Raju Kaji Shakya

Raju Kaji Shakya, formal Nepali Football Captain was born in July 1960, in Dharan, Nepal. He started playing Professional football from 1975. He played from Nepali National team from 1981 to 1997. He was captain of Nepali National Football Team from 1991-1997. He also has played professional football in Bangladesh league too. Raju Shakya is one of the few lucky players who saw three generations of Nepali Footballers. In the first generation he was a magnificent young talent, captain of the second generation and now a successful coach in the third generation.  He was the junior most member among the 18 players in Nepal’s first every international football participation in the Asian Games in Delhi. Raju Shakya is the most capped Nepali player with 68 international matches. He holds the record for leading the team for the most number of times. Under his captaincy Nepal won Gold Medal in Football’s in the Sixth South Asian Games. The first SAFF Championship held in Nepal was last international match for him. He started his coaching career from 1999 and he is actively coaching Nepali A Division Football Club and U-19 Football Team of Nepal. Shakya visited more than 30 countries.
                            Profile of Raju Kaji Shakya

Name: Raju Kaji Shakya
Nickname: Raju
Date of Birth: July 1960
Played for: Royal Nepal Army Club (RNAC) Manang Marshyagdi Club (MMC), New Road Team (NRT), Ranipokhari Corner Team (RCT), Sankata Club, Victoria Club (Bangladesh), Easton End Club (Bangladesh)
First National Cap: 1981
First International Cap: He earned his first international cap in 1981
Number of International Cap: 68 caps
Track Number:  6
Trophies: More than twenty knock out tournaments in domestic and international level
Individual Awards:  He won Motor Bike for being the valuable player of the year in 1992, won The State Man Society Award, Player of the year Nepal, Player of the year from Nepal Journalist Association in 1993, Rupak Memorial Prize in 1996 for being the best player of the year, Life Time Achievement Award in 2005
Coached for: Machhindra Football Club, New Road Team, Armed Police Force women team, Nepal Army Club, Sankata Club, ANFA Academy, U-16 Football Team, U-19 Football Team, National Football Team Coach for the friendly match against Yemen and Philippines.

Position: Defender
Best Clubs: Manang Marshaygdi Club
Strength:  Hardworking, confident

Highlights:  He serves national football team for sixteen years from 1981 to 1997, when he won Gold Medal in 1st South Asian Games Kathmandu in 1984, when he won Bronze Medal in 2nd South Asian Games Dhaka in 1985, when he won Gold Medal in 6th South Asian Games Dhaka in 1993, when he won Silver Medal in 8th SAF Games Kathmandu 1999

Best Moments: His greatest career moment was winning SAFF Game Gold Medal in 1993 under his captaincy
He was a member in SAFF Games football which won gold medal in 1984
He was the first player to win Rupak Memorial Award in 2053 BS

Country Visited: India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hongkong South Korea, Japan, china, Burma, Oman, Iran, Iraq,  Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, England, West Germany, East Germany, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait.