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Chencho Gyeltshen

Chencho Gyeltshen (born 10 May 1996) is a Bhutanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bhutan Premier League club Paro and captains the Bhutan national team. Gyeltshen is the all-time leading international goalscorer for Bhutan.[5]

Chencho Gyeltshen
Chencho with Kerala Blasters in 2021
Personal information
Full name Chencho Gyeltshen
Date of birth (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 (age 26)[1][2]
Place of birth Paro, Bhutan[3]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[4]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
Paro
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Yeedzin 35 (17)
2014 Druk United 18 (12)
2015 Thimphu 10 (20)
2015–2016 Buriram United 2 (1)
2015Surin City (loan) 11 (9)
2016 Satun United 7 (3)
2016 Thimphu 10 (15)
2016 Terton 2 (2)
2016 Chittagong Abahani 7 (5)
2017 Thimphu City 14 (22)
2017–2018 Minerva Punjab 18 (9)
2018–2019 Bengaluru 9 (2)
2019NEROCA (loan) 5 (2)
2020–2021 RoundGlass Punjab 16 (7)
2021–2022 Kerala Blasters 18 (0)
2022– Paro 16 (11)
International career
2011– Bhutan 31 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2022

He is affectionately nicknamed CG7 or Bhutanese Ronaldo, because of his style of play similar to that of Cristiano Ronaldo.[6][7] Gyeltshen is the first Bhutanese professional footballer to play outside the country.[8][9]

Early life and education

Chencho Gyeltshen hails from Paro District. He started playing football in primary school, with his brother inspiring him to play. He cites Cristiano Ronaldo as the player who is his inspiration. From class six to ten, he studied in Loselling MSS and then moved to Ugyen Academy for class eleven and then attended Kelki Higher Secondary School until class XII. He originally intended to become a martial artist[10] before deciding to stop his studies to become a professional football player.[3]

Club career

Yeedzin

From 2008 to 2014, Gyeltshen played for Yeedzin in the Bhutan National League.[11] In 2013, he won the league championship with the club.[12] With the club, he also finished runner-up in the 2013 King's Cup. The club was defeated by a score of 2–4 by Manang Marshyangdi of Nepal in the final despite Gyeltshen's two goal performance.[13]

Druk United

In 2014 he played for and was captain of Druk United of the Thimphu League.[14] He played for the team in the 2014 King's Cup and scored two goals against Indian club Mohun Bagan.[15]

Thimphu

In 2015, Chencho Gyeltshen played for Thimphu. He made his league debut for the club against Thimphu City on 5 April.[16] He scored seventeen goals in ten matches in the Thimphu League and finished the season as the league's top scorer.[17][18]

Interest abroad

In 2014, he was offered to sign with Nepalese club Machhindra after his performance at the 2013 King's Cup and was reported to agree to join with the club but could not do so until the next year due to his studies.[2] In early 2015, Gyeltshen went on a month-long trial with Buriram United of the Thai Premier League. He played in friendlies against several Thai teams and scored the game-winning goal in the match against Thai Premier League club Sisaket after coming on as a second-half substitute. He scored five minutes after entering the match in the 80th minute. He was originally scheduled to return to Bhutan before the friendlies but was forced to stay a few days longer when his flight was cancelled.[10] While in Thailand, he was offered deals by Indian Super League clubs Delhi Dynamos and Pune City. However, no official offers were ever presented. The player said that if the offers had been made officially and had come a bit earlier he would have chosen to play in the ISL so that he could play alongside the stars that the league had been attracting in recent years.[9] With Buriram, Gyeltshen also won the Coke Cup Under-19 Championship in 2015.[19]

Surin City

In July 2015 Thai club Surin City, a reserve team of Buriram United, completed the signing of Gyeltshen from Thimphu United with the Bhutan international forward agreeing a 1.5 year contract with a monthly salary of Nu 100,000. The offer was presented to the player by Alexandre Gama, manager of the first team. With the contract, Gyeltshen became the first Bhutanese footballer to play professionally for an international club.[9] On 7 July 2015, it was revealed that the player had actually been signed by Buriram United along with two other players and was loaned immediately to Surin City.[20]

