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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pema Dorji[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 July 1985[2][1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bhutan[1] | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2][1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Transport United (head coach) | ||
| 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 | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Bhutan - P. Dorji - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ a b c Pema Dorji at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b Younten Tshedup (15 October 2015). "Bhutanese coach to lead the national team in China". Kuensel. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Younten Tshedup (9 October 2015). "Head coach Norio wanted to leave: BFF". Kuensel. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
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