Lhendup Dorji (footballer)

Lhendup Dorji is a Bhutanese international footballer who currently plays for Lonestar Kashmir FC in the I-League 2nd Division.[1]

Lhendup Dorji
Personal information
Full name Lhendup Dorji
Date of birth (1994-12-05) 5 December 1994
Place of birth Paro, Bhutan
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lonestar Kashmir FC
Number 8
Youth career
Ugyen Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Ugyen Academy
2015 Druk Star
2015 Thimphu F.C.
2018 Paro
2019 Lonestar Kashmir FC 6 (0)
National team
2015– Bhutan 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.[2]

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.[3] He also played for U19 championship in Qatar and U23 championship in Guwahati, India.

Career statistics
As of 1 February 2019
Club Season League League Cup Domestic Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lonestar Kashmir 2018–19 I-League 2nd60——00——60
Career total 6000000060

Honours

Club
Ugyen Academy
  • Bhutan National League : 2013
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References
  1. "Lhendup Dorji to play with Lonestar Kashmir FC in India". kuenselonline.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. "Lhendup Dorji to play with Lonestar Kashmir FC in India". kuenselonline.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. Lhendup Dorji at National-Football-Teams.com


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