Pema Dorji (footballer)

Pema Dorji (Dzongkha: དྲུང་འཚོ་པདྨ་རྡོ་རྗེ; 5 July 1985) is a Bhutanese football coach and former footballer. A former international player, he made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team in 2003.^[2]

Pema Dorji

Personal information
Full name	Pema Dorji[1]
Date of birth	(1985-07-05) 5 July 1985 (age 40)[2][1]
Place of birth	Bhutan[1]
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2][1]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Transport United
2005–2014	Yeedzin FC
International career‡
2003–2013	Bhutan	31	(0)
Managerial career
2014–2015	FC Terton
2015–2016	Bhutan
2019–2023	Bhutan
2024–2025	Transport United
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 September 2013

Pema served as assistant coach to Japanese coach Norio Tsukitate during the first games of the Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup^[3] until Tsukitate's tenure ended following a dispute with the team manager on 8 October 2015.^[4] Pema guided the team as interim coach in Bhutan's next match against Hong Kong on 13 October 2015.^[3]