Gyeltshen made his league debut for Surin City on 5 July 2015 in a match against Kalasin. He was given the number 11 shirt.[21] By 24 September 2015, he had scored eight goals in eight league matches for Surin City,[22] including a hat-trick, after 33 rounds of the 34 round season. Surin finished in tenth position in the Northeast Division, missing out on qualification for the playoffs.[23]

Nonthaburi

On 7 February 2016, it was announced that Gyeltshen would go on loan to Nonthaburi, also of the Thai Division 2.[19]

Satun United

Less than a month after it was announced that he would join Nonthaburi, it was announced that Gyeltshen had terminated his contract with Buriram United and signed a 2-year contract with Satun United[24] Following the season, it was announced that Gyeltshen was leaving the club.[25]

Return to Thimphu

Following his departure from Satun United, Gyeltshen returned to Bhutan and signed for former club Thimphu. He made his first appearance back for the club on 2 July in the team's opening match against Thimphu City.[26] He scored his first goal back for the club on the following matchday in a match against Ugyen Academy.[27] In his first season with the club, Gyeltshen was the top scorer in the Bhutan National League with 15 goals in 10 league matches.[28]

Terton

Following the 2016 season, it was announced that Gyeltshen would be joining Bhutan National League Champions Terton for their 2017 AFC Cup qualification campaign.[29] He started the club's first match of qualification, a 0–0 draw with Tatung of Taiwan.[30] In the team's next match, Gyeltshen scored two goals as Terton defeated Sheikh Russel of Bangladesh 4–3 to win their group and advance to the qualifying playoff group alongside Dordoi Bishkek and Three Star Club.[31]

Chittagong Abahani

In October 2016 it was announced that Gyeltshen would join Chittagong Abahani of the Bangladesh Premier League for the second leg of the 2016 season on an initial 3-month contract.[32][33] He was spotted by the club during Bangladesh's two-leg series against Bhutan during 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification in which he scored a brace in the second match to help win the series 3–1 on aggregate.[34] With a reported monthly salary of at least US $4,000 or Nu 270,000 Gyeltshen became the highest paid athlete in the country.[35] Prior to signing with Chittagong, he also received a contract offer from Uttar Baridhara, another Bangladesh Premier League club. The offer was reportedly worth half of the value of his deal with Chittagong.[36] He made his debut for the club on 7 November 2016 in a league match against Mohammedan Dhaka.[37] The match ended in a 1–0 victory.[38] Gyeltshen scored his first goal for the club on 23 November 2016 in his second appearance for the club,[39] a 2–0 victory over Uttar Baridhara SC.[40] On 30 December 2016 it was announced that Gyeltshen's stint with the club had ended and that he would return to Bhutan. In total, he scored 5 goals in 7 league matches with the club.[41]

Thimphu City

In January 2017 it was announced that Gyeltshen would be part of Thimphu City's squad for their 2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-off match against Club Valencia of the Maldives on 31 January.[42] He appeared in the eventual 0–0 draw as a 50th-minute substitute for Lungtok Dawa.[43] Thimphu City replaced Terton which advanced to the qualifying play-off by winning their group during the qualifying round.[44] Thimphu City were the first Bhutanese team to compete at this advanced of a stage in the tournament.[45] He started in the away leg and played the entire 90 minutes[46] but Thimphu City was eliminated with the 0–3 defeat at the National Stadium in Malé.[47]

During the 2017 Thimphu League season, Gyeltshen scored 22 goals in 14 league matches, making him the league's top scorer for the second consecutive season. Thimphu City were also champions of the league that season.[48] The club went on to earn second place in the 2017 Bhutan National League behind Transport United.[49]

