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

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ese

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, who played for

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and the national side.

Career

Born in

Sarlahi District Sarlahi ( ; Maithili: सर्लाही), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. According to new laws, a combination of more than two or four villages makes a municipality, which covers an area of and ...

, Nepal 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 5 April 2006, he made his debut against

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at AFC Challenge Cup, 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 five goals in four matches in AFC Challenge Cup. 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 British Gurkha Cup 2010. 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 Rabin Shrestha to score his 11th international goals.

International goals

Honours

* 2007: Pulsar Player of the Year (PoY)Ju Manu, Karishma bag Pulsar PoY awards
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References

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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