Rupak Raj Sharma
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 January 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Nepal | ||
| Date of death | 28 September 1992 (aged 38) | ||
| Place of death | Bhattedanda, Nepal | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Boys Union Club | |||
| Shree Panch Mahendra Club | |||
| International career | |||
| 1974–1985 | Nepal | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rupak Raj Sharma (Nepali: रुपकराज शर्मा; 23 January 1954 – 28 September 1992) was a Nepali footballer who played as midfielder, and FIFA referee. Sharma captained the Nepal national football team from 1974 to 1985, and was a member of the FIFA refereeing panel from 1986 till 1992, when he died as result of the PIA Flight 268 crash.
Sharma made his domestic football debut with Boys Union Club, and captained the Nepal national football team for 11 years from 1974 till 1985.[1][2] He also played for Shree Panch Mahendra Club.[3]
He had joined Nepal Police from 1975 and was holding the post of Superintendent of Police the time till his eventual death.[1][4][5]
Refereeing career
Death
Sharma acted as the head referee of the match between Pakistani club Wohaib and Club Valencia from Maldives in the return leg of the 1992–93 Asian Club Championship held at the Railway Stadium in Lahore on 27 September 1992.[3] The next day, upon on the way home from Pakistan after the match, Sharma died along with the other three assistant referees of the match, Shyam Shrestha, Roshan Kumar Shrestha and Hira Ratna Bajracharya,[8][9] in the PIA Flight 268 crash which crashed in the Bhattedanda, Nepal.