Bishal Rai
{{short description|Nepalese footballer}}
{{Update|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bishal Rai
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| fullname = Bishal Rai
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1993|6|6}}
| birth_place = Jhapa, Nepal{{cite web |title=Bishal Rai B - Player Profile - Football |url=http://www.goalnepal.com/player_profile-pid-60.html |work=GoalNepal.com |access-date=31 August 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045134/http://www.goalnepal.com/player_profile-pid-60.html |url-status=dead }}
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}
| position = Attacking midfielder
| currentclub = Manang Marshyangdi F.C.
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| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = ANFA Jhapa Academy
| years1 = 2008–2014
| clubs1 = Machhindra F.C.
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| years2 = 2010
| clubs2 = → Saraswoti Y.C. (loan)
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| goals2 =
| years3 = 2014–
| clubs3 = Manang Marshyangdi F.C.
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| goals3 =
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 = Nepal U-16
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| nationalyears2 =
| nationalteam2 = Nepal U-19
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| nationalgoals2 =
| nationalyears3 = 2014–
| nationalteam3 = Nepal
| nationalcaps3 = 28
| nationalgoals3 = 3
| pcupdate =
| nationalteam-update = 2 September 2021
}}
Bishal Rai (born 6 June 1993, in Jhapa District) is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Manang Marshyangdi Club and the Nepal national football team.
Career
Bishal Rai started off in the ANFA Jhapa Youth Academy before joining Machhindra F.C. in 2008. He played for Machindra for four years straight with the exception of a loan move to Saraswoti Youth Club two years after arriving. Later in 2014 he joined Manang Marshyangdi Club ahead of the 2013–14 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League season.
International career
Rai played for Nepal at the u-14, u-16 and u-19 youth levels. After being routinely called up for the senior squad since 2014 Rai finally made his senior national team debut on 31 August 2015 in a friendly against India.{{Cite web|title = GoalNepal.com - Anjan Bista & Bimal Gharti Magar To Start From Front, Ananta Tamang In the Defense Line; Anil Gurung, Jumanu Rai Dropped|url = http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=24902|website = GoalNepal.com|accessdate = 31 August 2015}} Bishal Rai scored his first goal for Nepal in a 4–1 win against Maldives in the Bangabandhu gold cup on 19 January 2016.{{Cite web|title = Nepal Promising Midfielder Bishal Rai: I Feel Proud To Open An Account For My Country|url = http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=26274|website = GoalNepal.com|date = 19 January 2016|accessdate = 19 January 2016|archive-date = 20 December 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220090158/http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=26274|url-status = dead}}
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Nepal's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/60277/Bishal_Rai_B.html|title=Rai B, Bishal|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=29 March 2017}}
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! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | 19 January 2016 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | {{fb|MDV}} | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 4–1 | 2016 Bangabandhu Cup |
| 2. | 29 May 2016 | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos | {{fb|LAO}} | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 3. | 28 March 2017 | Taipei Municipal Stadium, Tapei, Chinese Taipei | {{fb|PHI}} | align=center | 1–3 | align=center | 1–4 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
References
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Category:People from Jhapa District
Category:Nepalese men's footballers
Category:Nepal men's international footballers
Category:Manang Marshyangdi Club players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games competitors for Nepal
Category:Machhindra F.C. players
Category:South Asian Games gold medalists for Nepal
Category:South Asian Games medalists in football
Category:Martyr's Memorial A-Division League players
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