Bishal Sunar

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Bishal Sunar
Personal information
Full name Bishal Sunar
Date of birth (2002-02-09) 9 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Siyari, Nepal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
NIBL Friends
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Tribhuwan Army
2019–2021 Brigade Boys 13 (0)
2021Chitwan (loan) 5 (0)
2021–2023 Manang Marshyangdi 8 (0)
2022–2023Lalitpur City (loan) 1 (0)
2023– NIBL Friends 12 (0)
International career
2018 Nepal U17 (0)
2020 Nepal U20 3 (0)
2022– Nepal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2022

Bishal Sunar (Nepali: बिशाल सुनार; born 9 February 2002) is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Martyr's Memorial A-Division League club NIBL Friends and the Nepal national team.

Club career[edit]

Bishal was included in the preliminary squad for the 2023 Prime Minister's Three Nations Cup, however, failed to make the final squad. Eventually, he was listed in the A-category for the 2023 Nepal Super League and thus was contracted by FC Chitwan for Rs 200,000. He played five games for the club. In his debut match, he saved a penalty from Lalitpur City's captain Anjan Bista.[2] But, he was sent off in the fifth match, against Pokhara Thunders.[3]

He previously represented Siddhartha FC in the 1st Mukti, Rajendra, Rajesh & Om Prakash memorial cup Football Tournament in Rupandehi.[4]

International career[edit]

Bishal represented Nepal at youth level from 2018 to 2020,[3][5] before making his Nepal national team debut on 3 June 2022, during a 0–2 defeat to Oman in a Friendly match.[6]

Honours[edit]

Lalitpur City

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bishal Sunar Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more". FBref.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "FC Chitwan Goalie Bishal Sunar Adjudged The Super Player". GoalNepal. April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Know 6 new members of Nepal's national football team". onlinekhabar.com. May 21, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "Rupandehi: Siddhartha FC Enters SFs Of 1st Mukti, Rajendra, Rajesh & Om Prakash Memorial Cup". GoalNepal. May 4, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "India defeat Nepal in Saff U-15 group stage game". kathmandupost.com. August 23, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  6. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Oman vs. Nepal". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

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