Rakesh Shrestha

{{short description|Nepalese footballer}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rakesh Shrestha

| fullname = Rakesh Shrestha

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|1|14}}

| height =

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Nepal Police Club

| clubnumber =

| clubs1 = Nepal Police Club

| years1 = 2003–

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| nationalyears1 = 2001–2010

| nationalteam1 = Nepal

| nationalcaps1 = 14

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Rakesh Shrestha ({{langx|ne|राकेश श्रेष्ठ}}) (born 14 January 1977) is a footballer from Nepal. He played for Nepal national football team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification and various other tournaments.{{Soccerway|rakesh-shrestha/120400}} He also has played since 2003 for the Nepal Police Club,[http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.rakesh.shrestha.41496.en.html football database profile] and has taken part in many tournaments at club level too, most notably the 2007 AFC President's Cup where the Police Club finished runners up.