Minerva Punjab

In August 2017 it was announced that Gyeltshen joined Indian I-League side Minerva Punjab on an initial 1-year deal until May 2018.[50] He joined the club on 18 October to begin preseason training prior to the 2017–18 season.[51] Gyeltshen made his debut for the club on 31 October against reigning champions of the Punjab State Super Football League Rail Coach Factory FC in a preseason friendly.[52] Eight days later he scored a hattrick for the club in a 3–2 preseason victory over powerhouse Bengaluru.[53] He became a key figure in the Minerva side as they mounted a surprise title challenge, winning the title with a victory over Churchill Brothers on the final matchday.[54][55]

Bengaluru

In June 2018 it was announced that Gyeltshen joined Indian Super League side Bengaluru on an initial one-year deal until May 2019. An acrobatic overhead-kick in the injury-time by Gyeltshen saved the day for Bengaluru which held host NorthEast United FC to a 1–1 draw in a match [56]

NEROCA (loan)

In January 2019, Chencho was loaned to I-league club NEROCA from Bengaluru FC until end of the season.[57]

Paro

On 28 December 2019, Gyeltshen joined his home town club Paro.[58]

Return to Punjab

On 22 October 2020, Gyeltshen re-signed for Punjab on a two-year deal.[59]

Kerala Blasters

On 31 August 2021, Gyeltshen joined Kerala Blasters on his return to the Indian Super League.[60][61] He was included in the Blasters squad for the 2021 Durand Cup, and made his debut for the club on 21 September 2021 against Delhi FC in the Durand Cup, which they lost 1–0.[62] Gyeltshen played his first league match for the club in the 2021–22 Indian Super League season opener on 19 November against ATK Mohun Bagan FC as a substitute for Sahal Abdul Samad, which they lost 4–2.[63][64][65] He made his first start of the season on 23 February 2022 in the match against Hyderabad FC, which ended in a 2–1 defeat for the Blasters.[66]

International career

Gyeltshen has represented Bhutan at the U12, U13, U15, U17, and U19 levels.[67] In 2007, he was selected to play for the U13 team after noticing the team practice while he walked home from school.[10]

Gyeltshen scored on his senior début for Bhutan on 19 March 2011 in a friendly against fellow Himalayan state Nepal.[11] On 12 March 2015, he and the rest of the Bhutan team recorded its first World Cup qualification win in history with a 1–0 victory over Sri Lanka. In the second leg of the series at Bhutan's national Changlimithang Stadium, Gyeltshen scored twice, with his first goal coming in the fifth minute[68] as he lifted the ball over Sri Lanka's onrushing goalie and into the far corner of the net. With the score tied 1–1 in second half stoppage time, Gyeltshen dribbled away from the goal box in the left corner of the penalty area, spun, and struck a shot that eluded two defenders and the goalkeeper as it slipped into the near corner. The victory and reaching the second round of qualification for the first time while being ranked the lowest team in the world was described by the team as "a historic moment to remember."

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played till 30 March 2022[69]
Club Season League Cup Continental Others Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Yeedzin 2012–13 Bhutan National League ? ? ? ? 3[a] 1[b] 3 1
2013 ? ? ? ? 3[c] 0 3 0
Terton 2017 ? ? ? ? 2[d] 2[e] 2 2
Thimphu City 2017 ? ? ? ? 2[f] 0 2 0
Paro 2020 Bhutan Premier League ? ? ? ? 4[g] 3[h] 4 3
Punjab 2017–18 I-League 18 7 18 7
2020–21 14 7 14 7
Punjab total 32 14 32 14
Bengaluru 2018–19 Indian Super League 9 2 9 2
NEROCA (loan) 2019 I-League 5 2 5 2
Bengaluru total 9 2 9 2
Kerala Blasters 2021–22 Indian Super League 18 0 1[i] 0 19 0
Kerala Blasters total 18 0 1 0 19 0
Career total 64 18 14 6 1 0 79 24

