Lhendup Dorji (footballer)
{{short description|Bhutanese professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lhendup Dorji
| image =
| fullname = Lhendup Dorji
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|12|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Paro, Bhutan
| height = {{height|m=1.71}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Lonestar Kashmir FC
| clubnumber = 8
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Ugyen Academy
| years1=2013
| clubs1=Ugyen Academy
| years2 = 2015
| clubs2 = Druk Star
| years3=2015
| clubs3=Thimphu F.C.
| years4= 2018
| clubs4=Paro
|years5=2019
| clubs5=Lonestar Kashmir FC
| caps5 = 6
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2015–2019
| nationalteam1 = Bhutan
| nationalcaps1 = 25
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| ntupdate = 3 October 2019
}}
Lhendup Dorji is a Bhutanese professional footballer who currently plays for Lonestar Kashmir FC in the I-League 2nd Division.{{cite web|title=Lhendup Dorji to play with Lonestar Kashmir FC in India|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/lhendup-dorji-to-play-with-lonestar-kashmir-fc-in-india/|website=kuenselonline.com|publisher=KUENSEL|access-date=9 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111160358/http://www.kuenselonline.com/lhendup-dorji-to-play-with-lonestar-kashmir-fc-in-india/|archive-date=11 January 2019|url-status=dead}}
Career
=Club career=
Winning hearts of his natives in Paro for being best footballer, he began playing school and club football with Ugyen Academy at the age of 14.
He won 2013 Bhutan National League with Ugyen Academy
The midfielder was also the part of Ugyen Academy FC squad which played in the 2014 AFC President's Cup.
He went on to represent the country as an under-19 national team and faced football giants of Middle Eastern nations like Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
Lhendup Dorji was among the experienced players Paro FC signed in their debut national league season and finished as runners up, one point behind the champions Transport United in 2018. The runner-up title with Paro FC was his second runner-up title of the premier football competition in the country. He last recorded runners up the title with Thimphu FC
He also played in domestic competitions with Choden FC, Druk Stars, Thimphu FC, Paro United FC, High-Quality United FC, and Paro FC
=Lonestar Kashmir=
Following his performances both domestically and in continental football, Lhendup Dorji earned himself a move to Lonestar Kashmir in the Indian I-League 2nd Division 2019.{{cite web|title=Lhendup Dorji to play with Lonestar Kashmir FC in India|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/lhendup-dorji-to-play-with-lonestar-kashmir-fc-in-india/|work=kuenselonline.com |accessdate= 9 January 2019}}
=International career=
He made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team in 2015 in their historic World Cup qualifying match against Sri Lanka. He also played in a number of their second qualifying round matches and in the 2015 SAFF Championship.{{cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/58421/Lhendup_Dorji.html|title=NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Dorji, Lhendup|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=18 January 2023|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005121413/http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/58421/Lhendup_Dorji.html|website=national-football-teams.com}} He also played for U19 championship in Qatar and U23 championship in Guwahati, India.
Career statistics
{{updated|1 February 2019}}
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| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Domestic Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="1"|Lonestar Kashmir | 6 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Honours
=Club=
References
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Category:Bhutanese men's footballers
Category:Bhutan men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Bhutan Premier League players
Category:Bhutanese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in India
Category:Bhutanese expatriate sportspeople in India
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