Manish Dangi
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-09-17) 17 September 2001
Place of birth Kathmandu, Nepal
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Rayong
Number 21
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 (3)
2023– Rayong 6 (0)
International career‡
2019 Nepal U19 5 (1)
2021– Nepal U23 4 (0)
2021– Nepal 27 (3)
Medal record
Representing    Nepal
SAFF Championship
Runner-up 2021 Maldives
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7:31, 17 Oct 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7:31, 17 Oct 2023 (UTC)

Manish Dangi (Nepali: মনিস ডাঁগি, Korean: 당기 머니스; born 17 September 2001) is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Thai League 2 team Rayong F.C. and the Nepal national team.

Early life

Born in Kathmandu, Dangi's family moved to South Korea for better job opportunity. Manish Dangi was raised there and started playing football from 2014.

Youth career

Dangi 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.

Club career

After high school graduation, Dangi got calls from several university teams and pro clubs, one of them being Daejeon Hana Citizen[1] where he had trials for 3 days. The club asked Dangi to get a Korean citizenship as he had already stayed in Korea for five years and was a registered player in Korea Football Association (KFA), but Dangi refused.

In 2021, Dangi signed for Biratnagar City for the inaugural season of the Nepal Super League (NSL). He played five games as substitute for Biratnagar.

International career

Dangi had an opportunity to take South Korean citizenship and to play in South Korea, but he rejected it and decided to play for Nepal.[2]

Dangi played for Nepal U-19 in the 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship.[3] He scored against Maldives in the competition.[4] The goal was only the goal scored by Nepal in the tournament.[5] He also appeared for Nepal in 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

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

He was featured, alongside his brother, in a KBS Human documentary in 2021, telling about Manish's life in South Korea.[9] Having lived in South Korea, he is fluent in Korean.

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 June 2021.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Continental Total
Biratnagar City 2021 Nepal Super League 50005
Machhindra F.C. 2021-2022 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League 901010
Career total 1401015
Notes

    International

    As of matches played 17 October 2023.[10]
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Nepal 2021112
    202260
    2023102
    Total274

    International goals

    No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
    1 29 May 2021 Al Fayhaa Stadium, Basra, Iraq  Iraq 2–1 2–6 Friendly
    2 1 October 2021 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives  Maldives 1–0 1–0 2021 SAFF Championship
    3 17 October 2023 New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos  Laos 1–0 1–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

    References

    1. ↑ "당기 머니스 - 나무위키". Archived from the original on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
    2. ↑ 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)
    3. ↑ "Nepal U19 International Manish Dangi Playing For Pocheon FC U18". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
    4. ↑ "Maldives share spoils with Nepal | Football | News |". the-AFC. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
    5. ↑ "SAFF U18 Championship2019". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
    6. ↑ "AFC U19 Championship Qualifiers 2020". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
    7. ↑ "Manish Dangi & Gautam Shrestha To Debut For Nepal". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
    8. ↑ "Dangi stunner secures win for Nepal". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
    9. ↑ https://m.khan.co.kr/sports/football/article/202103112157005
    10. ↑ "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
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