Ananta Tamang

Ananta Tamang
Personal information
Full name Ananta Tamang
Date of birth (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998[1]
Place of birth Jhapa, Nepal[2]
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
2012 ANFA Academy
2016– Marbella United FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Far Western FC
National team
2013–2014 Nepal U-17 6 (1)
2015– Nepal U-19 4 (0)
2014– Nepal 4 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 December 2015

Ananta Tamang (Nepali: अनन्त तामाङ) (born 17 January 1998) is a footballer from Nepal. He was vice-captain of Nepal under-19 football team which went on to win the 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship. Tamang made his senior national team debut on 31 August 2015 in a friendly against India.[3] Ananta primarily plays as center-back and is known for blocking shots of opponent by tackling and contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. He is a strong, tenacious and commanding defender.

National Career

u-16

Tamang represented Nepal at the 2014 AFC U-16 Championship, captaining his country in the first game against Uzbekistan in the absence of regular captain Bimal Gharti Magar.[4][5] Tamang also scored a headed goal in a 1-4 defeat to North Korea, a game which eliminated Nepal from the tournament.[6]

u-19

Tamang played every minute of every game at the 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship as the host Nepal won the tournament.[7] Tamang also played all three games at the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification also Nepal were unsuccessful in qualifying, the 0-10 defeat to Iran being their worst performance.[8]

u-23

Tamang represented Nepal during the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification but his country had a disastrous campaign, losing all four games and failing to score a single goal. Tamang himself had a particularly poor game against Iran where the last two goals of the match where the result of Tamang's poor headed clearances.[9]

Honours

National team

Nepal U-23

Nepal U-19

Nepal U-16

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