Basanta Thapa
{{Short description|Nepali former footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Basanta Thapa
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|4|10|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Kathmandu, Nepal
|height = 1.71 m
|position = Forward
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|youthclubs1 =
|years1 = 1997–2000
|clubs1 = MMC
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|goals1 =
|years2 = 2000–2001
|clubs2 = Brothers Union
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|goals2 =
|years3 = 2002
|clubs3 = Rahmatganj
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|goals3 =
|years4 = 2002–2013
|clubs4 = MMC
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|nationalyears1 = 1998–2006
|nationalteam1 = Nepal
|nationalcaps1 = 27
|nationalgoals1 = 7
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Basanta Thapa (born 10 April 1977) is a Nepali former footballer who played as a forward for MMC and the Nepal national football team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK2dsMvkrNw|title=An exclusive interview with former Nepal international Basanta Thapa}}
Career
Thapa is a former Nepal international.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goalnepal.com/news/detail/9470|title=9th Dashain Cup Tomorrow; Former Nepal International Basanta Thapa To Be Honored|publisher=goalnepal.com}}{{NFT player|4604}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goalnepal.com/news/detail/9437?category=gorkhalis_abroad|title=Nepal Internationals, Former Captain Wish Good Luck To Semifinalists Of Peacezone Championship Cup|publisher=goalnepal.com}} He won Player of the Martyrs' Memorial League 2061.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chautari.org/forums/topic/6020-basanta-thapa-is-the-best/|title=Basanta Thapa Is The Best|publisher=chautari.org}} He started his career with MMC.{{Cite web|url=http://soccerinnepal.blogspot.com/2010/07/mmc-take-risk.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220718012847/http://soccerinnepal.blogspot.com/2010/07/mmc-take-risk.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2022-07-18|title=MMC Take the risk|publisher=myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com (Archived)}}
In 2005, Thapa trialed for Japanese second tier side Avispa Fukuoka.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/sports/basanta-thapa-to-go-to-japan|title=Basanta Thapa to go to Japan|publisher=thehimalayantimes.com}} He was called up for national team to play at the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/1263/india-south-central-asia/2008/09/24/882469/nepal-nepalese-footballers-leave-country-when-they-become|title=Nepalese footballers leave country When They Become Matured|publisher=goal.com}}
In 2001, he played for Bangladeshi club Brothers Union in the Dhaka Premier Division Football League, and scored 6 goals in the relegation play-offs in the league.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bang01.html|title=Bangladesh 2001/02|website=RSSSF}}
He has scored over 50 goals in the Nepal league.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/nepali/news-50954191|title=सन्तोष साहुखल फुटबल लिगमा १०० गोल गर्ने पहिलो खेलाडी|publisher=bbc.com|language=ne}} He was known for his goalscoring prowess.{{Cite web|url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2021/12/1046596|title=लिगमा गोलको खडेरी|publisher=onlinekhabar.com|language=ne}}
References
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Category:Nepalese men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Nepal men's international footballers
Category:Manang Marshyangdi Club players
Category:Brothers Union players
Category:Rahmatganj MFS players
Category:Nepalese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Nepalese expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bangladesh
Category:Footballers from Kathmandu
Category:South Asian Games medalists in football
Category:South Asian Games silver medalists for Nepal
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