Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Nirajan Rayamajhi

Formal star of national and New Road Team (NRT) ace forward Nirajan Rayamajhi is a sober footballer of Nepal.  Mr. Rayamajhi was one of the strong striker in Nepali football who scored a hat trick against Macau in 2002 World Cup qualification round. He is the joint top scorer along with Hari Khadka with 13 goals

Profile of Nirajan Rayamajhi 
Name: Nirajan Rayamajhi
Date of Birth: 1980/01/29
Played for: Ranipokhari Corner Team (RCT), Friends Club, Three Star Club, New Road Team (NRT) and Ornek( Germany 4th division club
First National Cap: 2001
First International Cap: He earned his first international cap in 2001 (in match against Iraq in the 2002 FIFA world cup qualification where he scored a consolidated goal in 1-9 loss.
Number of International Cap: 19 Caps
International Goals:  13 Goals
Track Number:  9
Trophies: Some knockout tournament                             
                                     
Position: Forward
Best Clubs: Bayern Munich (Germany)
Strength: Full finishing, speed outstanding dribbling skill, judgment at the right time and the right place
Award: To win Rupak Memorial Award in 2064
Won different individual award in highest goal scorer in domestic tournament.

Weakness: He went to play in Germany for 4th division club in his prime era so he failed to flourish in Nepali football though being a top goal scorer in international football.
Being the star football of the decade he failed to win international tournament for Nepal.
Highlights: To score hat trick in international football (in world cup qualification 2002) only third player to score hat trick scored by Nepali Footballer after Ganesh Thapa   and Naresh Joshi
Went Germany to play football
He was handed arm band during Mardeka Cup after back injury of regular captain Rakesh Shrestha

He was born in Kathmandu and started his career from Rani Pokhari Corner Team (RCT) for B Division League and his goal scoring ability attracted other club and national team which led him to join Friends Club (top club at that time) and then Three Star Club.  He also played for Madhypur Youth Association B Division Club during end of the career.

5 comments:

  1. He was the best but his decision to join German club was not fruitful for his career.if he continued to play for Nepal then he would have scored for than 20 goas for national team

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  2. Nepal's highest goal scoring record is 13 goals which is very poor record.

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  3. Overweighted player and his decision joining German was the biggest mistake

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