Prakash Budhathoki ( ne, प्रकाश बुढाथोकी) (born 21 May 1993) is a

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

i professional

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from

Dharan Dharan ( ne, धरान) a sub-metropolitan city in Sunsari District of Province No. 1, Nepal, which was established as a fourth municipality in the Kingdom in 1958. It is the third most populous city in Eastern Nepal after Biratnagar and ...

, Patnali,

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, who currently plays for

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side

NEROCA FC NEROCA FC is an Indian professional football club based in Imphal, Manipur, that competes in the I-League. The club made its I-League 2nd Division debut in the 2015–16 season. The club won the 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division and secured pr ...

as a

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International career

Budhathoki played his first official international game with the senior national team on 31 August 2013 in the

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against

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(2–0), where he played the second half as he came in as a substitute for

Jagjit Shrestha Jagajeet Shrestha ( ne, जगजीत श्रेष्ठ) is a Nepali footballer who last played for Preston Lions in State League 1 as a midfielder. He was called to Nepali internationals at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and most ...

. He scored a free kick in SAG 2016 final against India in Guwahati.

Club career

He has started his club career from

Friends Club Friends Club is a Nepali professional football club from the Kopundole neighborhood of Lalitpur. The club is known for nurturing young talent of Nepalese Football. Friends Club has produced more than 200 national football players to date. It a ...

in 2011. And then moved to

Three Star Club Three Star Club is a Nepali professional football club based in Patan, Lalitpur, that competes in the Qatar Airways Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, the top flight of Nepalese football. The club was previously known as the ''Laxmi Bank ...

tin 1-year contract. Inhe 2013 AFC President's Cup group stages in a match against

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on 11 May Budhathoki scored to give the Three Star Club a 2-0 lead. Taiwan Power Company would come back to draw 2-2 but the Three Star Club would still advance to the second round.

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* 1993 births Living people Nepalese footballers Nepal international footballers Association football midfielders Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Three Star Club players People from Dharan Asian Games competitors for Nepal Nepalese expatriate sportspeople in India South Asian Games gold medalists for Nepal South Asian Games medalists in football {{Nepal-footy-bio-stub