Sandip Rai ( ne, सन्दिप राई) 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 football defender, playing for

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 ...

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. He was also voted the Nepalese Footballer Of the Year 2013. He was banned due to match fixing.

Mohammedan Sporting Club

He signed for

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side Mohammedan Sporting Club in

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in 2010.

International

International goals

Match fixing allegations

On 14 October 2015 Rai, along with teammates

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and former

coach Anjan KC were arrested by the

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on suspicion that the group was responsible for match-fixing at the domestic and international level. On 19 October 2015 Rai and the four others were banned by the

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References

1989 births Living people People from Lalitpur District, Nepal Nepalese footballers Nepal international footballers Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Three Star Club players Association football defenders Sportspeople involved in betting scandals Asian Games competitors for Nepal {{Nepal-footy-bio-stub