Sanish Shrestha

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

Sanish Shrestha

Personal information
Full name	Sanish Shrestha
Date of birth	(2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth	Purkot, Nepal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Brothers Union
Number	2
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–	Brothers Union	0	(0)
International career‡
2023–	Nepal	11	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2023

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]

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.^[5]

Career statistics

International

As of 16 November 2023.^[6]

Nepal national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2023	11	0
Total	11	0