Channa Ediri Bandanage
Channa Ediri Bandanage (born 22 September 1978) is a Sri Lankan international footballer who played for Blue Star SC as a forward. Bandanage has won the most number of caps for Sri Lanka national football team with 64 and is the second leading goal scorer for Sri Lanka.[2] Since his retirement from football, Banadanage has been working as a gravedigger.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Channa Ediri Bandanage | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Galle, Sri Lanka | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001 | Hurriyya | ||
| 2001–2002 | Pettah United | ||
| 2002–2003 | Dempo SC[1] | ||
| 2003–2005 | Pettah United | ||
| 2005 | Victory | ||
| 2005–2006 | Ratnam Sports Club | ||
| 2006 | Negombo Youth SC | ||
| 2006 | Victory | ||
| 2006–2007 | Negombo Youth SC | ||
| 2007–2009 | Ratnam Sports Club | ||
| 2009–2010 | Maziya | ||
| 2011 | Club All Youth Linkage | ||
| 2012 | B.G. Sports Club | ||
| 2012 | Ratnam Sports Club | ||
| 2013 | Victory | ||
| 2015–2016 | Blue Star SC | ||
| 2016–2017 | Colombo FC | ||
| 2017–2018 | Super Sun SC | ||
| 2018–2019 | Blue Star SC | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1999–2009 | Sri Lanka | 64 | (18) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 July 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 February 2010 | |||
References
- Chaudhuri, Arunava (2003). "Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 2003". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ediri Bandanage Channa". national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- Amit, Naushad (21 August 2016). "Ex-National Football Captain now a grave digger at 37". sundaytimes.lk. Colombo: The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
External links
- Ediri Bandanage Channa at WorldFootball.net
- Ediri Bandanage Channa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Channa picture at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-10-04)
- Minister to assist Channa at ThePaper.com
- Channa news at PDFslide.us
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