Nawayug Shrestha
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| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Nawayug Shrestha | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1990 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Ilam, Nepal | ||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||
| Playing position | striker | ||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||
Current team | Nepal Army Club | ||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||
| National team | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | |||||||
| 2014– | Nepal | 11 | (11) | ||||||
Honours
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| † Appearances (goals) | |||||||||
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Nawayug Shrestha (born 26 January 1990) is a Nepalese footballer Nepal Army Club. He was born in Magalbarey,Illam. He went to Bhanubhakta school. One interesting thing is that before going to the school, the principal had to make sure that enough footballs were in the school.
International career
- Nawayug scored his first goal for Nepal national team in 2016 Bangabandhu gold cup where he scored a hat-trick.
- In the game he become the fifth player of Nepal to score a hat-trick in an International match. He ended the tournament as the highest goal scorer with four goals to his name.
- He also scored a hat trick against Maldives in SAG 2016.
Nawayug Shrestha debuted his first game against Sri lanka in 2016 SAFF championship held in India. Nawayug is a talented footballer of Nepal. He scored 3 hat-trick in a month during January to February 2016. He scored his first international hat-trick against Maldives during the semi final of Bangabandhu Gold Cup which was held in Bangladesh. He got his second hat-trick against Maldives and during SAG 2016. He summed up his hat-rick tally to 3 against Bhutan in the same tournament. he also scored the winning goal against India in the finals. Also he has been playing for Nepal Army Club, the domestic football club of Nepal.
International Goals
| Nepal National Team | Year | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Nepal VS Maldives | 2016 |  3' |
| Nepal VS Bahrain U21 | 2016 | 1' |
| Nepal U23 VS Maldives U23 | 2016 | 3' |
| Nepal U23 Vs India U23 | 2016 | 1' |
| Nepal U23 Vs Bhutan U23 | 2016 | 3' |
| Total | 11 | |