Bishal Rai (born 6 June 1993, in

Jhapa District Jhapa District (; ) is a district of Koshi Province in eastern Nepal named after a Rajbanshi Surjapuri language word "Jhapa", meaning "to cover" (verb). The 2021 Nepal Census, puts the total population of the district at 994,090. The total ar ...

) is a

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ese professional

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who plays as an

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for

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and the

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Career

Bishal Rai started off in the ANFA Jhapa Youth Academy before joining Machhindra F.C. in 2008. He played for Machindra for four years straight with the exception of a loan move to

Saraswoti Youth Club Saraswoti Youth Club is a Nepali football club from the Koteshwor neighborhood of Kathmandu that currently competes in the Martyr's Memorial B-Division League. They have also played in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League in several seasons. T ...

two years after arriving. Later in 2014 he joined

ahead of the 2013–14 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League season.

International career

Rai played for Nepal at the u-14, u-16 and u-19 youth levels. After being routinely called up for the senior squad since 2014 Rai finally made his senior national team debut on 31 August 2015 in a friendly against

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. Bishal Rai scored his first goal for Nepal in a 4–1 win against

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in the Bangabandhu gold cup on 19 January 2016.

International goals

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

References

1993 births Living people People from Jhapa District Sportspeople from Koshi Province Nepalese men's footballers Nepal men's international footballers Manang Marshyangdi Club players Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Nepal Machhindra F.C. players South Asian Games gold medalists for Nepal South Asian Games medalists in football Martyr's Memorial A-Division League players {{Nepal-footy-bio-stub