International

As of 3 October 2019[11]
Bhutan
Year Apps Goals
2011 4 2
2012 0 0
2013 3 1
2014 0 0
2015 12 3
2016 4 3
2017 4 1
2018 3 0
2019 1 0
Total 31 10

International goals

Scores and results list Bhutan's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 19 March 2011 Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara, Nepal     Nepal
1–2
1–2
Friendly
2. 7 December 2011 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India   Afghanistan
1–4
1–8
2011 SAFF Championship
3. 4 September 2013 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal   Maldives
2–1
2–8
2013 SAFF Championship
4. 17 March 2015 Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan   Sri Lanka
1–0
2–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.
2–1
6. 8 October 2015   Maldives
2–4
3–4
7. 29 March 2016 National Stadium, Malé, Maldives   Maldives
1–0
2–4
8. 10 October 2016 Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan   Bangladesh
2–0
3–1 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
9.
3–1
10. 14 November 2017   Oman
2–4
2–4
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Correct as of 14 November 2017[11]

Honours

Minerva Punjab[70]

Bengaluru

Kerala Blasters

Individual

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External links

  • FIFA competition record (archived)
  • Chencho Gyeltshen at Soccerway

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Chencho Gyeltshen born 10 May 1996 is a Bhutanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bhutan Premier League club Paro and captains the Bhutan national team Gyeltshen is the all time leading international goalscorer for Bhutan 5 Chencho GyeltshenChencho with Kerala Blasters in 2021Personal informationFull nameChencho GyeltshenDate of birth 1996 05 10 10 May 1996 age 26 1 2 Place of birthParo Bhutan 3 Height1 73 m 5 ft 8 in 4 Position s ForwardClub informationCurrent teamParoNumber7Senior career YearsTeamApps Gls 2008 2014Yeedzin35 17 2014Druk United18 12 2015Thimphu10 20 2015 2016Buriram United2 1 2015 Surin City loan 11 9 2016Satun United7 3 2016Thimphu10 15 2016Terton2 2 2016Chittagong Abahani7 5 2017Thimphu City14 22 2017 2018Minerva Punjab18 9 2018 2019Bengaluru9 2 2019 NEROCA loan 5 2 2020 2021RoundGlass Punjab16 7 2021 2022Kerala Blasters18 0 2022 Paro16 11 International career2011 Bhutan31 10 Club domestic league appearances and goals correct as of 22 November 2022He is affectionately nicknamed CG7 or Bhutanese Ronaldo because of his style of play similar to that of Cristiano Ronaldo 6 7 Gyeltshen is the first Bhutanese professional footballer to play outside the country 8 9 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Club career 2 1 Yeedzin 2 2 Druk United 2 3 Thimphu 2 4 Interest abroad 2 5 Surin City 2 6 Nonthaburi 2 7 Satun United 2 8 Return to Thimphu 2 9 Terton 2 10 Chittagong Abahani 2 11 Thimphu City 2 12 Minerva Punjab 2 13 Bengaluru 2 13 1 NEROCA loan 2 14 Paro 2 15 Return to Punjab 2 16 Kerala Blasters 3 International career 4 Career statistics 4 1 Club 4 2 International 4 2 1 International goals 5 Honours 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and education EditChencho Gyeltshen hails from Paro District He started playing football in primary school with his brother inspiring him to play He cites Cristiano Ronaldo as the player who is his inspiration From class six to ten he studied in Loselling MSS and then moved to Ugyen Academy for class eleven and then attended Kelki Higher Secondary School until class XII He originally intended to become a martial artist 10 before deciding to stop his studies to become a professional football player 3 Club career EditYeedzin Edit From 2008 to 2014 Gyeltshen played for Yeedzin in the Bhutan National League 11 In 2013 he won the league championship with the club 12 With the club he also finished runner up in the 2013 King s Cup The club was defeated by a score of 2 4 by Manang Marshyangdi of Nepal in the final despite Gyeltshen s two goal performance 13 Druk United Edit In 2014 he played for and was captain of Druk United of the Thimphu League 14 He played for the team in the 2014 King s Cup and scored two goals against