Ju Manu Rai Explained

Ju Manu Rai
Fullname:Ju Manu Rai
Birth Date:24 January 1984[1]
Birth Place:Sarlahi, Nepal
Currentclub:Nepal Police club
Clubnumber:11
Position:Striker
Youthyears1:Jhapa FC
Youthclubs1:Boys Union Club
Years1:2002–2004
Years2:2004–2009
Years3:2009
Years4:2010–
Clubs1:Machhindra FC
Clubs4:Nepal Police Club
Caps1:25
Caps2:80
Caps3:6
Caps4:33
Caps5:6
Goals1:9
Goals2:23
Goals3:5
Goals4:21
Goals5:5
Nationalyears1:2006–2015
Nationalteam1:Nepal
Nationalcaps1:51[2]
Nationalgoals1:11

Ju Manu Rai (Nepali: जुमानु राई; born 24 January 1984 in Sarlahi District) is a Nepalese footballer, who currently plays for Nepal Police Club and the national side.

Career

He used to play the local tournaments of football at Harion and other parts of Sarlahi and often bag with awards and shields during childhood. He was introduced to the public in Boys Union in an unsuccessful trial bid. He also played Association football for the Nepal Police Club, Machindra FC in the Division League. He was watched by Maldivian Club Vyansa. He played in the Kheladi Cup where he scored 5 goals. He later went on to play for All Youth Linkage of Maldives in the 2009 Wataniya Dhivehi League 3rd Round.[3] He played half of the season scoring 11 goals. He is currently the captain of Nepal Police Club and holds a permanent post as an employee of Nepal Police.

International career

On April 5, 2006, he made his debut against Brunei at AFC Challenge Cup, which was held in Bangladesh. Rai has played for the Nepal national football team. In 2008, he was on form after scoring 5 goals in 4 matches in AFC Challenge Cup. He has also played for Nepal in the SAFF Championship 2008 held in Maldives and Sri Lanka. He scored two goals in a friendly match against Mohun Bagan which Nepal won 3–1. He also played in SAFF Championship 2009 which was held in Bangladesh. He scored the goal against Maldives national football team. His goal helped Nepal to draw 1-1. But Nepal Were out of the tournament. He scored four goals in three matches in British Gurkha Cup 2010. Nepal Police Club were out of the quarter-finals defeated by Three Star Club, who later on to be the champions. He has current goal tally of 10[4] making him the fourth highest scorer for Nepal.

On 5 September 2013 SAFF Championship, Jumanu scored the second goal in a 2–1 win over rival India, taking a pass from Rabin Shrestha to score his 11th international goals.[5]

Honours

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150926183333/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=285270/index.html FIFA.com
  2. Web site: Ju Manu Rai (Player) .
  3. Web site: Blues foreigners to arrive tonight . 2009-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180810174834/http://www.maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2706 . 2018-08-10 . dead .
  4. http://www.nepalifootball.com/2011/06/nepal-won-first-leg-2-1-against-timor.html{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  5. Web site: India 1-2 Nepal: Toothless Blue Tigers go down to the Gorkhalis. Goal.com . 5 September 2013. 30 December 2014 . Anselm Noronha with Ayush Srivastava.
  6. http://soccerinnepal.blogspot.com/2009/09/ju-manu-karishma-bag-pulsar-poy-awards.html Ju Manu, Karishma bag Pulsar PoY awards