Yeshi Dorji
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yeshi Dorji Wangdi | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Thimphu, Bhutan | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | North Brisbane FC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2017 | Druk Stars | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Ugyen Academy | ||
| 2020–2024 | Paro | 31 | (36) |
| 2025- | North Brisbane | 12 | (13) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Bhutan U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Bhutan U20 | 6 | (2) |
| 2019– | Bhutan U23 | 5 | (1) |
| 2019– | Bhutan | 4 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 June 2023 | |||
Yeshi Dorji Wangdi (born 10 October 2001) is a Bhutanese professional footballer, Who currently plays as forward for North Brisbane FC in Australia and the Bhutan national team.[1]
Yeshi represented High Quality United during their 2020 Bhutan Super League triumph and received Nu 10,000 for being the highest goal scorer. He joined Paro FC for the Premier League phase and scored 8 goals in 10 games. Yeshi won the 2021 Bhutan Premier League with Paro and received the Bhutan Premier League Top Scorer Award along the way with 23 goals from 17 games.[2]
In January 2020, Yeshi signed a contract with a German football agency, TF Sports, and had a successful trial with VfB Fichte Bielefeld in the Landesliga Westfalen (VII) (Germany sixth division). He was about to become the first Bhutanese to play in Europe but had to return home because of a visa issue and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Bhutan. In 2021, he received an offer to play on trial in the Cypriot Second Division, but eventually turned it down due to the travel restrictions during COVID-19.[3]
