Mani Kumar Lama (; born 24 March 1996) is a Nepalese professional

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who plays as a

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for the

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club Lalitpur City F.C. and the Nepal national team.

Early career

He began training with Purshottam Bajracharya, a former Nepali national table tennis player. At 14, he made the junior national table tennis team in 2010. In 2012, he won two silver medals for Nepal in the South Asian Championship. The following year, he competed in the World Cup Junior Cadet and Youth Asian Games. In 2016, he won bronze in men's singles at the 8th National Games for Tribhuvan Army Club. Lama represented the Nepal's national futsal team during the qualifiers for the

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in both 2019 and 2022, scoring three goals in nine games over four years. In 2018, he joined the departmental table tennis team of Nepal A.P.F. Club. However, in 2019, after being selected for the national futsal team, he fully focused on futsal. Eventually, at the age of 22 he officially began training with the football team of Nepal A.P.F. Club.

Club career

In 2019, he made his debut in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, representing Nepal A.P.F. Club. In 2021, he played an integral role in the club's Aaha! Gold Cup and Birat Gold Cup triumphs. In the first five matches of the 2023 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, he scored two goals and was announced player of the match in one of the games, after which he was called to the Nepal national football team.

International career

On 22 March 2023, Lama made his Nepal national team debut as a 73rd-minute substitute during a 2–1 victory over

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in the Prime Minister's Three Nations Cup.

Honours

Nepal A.P.F. Club * Aaha! Gold Cup: 2021 * Birat Gold Cup: 2021 Nepal * Prime Minister's Three Nations Cup:

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Mani Kumar Lama
at HamroKhelkud {{DEFAULTSORT:Lama, Mani Kumar 1996 births Living people Nepalese men's footballers Nepal men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Martyr's Memorial A-Division League players People from Kathmandu