Yeshi Dorji

Yeshi Dorji
Personal information
Full name	Yeshi Dorji
Date of birth	10 October 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Thimphu, Bhutan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Team information
Current team	Paro
Number	11
Youth career
2014–2017	Druk Stars
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2020	Ugyen Academy
2020–	Paro
International career‡
2019	Bhutan U18
2019–2021	Bhutan U20
2019–	Bhutan U23
2019–	Bhutan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 June 2023

Last updated October 30, 2024

Yeshi Dorji (born 10 October 2001) is a Bhutanese professional footballer, currently playing for Paro in the Bhutan Premier League and the Bhutan national team.^[1]

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

International

As of 28 March 2023.^[5]

Bhutan
Year	Apps	Goals
2019	1	0
2023	2	0
Total	3	0

Youth international goals

Scores and results list Bhutan's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 September 2019	APF Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Nepal	1–0	3–0	2019 SAFF U-18 Championship
2.	10 November 2019	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain	Bangladesh	1–1	2–1	2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
3.	7 December 2019	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Sri Lanka	3–0	3–0	2019 South Asian Games
Last updated 30 March 2023

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References

↑ "Yeshi Dorji - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
↑ "Paro FC are champions". Kuensel Online. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
1 2 "A rising national football player". Kuensel Online. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
↑ Pokhrel, Nishant (23 September 2019). "Bhutan stun Nepal, enter semi-finals". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Yeshi Dorji II (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

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[1] "Yeshi Dorji - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

[2] "Paro FC are champions". Kuensel Online. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

[auto-3] 1 2 "A rising national football player". Kuensel Online. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

[4] Pokhrel, Nishant (23 September 2019). "Bhutan stun Nepal, enter semi-finals". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

[5] Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Yeshi Dorji II (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

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