Rakesh Shrestha ( ne, राकेश श्रेष्ठ) (born 14 January 1977) is a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

from

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 ...

. He played for

Nepal national football team The Nepal national football team ( ne, नेपाल राष्ट्रिय फुटबल टोली) represents Nepal in International men's football, and is governed by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA). A member of the As ...

in the

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South Ameri ...

and various other tournaments. He also has played since 2003 for the

Nepal Police Club Nepal Police Club (formerly known as Mahendra Police Club) is a sports club owned and managed by Nepal Police. The club competes in the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, the top flight of Nepali club football. History Established in 1952 a ...

,football database profile
/ref> and has taken part in many tournaments at club level too, most notably the

2007 AFC President's Cup The 2007 AFC President's Cup was the third edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for Association football, football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. The eight teams that competed ...

where the Police Club finished runners up.

References

1977 births Living people Nepalese footballers Nepal international footballers Association football defenders Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Nepal {{Nepal-footy-bio-stub