Indian club Mohun Bagan 15 Thimphu Edit In 2015 Chencho Gyeltshen played for Thimphu He made his league debut for the club against Thimphu City on 5 April 16 He scored seventeen goals in ten matches in the Thimphu League and finished the season as the league s top scorer 17 18 Interest abroad Edit In 2014 he was offered to sign with Nepalese club Machhindra after his performance at the 2013 King s Cup and was reported to agree to join with the club but could not do so until the next year due to his studies 2 In early 2015 Gyeltshen went on a month long trial with Buriram United of the Thai Premier League He played in friendlies against several Thai teams and scored the game winning goal in the match against Thai Premier League club Sisaket after coming on as a second half substitute He scored five minutes after entering the match in the 80th minute He was originally scheduled to return to Bhutan before the friendlies but was forced to stay a few days longer when his flight was cancelled 10 While in Thailand he was offered deals by Indian Super League clubs Delhi Dynamos and Pune City However no official offers were ever presented The player said that if the offers had been made officially and had come a bit earlier he would have chosen to play in the ISL so that he could play alongside the stars that the league had been attracting in recent years 9 With Buriram Gyeltshen also won the Coke Cup Under 19 Championship in 2015 19 Surin City Edit In July 2015 Thai club Surin City a reserve team of Buriram United completed the signing of Gyeltshen from Thimphu United with the Bhutan international forward agreeing a 1 5 year contract with a monthly salary of Nu 100 000 The offer was presented to the player by Alexandre Gama manager of the first team With the contract Gyeltshen became the first Bhutanese footballer to play professionally for an international club 9 On 7 July 2015 it was revealed that the player had actually been signed by Buriram United along with two other players and was loaned immediately to Surin City 20 Gyeltshen made his league debut for Surin City on 5 July 2015 in a match against Kalasin He was given the number 11 shirt 21 By 24 September 2015 he had scored eight goals in eight league matches for Surin City 22 including a hat trick after 33 rounds of the 34 round season Surin finished in tenth position in the Northeast Division missing out on qualification for the playoffs 23 Nonthaburi Edit On 7 February 2016 it was announced that Gyeltshen would go on loan to Nonthaburi also of the Thai Division 2 19 Satun United Edit Less than a month after it was announced that he would join Nonthaburi it was announced that Gyeltshen had terminated his contract with Buriram United and signed a 2 year contract with Satun United 24 Following the season it was announced that Gyeltshen was leaving the club 25 Return to Thimphu Edit Following his departure from Satun United Gyeltshen returned to Bhutan and signed for former club Thimphu He made his first appearance back for the club on 2 July in the team s opening match against Thimphu City 26 He scored his first goal back for the club on the following matchday in a match against Ugyen Academy 27 In his first season with the club Gyeltshen was the top scorer in the Bhutan National League with 15 goals in 10 league matches 28 Terton Edit Following the 2016 season it was announced that Gyeltshen would be joining Bhutan National League Champions Terton for their 2017 AFC Cup qualification campaign 29 He started the club s first match of qualification a 0 0 draw with Tatung of Taiwan 30 In the team s next match Gyeltshen scored two goals as Terton defeated Sheikh Russel of Bangladesh 4 3 to win their group and advance to the qualifying playoff group alongside Dordoi Bishkek and Three Star Club 31 Chittagong Abahani Edit In October 2016 it was announced that Gyeltshen would join Chittagong Abahani of the Bangladesh Premier League for the second leg of the 2016 season on an initial 3 month contract 32 33 He was spotted by the club during Bangladesh s two leg series against Bhutan during 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification in