek Rijal signed for I-League side Aizawl FC". dailylivescores.com. Daily Live Scores. 8 February 2021. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- "Hero I-League Qualifier 2020 to get underway on October 8 | Hero I-League". Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- "Breaking: Abhishek Rijal signed for I-League side Aizawl FC". dailylivescores.com. Daily Live Scores. 8 February 2021. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Abhishek Rijal". national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- "Fixtures Page | Hero I-League". Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- "अभिषेक र मञ्जलीलाई उदयमान खेलाडीको अवार्ड". khelpati.com (in Nepali). 2019-06-06. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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