Manish Dangi ( ne, মনিস ডাঁগি, ko, 당기 머니스; born 17 September 2001) is a Nepalese professional

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who plays as a winger for the Nepal national team.

Early life

Born in

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, Dangi's family moved to

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for better job opportunity. That is where Dangi started playing his football in 2014.

Youth career

Dangi first started playing football as an elite academy player from Sinheung middle school U15 when he first moved to

. He began to learn football in earnest in the fall of 2015, but due to regulations for registration as a foreign player it took almost a year for him to play in the league. He officially started to play from summer of 2016.

Club career

In 2021, Dangi signed for

Biratnagar City Biratnagar City FC is a Nepali professional franchise football club based at Biratnagar. Biratnagar city club competes in the Nepal Super League, the top flight football league in Nepal. History The club was formed in March 2021 after the ...

for the inaugural season of the

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(NSL). He played five games as substitute for Biratnagar.

International career

Dangi had an opportunity to take South Korean citizenship and to play in

, but he rejected it and decided to play for Nepal. Dangi played for Nepal U-19 in the

2019 SAFF U-18 Championship The 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship was be the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-18 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament will be hosted by Nepal from September 20 to 29 Sept ...

. He scored against Maldives in the competition. The goal was only the goal scored by Nepal in the tournament. He also appeared for Nepal in

2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification The 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification was an international men's under-19 association football, football competition which was originally held to decide the participating teams of the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship. The AFC announced the cancel ...

. In 2021, Dangi was called to a senior national team camp for the first time. He made his international debut against

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on 29 May 2021, and scored a goal. Dangi was selected in Nepal's squad for the

2021 SAFF Championship The 2021 SAFF Championship, known as Ooredoo SAFF Championship 2021 for sponsorship reasons, was the thirteenth edition of the SAFF Championship, the biennial international men's football championship of South Asia organised by South Asian Foot ...

. On 1 October, Dangi scored the only goal for Nepal in a 1–0 victory over the hosts Maldives. Dangi was called to a Nepal U-23 for

2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification The 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup. A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Uzb ...

. He made his U-23 debut against Indonesia U-23 in friendly game on 22 October 2021. On 17 October 2023, in the second leg of the first round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Dangi scored the only goal against Laos, securing Nepal's 2–1 aggregate victory and a place in the

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Personal life

He was featured, alongside his brother, in a KBS Human documentary in 2021, telling about Manish's life in South Korea.https://m.khan.co.kr/sports/football/article/202103112157005 Having lived in South Korea, he is fluent in Korean.

Career statistics

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International

International goals

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dangi, Manish 2001 births Living people Nepalese men's footballers Nepal men's youth international footballers Nepal men's international footballers Nepalese expatriate men's footballers Men's association football wingers Nepal Super League players Manish Dangi Manish Dangi Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Martyr's Memorial A-Division League players Nepalese emigrants to South Korea