| Channa Ediri Bandanage | |
| Fullname: | Channa Ediri Bandanage |
| Birth Date: | 1978 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Galle, Sri Lanka |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 2001 |
| Clubs1: | Hurriyya |
| Years2: | 2001–2002 |
| Clubs2: | Pettah United |
| Years3: | 2002–2003 |
| Clubs3: | Dempo SC[1] |
| Years4: | 2003–2005 |
| Clubs4: | Pettah United |
| Years5: | 2005 |
| Clubs5: | Victory |
| Years6: | 2005–2006 |
| Clubs6: | Ratnam Sports Club |
| Years7: | 2006 |
| Clubs7: | Negombo Youth SC |
| Years8: | 2006 |
| Clubs8: | Victory |
| Years9: | 2006–2007 |
| Clubs9: | Negombo Youth SC |
| Years10: | 2007–2009 |
| Clubs10: | Ratnam Sports Club |
| Years11: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs11: | Maziya |
| Years12: | 2011 |
| Clubs12: | Club All Youth Linkage |
| Years13: | 2012 |
| Clubs13: | B.G. Sports Club |
| Years14: | 2012 |
| Clubs14: | Ratnam Sports Club |
| Years15: | 2013 |
| Clubs15: | Victory |
| Years16: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs16: | Blue Star SC |
| Years17: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs17: | Colombo FC |
| Years18: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs18: | Super Sun SC |
| Years19: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs19: | Blue Star SC |
| Nationalyears1: | 1999–2009 |
| Nationalteam1: | Sri Lanka |
| Nationalcaps1: | 64 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 18 |
| Club-Update: | 21 July 2012 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 1 February 2010 |
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]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | ||||
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2001 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2002 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 2003 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2009 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Total | 64 | 18 | ||
Scores and results list Sri Lanka's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bandanage goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galolhu Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives | 1-0 | 1-0 | Friendly | [5] | ||
| 2 | Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon | 2-0 | 3-3 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | [6] | ||
| 3 | Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | [7] | ||
| 4 | Kalutara Stadium, Kalutara, Sri Lanka | 1-1 | 2-1 | Friendly | [8] | ||
| 5 | 2-1 | ||||||
| 6 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 1-2 | 1-2 | Friendly | [9] | ||
| 7 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 2-1 | 3-2 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification | [10] | ||
| 8 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification | [11] | ||
| 9 | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification | [12] | ||
| 10 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [13] | ||
| 11 | Zhongshan Sports Center Stadium, Zhongshan, China | 1-0 | 5-1 | 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification | [14] | ||
| 12 | Zhongshan Sports Center Stadium, Zhongshan, China | 2-0 | 7-1 | 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification | [15] | ||
| 13 | 6-1 | ||||||
| 14 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2008 SAFF Championship | [16] | ||
| 15 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 1-0 | 6-0 | 2009 SAFF Championship | [17] | ||
| 16 | 2-0 | ||||||
| 17 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2009 SAFF Championship | [18] | ||
| 18 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 1-1 | 1-5 | 2009 SAFF Championship | [19] | ||
Ratnam Sports Club
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