which he scored a brace in the second match to help win the series 3 1 on aggregate 34 With a reported monthly salary of at least US 4 000 or Nu 270 000 Gyeltshen became the highest paid athlete in the country 35 Prior to signing with Chittagong he also received a contract offer from Uttar Baridhara another Bangladesh Premier League club The offer was reportedly worth half of the value of his deal with Chittagong 36 He made his debut for the club on 7 November 2016 in a league match against Mohammedan Dhaka 37 The match ended in a 1 0 victory 38 Gyeltshen scored his first goal for the club on 23 November 2016 in his second appearance for the club 39 a 2 0 victory over Uttar Baridhara SC 40 On 30 December 2016 it was announced that Gyeltshen s stint with the club had ended and that he would return to Bhutan In total he scored 5 goals in 7 league matches with the club 41 Thimphu City Edit In January 2017 it was announced that Gyeltshen would be part of Thimphu City s squad for their 2017 AFC Cup qualifying play off match against Club Valencia of the Maldives on 31 January 42 He appeared in the eventual 0 0 draw as a 50th minute substitute for Lungtok Dawa 43 Thimphu City replaced Terton which advanced to the qualifying play off by winning their group during the qualifying round 44 Thimphu City were the first Bhutanese team to compete at this advanced of a stage in the tournament 45 He started in the away leg and played the entire 90 minutes 46 but Thimphu City was eliminated with the 0 3 defeat at the National Stadium in Male 47 During the 2017 Thimphu League season Gyeltshen scored 22 goals in 14 league matches making him the league s top scorer for the second consecutive season Thimphu City were also champions of the league that season 48 The club went on to earn second place in the 2017 Bhutan National League behind Transport United 49 Minerva Punjab Edit In August 2017 it was announced that Gyeltshen joined Indian I League side Minerva Punjab on an initial 1 year deal until May 2018 50 He joined the club on 18 October to begin preseason training prior to the 2017 18 season 51 Gyeltshen made his debut for the club on 31 October against reigning champions of the Punjab State Super Football League Rail Coach Factory FC in a preseason friendly 52 Eight days later he scored a hattrick for the club in a 3 2 preseason victory over powerhouse Bengaluru 53 He became a key figure in the Minerva side as they mounted a surprise title challenge winning the title with a victory over Churchill Brothers on the final matchday 54 55 Bengaluru Edit In June 2018 it was announced that Gyeltshen joined Indian Super League side Bengaluru on an initial one year deal until May 2019 An acrobatic overhead kick in the injury time by Gyeltshen saved the day for Bengaluru which held host NorthEast United FC to a 1 1 draw in a match 56 NEROCA loan Edit In January 2019 Chencho was loaned to I league club NEROCA from Bengaluru FC until end of the season 57 Paro Edit On 28 December 2019 Gyeltshen joined his home town club Paro 58 Return to Punjab Edit On 22 October 2020 Gyeltshen re signed for Punjab on a two year deal 59 Kerala Blasters Edit On 31 August 2021 Gyeltshen joined Kerala Blasters on his return to the Indian Super League 60 61 He was included in the Blasters squad for the 2021 Durand Cup and made his debut for the club on 21 September 2021 against Delhi FC in the Durand Cup which they lost 1 0 62 Gyeltshen played his first league match for the club in the 2021 22 Indian Super League season opener on 19 November against ATK Mohun Bagan FC as a substitute for Sahal Abdul Samad which they lost 4 2 63 64 65 He made his first start of the season on 23 February 2022 in the match against Hyderabad FC which ended in a 2 1 defeat for the Blasters 66 International career EditGyeltshen has represented Bhutan at the U12 U13 U15 U17 and U19 levels 67 In 2007 he was selected to play for the U13 team after noticing the team practice while he walked home from school 10 Gyeltshen scored on his senior debut for Bhutan on 19 March 2011 in a friendly against fellow Himalayan state Nepal 11 On 12 March 2015 he and the rest of the Bhutan