Ju Manu Rai (Nepali: जुमानु राई; born 24 January 1984 in Sarlahi District) is a

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ese

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, who currently plays for

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and the national side of

Career

He used to play the local tournaments of football at Harion and other parts of Sarlahi and often bag with awards and shields during childhood. He was introduced to the public in ''Boys Union'' in an unsuccessful trial bid. He also played

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for the Nepal Police Club, ''Machindra FC'' in the '' Division League''. He was watched by Maldivian Club Vyansa. He played in the Kheladi Cup where he scored 5 goals. He later went on to play for All Youth Linkage of Maldives in the 2009 Wataniya Dhivehi League 3rd Round. He played half of the season scoring 11 goals. He is currently the captain of Nepal Police Club and holds a permanent post as an employee of Nepal Police.

International career

On April 5, 2006, he made his debut against

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, which was held in

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. Rai has played for the

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. In 2008, he was on form after scoring 5 goals in 4 matches in

. He has also played for

in the SAFF Championship 2008 held in

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and

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. He scored two goals in a friendly match against

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which Nepal won 3–1. He also played in SAFF Championship 2009 which was held in Bangladesh. He scored the goal against

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. His goal helped Nepal to draw 1-1. But Nepal Were out of the tournament. He scored four goals in three matches in

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. Nepal Police Club were out of the quarter-finals defeated by Three Star Club, who later on to be the champions. He has current goal tally of 10 making him the fourth highest scorer for Nepal. On 5 September

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, Jumanu scored the second goal in a 2–1 win over rival

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, taking a pass from

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to score his 11th international goals.

Honours

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: Pulsar Player of the Year (PoY)Ju Manu, Karishma bag Pulsar PoY awards
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rai, Ju Manu 1984 births Living people People from Sarlahi District Nepalese men's footballers Nepal men's international footballers Nepalese expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's footballers in the Maldives Machhindra F.C. players South Asian Games bronze medalists for Nepal South Asian Games medalists in football Nepal Police Club footballers Martyr's Memorial A-Division League players