Abhishek Rijal

Abhishek Rijal
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:02, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

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.

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 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]

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 score in that match.

Career statistics

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

Honours

Nepal U23

Mohammedan

Awards

  • ANFA Award 2075 : Emerging player of the year[7]

References

  1. ^ "ABHISHEK RIJAL". footballcritic.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Hero I-League Qualifier 2020 to get underway on October 8 | Hero I-League". Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Fixtures Page | Hero I-League". Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  7. ^ "अभिषेक र मञ्जलीलाई उदयमान खेलाडीको अवार्ड". khelpati.com (in Nepali). 2019-06-06. Retrieved 6 June 2019.


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