team recorded its first World Cup qualification win in history with a 1 0 victory over Sri Lanka In the second leg of the series at Bhutan s national Changlimithang Stadium Gyeltshen scored twice with his first goal coming in the fifth minute 68 as he lifted the ball over Sri Lanka s onrushing goalie and into the far corner of the net With the score tied 1 1 in second half stoppage time Gyeltshen dribbled away from the goal box in the left corner of the penalty area spun and struck a shot that eluded two defenders and the goalkeeper as it slipped into the near corner The victory and reaching the second round of qualification for the first time while being ranked the lowest team in the world was described by the team as a historic moment to remember Career statistics EditClub Edit As of matches played till 30 March 2022 69 Club Season League Cup Continental Others TotalDivision Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsYeedzin 2012 13 Bhutan National League 3 a 1 b 3 12013 3 c 0 3 0Terton 2017 2 d 2 e 2 2Thimphu City 2017 2 f 0 2 0Paro 2020 Bhutan Premier League 4 g 3 h 4 3Punjab 2017 18 I League 18 7 18 72020 21 14 7 14 7Punjab total 32 14 32 14Bengaluru 2018 19 Indian Super League 9 2 9 2NEROCA loan 2019 I League 5 2 5 2Bengaluru total 9 2 9 2Kerala Blasters 2021 22 Indian Super League 18 0 1 i 0 19 0Kerala Blasters total 18 0 1 0 19 0Career total 64 18 14 6 1 0 79 24 Appearances in 2012 AFC President s Cup Goal in 2012 AFC President s Cup Appearances in 2013 AFC President s Cup Appearances in 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round Goals in 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round Appearances in 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round Appearances in 2020 AFC Cup qualifying play offs Goals in 2020 AFC Cup qualifying play offs Appearance in 2021 Durand Cup International Edit As of 3 October 2019 11 BhutanYear Apps Goals2011 4 22012 0 02013 3 12014 0 02015 12 32016 4 32017 4 12018 3 02019 1 0Total 31 10International goals Edit Scores and results list Bhutan s goal tally first No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition1 19 March 2011 Pokhara Rangasala Pokhara Nepal Nepal 1 2 1 2 Friendly2 7 December 2011 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium New Delhi India Afghanistan 1 4 1 8 2011 SAFF Championship3 4 September 2013 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Kathmandu Nepal Maldives 2 1 2 8 2013 SAFF Championship4 17 March 2015 Changlimithang Stadium Thimphu Bhutan Sri Lanka 1 0 2 1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification5 2 16 8 October 2015 Maldives 2 4 3 47 29 March 2016 National Stadium Male Maldives Maldives 1 0 2 48 10 October 2016 Changlimithang Stadium Thimphu Bhutan Bangladesh 2 0 3 1 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification9 3 110 14 November 2017 Oman 2 4 2 4 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualificationCorrect as of 14 November 2017 11 Honours EditMinerva Punjab 70 I League 2017 18Bengaluru Indian Super League 2018 19Kerala Blasters Indian Super League runner up 2021 22 71 72 Individual Bhutan National League Golden Boot 2016 18 I League Golden Ball and Best Forward 2017 18References Edit Chencho Gyeltshen EuroSport Retrieved 18 March 2015 a b Yeedzin FC striker to sign for Nepal club Kuensel Online 15 February 2014 Archived from the original on 7 January 2015 Retrieved 9 June 2014 a b Bhutan s Two Heroes With Three Important Goals In Between Them The Bhutanese Retrieved 30 June 2015 C Gyeltshen Soccerway Record Holders for Selected Countries RSSSF Retrieved 8 October 2015 Sen Debayan 30 January 2018 Bhutanese Ronaldo Chencho an inspiration for young footballers espn in Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 Sayan Ghosh 22 November 2017 How Cristiano Ronaldo changed Bhutan football star Chencho s destiny Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 How Cristiano Ronaldo changed Bhutan football star Chencho s destiny Hindustan Times 22 November 2017 Retrieved 16 September 2021 a b c Tshedup Younten Striker Chencho Joins Second Division Thai 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