Yeshi Dorji

Yeshi Dorji (born 10 October 2001) is a Bhutanese international footballer, currently playing for Paro in the Bhutan Premier League and the Bhutan national team.[1]

Yeshi Dorji
Personal information
Full name Yeshi Dorji
Date of birth (2001-10-10) 10 October 2001
Place of birth Thimphu, Bhutan
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Team information
Current team
 Paro
Number 11
Youth career
2014–2017 Druk Stars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Ugyen Academy
2020– Paro
International career‡
2019 Bhutan U18 4 (0)
2019–2021 Bhutan U20 6 (2)
2019– Bhutan U23 5 (1)
2019– Bhutan 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 June 2023

Club career

Yeshi represented High Quality United during their 2020 Bhutan Super League truimph and received Nu 10,000 for being the highest goal scorer. He joined Paro FC for the Premier League phase and scored 8 goals in 10 games. Yeshi won the 2021 Bhutan Premier League with Paro and received the Bhutan Premier League Top Scorer Award along the way with 23 goals from 17 games.[2]

In January 2020, Yeshi signed a contract with a German football agency, TF Sports, and had a successful trial with VfB Fichte Bielefeld in the Landesliga Westfalen (VII) (Germany sixth division). He was about to become the first Bhutanese to play in Europe, but had to return home because of a visa issue and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Bhutan. In 2021, he received an offer to play on trial in the Cypriot Second Division, but eventually turned it down due to the travel cost.[3]

International career

At the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers, Yeshi scored as Bhutan snatched a surprising 2–1 victory over Bangladesh. He scored against Nepal in the 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship, as Bhutan trashed the hosts 3–0. Yeshi was one of the key players in the 2019 South Asian Games in Nepal where Bhutan won the silver medal. During the tournament he struck a goal against Sri Lanka in a 3–1 victory.[4]

He made his first appearance for the Bhutan national team in 2019 against Guam during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and became the only footballer in the country to play all youth levels and make his senior national team debut in only 149 days.[3]

Career statistics

International
As of 28 March 2023.[5]
Bhutan
YearAppsGoals
201910
202320
Total30

Youth international goals

Scores and results list Bhutan's goal tally first.

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 September 2019APF Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal   Nepal1–03–02019 SAFF U-18 Championship
2.10 November 2019Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain Bangladesh1–12–12020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
3.7 December 2019Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal Sri Lanka3–03–02019 South Asian Games
Last updated 30 March 2023

References
  1. "Yeshi Dorji - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
  2. Newspaper, Bhutan's Daily. "Paro FC are champions". Kuensel Online.
  3. Newspaper, Bhutan's Daily. "A rising national football player". Kuensel Online.
  4. Pokhrel, Nishant (September 23, 2019). "Bhutan stun Nepal, enter semi-finals". The Himalayan Times.
  5. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Yeshi Dorji II (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com.
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