Nawayug Shrestha (born 8 June 1990) is a Nepalese international footballer who plays for

Nepal Army Club Nepal Army Club, also known as Tribhuwan Army Club, is the departmental Army sporting club of Nepal and is based in Kathmandu. In cricket they play top domestic league National League Cricket, and in Prime Minister One Day Cup whereas in footb ...

in the top division of the Memorial A-Division League. He was born in Mangalbare, Ilam. He went to Bhanubhakta Higher Secondary School. Before school started the principal had to make sure that enough footballs were in the school such was the game's popularity.

International career

Nawayug Shrestha made his international debut in the game against

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in the 2016 SAFF Championship held in India. He scored 3 hat-tricks in a month during January to February 2016. He scored his first international hat-trick against Maldives during the semi-final of the

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which was held in

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. He got his second hat-trick against Maldives during the South Asian Games 2016. He increased his hat-trick tally to 3 against Bhutan in the same tournament. He also scored the winning goal against India in the finals. Also he has been playing for

, one of the domestic football clubs of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

. The Kathmandupost Retrieved 2016-7-10

International goals

''Scores and results list Nepal's goal tally first.''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shrestha, Nawayug Nepalese footballers 1990 births Living people Nepal men's international footballers People from Ilam District Men's association football forwards South Asian Games gold medalists for Nepal South Asian Games medalists in football Martyr's Memorial A-Division League players