Abhishek Rijal ( ne, अभिषेख रिजाल; born 29 January 2000) is a Nepali professional footballer who plays as a forward for

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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

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and become the first Nepali Footballer to score in

. 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. He currently plays in the I-League for

in India.

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

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and went on to score in that match.

Career statistics

International

International goals

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

Honours

Nepal U23 * South Asian Games:

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Mohammedan * I-League 2nd Division: 2019–20

Awards

*ANFA Award 2075 : Emerging player of the year

References

Living people 2000 births Nepalese men's footballers Nepal men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Machhindra F.C. players Nepalese expatriate sportspeople in India South Asian Games gold medalists for Nepal South Asian Games medalists in football Nepal Police Club footballers {{Nepal-footy-bio-stub