Chetan Ghimire

Chetan Ghimire
Personal information
Full name Chetan Ghimire
Date of birth (1988-02-03) 3 February 1988
Place of birth Janakpurdham, Nepal
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
APF F.C. (women) (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2014[2] Nepal Police Club
International career
2009–2013[2] Nepal 8 (0)
Nepal B
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chetan Ghimire (Nepali: चेतन घिमिरे; born 3 February 1988) is a Nepali former professional footballer who played as a striker for Nepal Police Club and the Nepal national team.

Club career

Chetan Ghimire joined Nepal Police Club in 2007 and spent entire career playing for them. However, in early 2013 he tore ACL for the second time in a match against Nepal Army Club.[3] He retired after in 2014.[2]

International career

Having previously played for Nepal B, Ghimire made debut for the senior team on 26 March 2009 during a 0–0 draw against Palestine during the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification.[2] He would then feature for all three group stage matches of the 2009 SAFF Championship as Nepal finished third in group A and failed to qualify for the semi-finals.[4] Ghimire played his final international match on 2 March 2013, in a 6–0 win against Northern Mariana Islands during the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Chetan Ghimire, goalnepal profile". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Chetan Ghimire at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Chetan Ghimire is in mood to retire from football". goalnepal. 27 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Nepal Squad". Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  5. ^ "AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers: Jack Stefanowski announces 23 man Nepalese squad for AFC Challenge Cup Group D qualifiers". Nepalifootball.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  6. ^ Asian Football Confederation. "Nepal 6-0 Northern Mariana". 2 March 2013. Retrieved on 2 June 2013.