Chokey Nima Explained

Chokey Nima
Fullname:Chokey Nima
Birth Date:10 October 1975[1]
Years1:1990 - 2001
Clubs1:Phuensym FC
Caps1:10
Goals1:52
Nationalyears1:1994 - 1997
Nationalteam1:Bhutan
Ntupdate:13 March 2015
Manageryears1:2015
Managerclubs1:Bhutan

Chokey Nima (born 10 October 1975) is a former Bhutanese international footballer and also was the head coach the Bhutan national football team. He played for the national team for 12 years.[2]

Chokey Nima led Bhutan in the first round of the AFC qualifiers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Bhutan had to face Sri Lanka in a two-legged match to determine which team would advance to the second round. Nima won both matches against Sri Lanka. He would not coach the national team at the second round of the qualifiers as he was only head coach in an interim capacity. Japanese coach, Norio Tsukitate succeeded him as head coach of the national team.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20180207122409/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=376202/index.html FIFA.com
  2. News: Montague. James. A Moment Atop the World for Bhutan's Last-Ranked Team. 13 March 2015. The New York Times. 12 March 2015.
  3. News: Deurden. John. Bhutan hoping to parlay World Cup qualifying success into lasting stability. 19 March 2015. ESPN FC. 18 March 2015.
  4. News: A veteran called for World Cup. 22 May 2015. Kuensel. 20 May 2015.