Nirajan Khadka ( ne, निराजन खड्का; born 6 October 1988) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

from

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

. He made his first appearance for the Nepal national football team in 2008.

Club career

Khadha started his career at

Friends Club Friends Club is a Nepali professional football club from the Kopundole neighborhood of Lalitpur. The club is known for nurturing young talent of Nepalese Football. Friends Club has produced more than 200 national football players to date. It a ...

for two years, before joining

Manang Marshyangdi Club Manang Marshyangdi Club ( ne, मनाङ मर्स्याङ्दी क्लब) is a Nepali professional football club based in Kathmandu, that competes in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. The club is record champion of Nepale ...

for three years. Khadka then rejoined Friends Club for one season, and then rejoined Manang Marshyangdi Club for another season. In 2012, he moved to the

Three Star Club Three Star Club is a Nepali professional football club based in Patan, Lalitpur, that competes in the Qatar Airways Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, the top flight of Nepalese football. The club was previously known as the ''Laxmi Bank ...

where he plays now.

National career

Khadka has played for

at the 2009 Nehru Cup, AFC Challenge Cup Quantifying,

2011 SAFF Championship The 2011 South Asian Football Federation Championship, sponsored by Karbonn Mobiles and officially named Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011, was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held in New Delhi, India. Venue It was originally s ...

, and the

2012 AFC Challenge Cup The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup was the fourth edition of the tournament, an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member nations that are mainly categorized as "emerging countries" in the defunct Vision Asia progra ...

. He has also represented his country 4 times in world cup qualifying.

International goals

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

References

External links

* * 1988 births Living people Nepalese footballers Nepal international footballers Manang Marshyangdi Club players Association football midfielders {{Nepal-footy-bio-stub