Aditya Chaudhary () (born 19 April 1996) is a

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from

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. He made his first appearance for the

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on 31 October 2014.

Club career

Three Star Club

After his impressive performances for the Nepalese under-17 team, Chaudhary was signed by Nepalese heavyweights

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. Three Star manager

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confirmed that the young defender had signed a one-year deal with the club. "Aditya Choudhary is a very good player and we feel happy to snap him for new season." Shretha told reporters "He impressed us with his defensive skills during SAFF U-16 Championship last year, we are sure he can excel his career in Mega Three Star Club." Chaudhary too was highly pleased with his new team, saying "I am happy to sign a contract with Mega Three Star, my first target is to be in the first eleven and perform my best for the team." Choudhary was set to earn a salary of 18,000

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per month.

Nepal APF

In 2015 Choudhary signed with

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. In February 2015 in a Rara Gold Cup match Choudhary was sent off and nine other players were yellow carded as APF surprisingly lost 1-0 to

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. Choudhary had a poor game; earlier in the same match he had a penalty kick saved by Birendra Bahadur Chand in the 18th minute.

International career

U-19 Career

In October 2013 Chaudhary was called up for the

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. Nepal failed to register a point as they lost all four matches.

U-23 Career

In August 2014 Chaudhary was selected for a two-part friendly matches against

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. His performance in the next match was strongly applauded.

Senior career

Chaudhary made his international debut for Nepal on 31 October 2014 coming on for

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in the 83rd minute. Chaudhary had a great chance to equalize at 1-0 down but shot straight at the goalkeeper, and latter conceded the

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which led to the second goal in an eventual 3-0 loss against the

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References

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* 1996 births Living people Nepalese men's footballers Nepal men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Three Star Club players Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Nepal Martyr's Memorial A-Division League players {{Nepal-footy-bio-stub