Biran Basnet (born 20 October 1994) is a Bhutanese professional

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, currently playing as a midfielder for Thimphu City in the

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and Bhutan national team.

Club career

Basnet began his career at Druk Star, though given that they were not relegated from the A-Division in

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but did not partake in the 2011 season, it is unclear what level of football he was playing. He moved from

Thimphu Thimphu (; dz, ཐིམ་ཕུག ) is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan, and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's '' dzongkhags'', the Thimphu District. The ancient capital ci ...

to Ugyen Academy in

Punakha Punakha ( dz, སྤུ་ན་ཁ་) is the administrative centre of Punakha dzongkhag, one of the 20 districts of Bhutan. Punakha was the capital of Bhutan and the seat of government until 1955, when the capital was moved to Thimphu. It is abo ...

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and won the National League in

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. Following the national title, he played in the

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, taking part in the 1–0 loss to Sri Lanka's

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, the 3–0 loss to Pakistan's KRL F.C. and the 4–0 loss to Bangladesh's

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International career

He made his first appearance for the

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in 2012 in the 5–0 friendly defeat to

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. He next played for Bhutan in their 3–0 loss to

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in the

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group stage. He was also an unused substitute in the other two group matches, the 8–2 loss to the

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and the 5–2 loss to

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 ...

International goals

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

References

Bhutanese footballers Bhutan men's international footballers Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent Living people 1994 births Men's association football midfielders Bhutanese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in India Bhutanese expatriate sportspeople in India {{Bhutan-footy-bio-stub