Tsering Dhundup

{{short description|Indian-Tibetan footballer and political activist}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|2|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mundgod, India

| nationalyears1 = 2007–

| nationalteam1 = Tibet

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Tsering Dhundup ({{bo| t = ཚེ་རིང་དོན་གྲུབ་ | w = tshe ring don grub}}; born 21 February 1982) is a Tibetan football player and political activist from Dehradun. The midfielder plays for the Tibet national football team since 2007. Dhundup is top scorer since the 6-0 victory of Tibet against Delhi XI, on 4 August 2007, since the foundation of the Tibetan team in 1999.{{fact|date=October 2022}}

Dhundup is spokesperson of the Tibetan Youth Congress.[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=210705 Quickfire protest catches police off guard. Mumbai Newsline]{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In February 2008, Dhundup was arrested at the UN funded Tibetan Reception Centre in Kathmandu. He was held in a cell by the Nepalese immigration department, before being handed back to the Chinese authorities, at the Tibet-Nepal border at Tatopani. Exiled Tibetans and supporters have demanded his release.{{cite web |url=http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibet+activists+protest+against+China%E2%80%99s+influence+onto+Nepal&id=19419 |title=Tibet activists protest against China's influence onto Nepal |publisher=Phayul.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-31 |archive-date=7 September 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907005624/http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibet+activists+protest+against+China%E2%80%99s+influence+onto+Nepal&id=19419 |url-status=dead }}