Kasun Jayasuriya

Kasun Jayasuriya
කසුන් ජයසූරිය
Personal information
Full name	Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya Weerarathne
Date of birth	25 March 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	Indian Bank
2006–2017	Renown
2017–2020	Saunders SC
International career
2000–2009	Sri Lanka
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated August 20, 2023

Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya (born 25 March 1980) is a retired Sri Lankan football player who last played for Saunders Sports Club and the Sri Lanka national football team. He is also the all-time top goalscorer for the Sri Lankan national team with 27 goals in 56 caps.

Club career

Jayasuriya began his professional club career at Renown SC in 2000.^{[ citation needed ]}

He became the top-scorer of Sri Lanka's Kit Premier League, having scored 21 goals. He previously played at the National Football League for two Indian club; Indian Bank RC,^[1]^[2]^[3] and Dempo SC.^[4]^[5]^[6]

International career

Jayasuriya represented Sri Lanka internationally and is the all time goal scorer for Sri Lanka in international football history with 27 goals.^[7]^[8]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list the Sri Lanka's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1 May 2000	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Maldives	1–1	1–1	2000 MFF Golden Jubilee Tournament
2.	25 August 2000	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	2–1	2–2	2000 HCM Cup
3.	28 March 2001	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Cambodia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4.	17 May 2001	Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon	Pakistan	3–2	3–3	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
5.	30 May 2001	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Pakistan	1–0	3–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
6.	30 May 2001	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Pakistan	3–0	3–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
7.	4 April 2002	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Maldives	1–0	1–0	Friendly
8.	21 March 2003	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Timor-Leste	1–1	3–2	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
9.	21 March 2003	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Timor-Leste	3–2	3–2	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
10.	3 December 2003	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Laos	2–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
11.	2 April 2006	MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh	Brunei	2–0	3–0	2006 AFC Challenge Cup
12.	12 April 2006	MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh	Nepal	1–0	1–1	2006 AFC Challenge Cup
13.	24 March 2007	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Malaysia	1–4	1–4	Friendly
14.	2 April 2008	Chungshan Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Guam	5–1	5–1	2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
15.	4 April 2008	Chungshan Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Pakistan	1–0	7–1	2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
16.				4–1
17.				7–1
18.	6 April 2008	Chungshan Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	2–2	2–2	2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
19.	2 August 2008	Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Myanmar	1–1	1–3	2008 AFC Challenge Cup
20.	4 April 2009	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Brunei	1–0	5–1	2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
21.				3–0
22.				4–0
23.				5–0
24.	6 April 2009	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Chinese Taipei	1–0	2–1	2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
25.	6 December 2009	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bhutan	3–0	6–0	2009 South Asian Football Federation Cup
26.				4–0
27.				5–0

Honours

Sri Lanka

AFC Challenge Cup: 2006 ^[9]^[10]
ANFA Cup runner-up: 2009 ^[11]

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[1] "Indian Bank Chennai FC players". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 16 June 2003. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[2] "Indian Bank outplay Dempo". Rediff.com. 25 November 2002. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2009.

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[4] Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 2001 Archived 8 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine indianfootball.de. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[5] Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 2003 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine indianfootball.de. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[6] "List of Dempo SC foreign football players (A to Z)". Worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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[8] Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya". www.national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2017.

[9] "Victory a boost for Tajikistan football: Nazarov". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2009.

[10] "Tajikistan lift inaugural AFC Challenge Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 19 April 2006. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2011.

[11] "Prime Minister's Cup Invitational Soccer SL to meet Nepal Red XI today". The Island. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

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