Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya (born 25 March 1980) is a retired Sri Lankan

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player who last played for Saunders Sports Club and the

Sri Lanka national football team The Sri Lanka national football team ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාපන්දු කණ්ඩායම, ta, இலங்கை தேசிய கால்பந்து அணி) represents Sri Lanka in Association football an ...

. He is also the all-time top goalscorer for the Sri Lankan national team with 27 goals in 56 caps.

Club career

Jayasuriya became the top-scorer of Sri Lanka's Kit Premier League, having scored 21 goals. He previously played at the

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for two Indian club; Indian Bank RC, and

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International career

Jayasuriya represented

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

internationally and is the all time goal scorer for Sri Lanka in international football history with 27 goals.

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list the Sri Lanka's goal tally first.''

Honours

Sri Lanka *

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runner-up:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jayasuriya, Kasun 1980 births Living people Sri Lankan men's footballers Sri Lanka men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Dempo SC players Renown SC players saunders SC players Sri Lanka Football Premier League players Sri Lankan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in India Sri Lankan expatriate sportspeople in India Sportspeople from Colombo