| Yeshi Dorji | |
| Fullname: | Yeshi Dorji |
| Birth Date: | 10 October 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Thimphu, Bhutan |
| Position: | Centre forward |
| Currentclub: | Paro |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Youthyears1: | 2014–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Druk Stars |
| Years1: | 2018–2020 |
| Years2: | 2020– |
| Clubs2: | Paro |
| Caps2: | 31 |
| Goals2: | 36 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Bhutan U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019–2021 |
| Nationalteam2: | Bhutan U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam3: | Bhutan U23 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam4: | Bhutan |
| Nationalcaps4: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Ntupdate: | 22 June 2023 |
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 represented High Quality United during their 2020 Bhutan Super League triumph 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]
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]
| Bhutan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Scores and results list Bhutan's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22 September 2019 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship | |||
| 2. | 10 November 2019 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification | |||
| 3. | 7 December 2019 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2019 South Asian Games | |||
| Last updated 30 March 2023 | |||||||