Sanish Shrestha

Sanish Shrestha
Personal information
Full name Sanish Shrestha
Date of birth (2000-11-09) 9 November 2000[1]
Place of birth Purkot, Nepal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
Machhindra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 NIBL Friends
2021–2023 Nepal A.P.F. 38 (3)
2023 Machhindra
2023–2025 Lalitpur City 10 (0)
2024 Church Boys United
2025–2026 Brothers Union 6 (1)
2026– Machhindra 0 (0)
International career
2023– Nepal 24 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 November 2025

Sanish Shrestha (Nepali: सनिश श्रेष्ठ; born 9 November 2000) is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Machhindra and the Nepal national team.

Club career

Sanish, who joined Nepal A.P.F. in 2021 after making an impact with Friends Club in the A Division League, was named the league's best player in the 2023 season.[2] He had also won the best defender award in the 2021 Birat Gold Cup.[3]

At APF, he played as a right back and later shifted to a more central defensive role when the club's Ivorian center back Adama Doumbia was suspended due to a red card.[4]

In 2025, he joined Brothers Union for the 2025–26 Bangladesh Football League.[5]

International career

On 22 March 2023, Sanish made his international debut for Nepal during a 2–0 victory over Laos in the 2023 Three Nations Cup.[6]

Sanish scored his first international goal on 9 October 2025 against Vietnam during the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification at the Gò Đậu Stadium.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Sanish Shrestha Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more". FBref.com.
  2. ^ "को हुन् फुटबल टोलीमा परेका ६ नयाँ खेलाडी? - हाम्रो खेलकुद". HamroKhelkud (in Nepali). March 21, 2023.
  3. ^ Kafle, Santosh (April 18, 2021). "APF defeat Punjab Police Club, claim Birat Gold Cup crown". The Himalayan Times.
  4. ^ "राष्ट्रिय टोलीमा सनिशको डेब्यु - हाम्रो खेलकुद". HamroKhelkud (in Nepali). March 22, 2023.
  5. ^ "বাংলাদেশের ফুটবলে এবার নেপাল, ভুটানের খেলোয়াড়". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 6 January 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Footballer Sanish Shrestha to debut against Laos". My Republica.
  7. ^ https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc_asian_cup.html/news/qualifiers-group-f-vietnam-3-1-nepal