Manish Dangi
Manish Dangi is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as a winger and also the captains of Nepal Super League club Butwal Lumbini and the Nepal football team.
Early life
Born in Kathmandu, Dangi's family moved to South Korea for better job opportunity. That is where Dangi started playing his football in 2014.Youth career
Dangi first started playing football as an elite academy player from Sinheung middle school U15 when he first moved to South Korea. He began to learn football in earnest in the fall of 2015, but due to regulations for registration as a foreign player it took almost a year for him to play in the league. He officially started to play from summer of 2016.Club career
In 2021, Dangi signed for Biratnagar City for the inaugural season of the Nepal Super League. He played five games as substitute for Biratnagar.International career
Dangi had an opportunity to take South Korean citizenship and to play in South Korea, but he rejected it and decided to play for Nepal.Dangi played for Nepal U-19 in the 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship. He scored against Maldives in the competition. The goal was only the goal scored by Nepal in the tournament. He also appeared for Nepal in 2020 [AFC U-19 Championship qualification].
In 2021, Dangi was called to a senior national team camp for the first time. He made his international debut against Iraq on 29 May 2021, and scored his first international goal. Dangi was selected in Nepal's squad for the 2021 SAFF Championship. On 1 October, Dangi scored the only goal for Nepal in a 1–0 victory over the hosts Maldives.
Dangi was called to a Nepal U-23 for 2022 [AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification]. He made his U-23 debut against Indonesia U-23 in friendly game on 22 October 2021.
On 17 October 2023, in the second leg of the first round of the 2026 [FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round|2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers], Dangi scored the only goal against Laos, securing Nepal's 2–1 aggregate victory and a place in the 2026 FIFA [World Cup qualification – AFC second round|second round].