Manish Dangi (Nepali: মনিস ডাঁগি, Korean: 당기 머니스; born 17 September 2001) is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Nepal national team.
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| Date of birth | 17 September 2001 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kathmandu, Nepal | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Sinheung Middle School | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Dongducheon Sinheung FC | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Pocheon Citizen | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Biratnagar City | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Machhindra | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Etehad Al-Reef Club | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | Sankata Boys | 24 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2023 | Rayong | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Nepal U19 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Nepal U23 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Nepal | 29 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7:31, 17 Oct 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 21 Nov 2023 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Early life
editBorn in Kathmandu, Dangi's family moved to South Korea for better job opportunity. That is where Dangi started playing his football in 2014.
Youth career
editDangi first started playing football as an elite academy player from Sinheung middle school U15 when he first moved to South Korea. He began to learn football in earnest in the fall of 2015, but due to regulations for registration as a foreign player it took almost a year for him to play in the league. He officially started to play from summer of 2016.[citation needed]
Club career
editIn 2021, Dangi signed for Biratnagar City for the inaugural season of the Nepal Super League (NSL). He played five games as substitute for Biratnagar.[citation needed]
International career
editDangi had an opportunity to take South Korean citizenship and to play in South Korea, but he rejected it and decided to play for Nepal.[1]
Dangi played for Nepal U-19 in the 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship.[2] He scored against Maldives in the competition.[3] The goal was only the goal scored by Nepal in the tournament.[4] He also appeared for Nepal in 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.[5]
In 2021, Dangi was called to a senior national team camp for the first time. He made his international debut against Iraq on 29 May 2021, and scored a goal.[6] Dangi was selected in Nepal's squad for the 2021 SAFF Championship. On 1 October, Dangi scored the only goal for Nepal in a 1–0 victory over the hosts Maldives.[7]
Dangi was called to a Nepal U-23 for 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification. He made his U-23 debut against Indonesia U-23 in friendly game on 22 October 2021.
On 17 October 2023, in the second leg of the first round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Dangi scored the only goal against Laos, securing Nepal's 2–1 aggregate victory and a place in the second round.
Personal life
editHe was featured, alongside his brother, in a KBS Human documentary in 2021, telling about Manish's life in South Korea.[8] Having lived in South Korea, he is fluent in Korean.
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 21 June 2021.
| Club | Season | Division | League | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biratnagar City | 2021 | Nepal Super League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Machhindra F.C. | 2021-2022 | Martyr's Memorial A-Division League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Career total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | ||||
- Notes
International
edit- As of matches played 21 November 2023.[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 2021 | 11 | 2 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 11 | 2 | |
| Total | 29 | 3 | |
International goals
edit| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 May 2021 | Al Fayhaa Stadium, Basra, Iraq |  Iraq
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2–1 | 2–6 | Friendly |
| 2 | 1 October 2021 | National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives |  Maldives
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1–0 | 1–0 | 2021 SAFF Championship |
| 3 | 17 October 2023 | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos |  Laos
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1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
edit- ^ 수정: 2021.03.11 21:57, 입력: 2021 03 11 21:57 (11 March 2021). "머니스, 이대로 떠나야 하나". www.khan.co.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Nepal U19 International Manish Dangi Playing For Pocheon FC U18". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Maldives share spoils with Nepal | Football | News |". the-AFC. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "SAFF U18 Championship2019". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "AFC U19 Championship Qualifiers 2020". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Manish Dangi & Gautam Shrestha To Debut For Nepal". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Dangi stunner secures win for Nepal". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ https://m.khan.co.kr/sports/football/article/202103112157005
- ^ "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
External links
edit- Manish Dangi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Manish Dangi at WorldFootball.net
