National footballer Bimal Gharti Magar retires from active sport

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३१ आश्विन २०८३, शनिबार २०:०१October 17, 2026

Kathmandu. Nepali national football team forward Bimal Gharti Magar has announced his retirement from active sports. He announced his retirement through social media today.

Bimal said that he had to struggle a long and hard time to take his football journey to the national team, which started from Butwal.TAG_OPEN_div_18

} “My football journey, which started from Butwal, was very long and difficult when I reached the national team from Kathmandu. I played for the country with all my heart and gave everything to football,” he wrote on social media.

{{TAG_OPEN_div_14} Expressing gratitude for the love and support of football lovers and well-wishers, he also said that he was very emotional when he decided to end his playing career. “I am very emotional as I take this decision today. I thank everyone and I have ended my journey of football here,” Bimal wrote.

TAG_OPEN_div_12 He made his debut for the national team in 2012 against Bangladesh. Bimal has played 44 matches for the national team and scored nine goals.

He won the U-19 SAFF Championship in 2015, Bangabandhu Gold Cup in 2016, gold in the South Asian Games and AFC Solidarity Cup. In domestic football, Bimal won the Martyr’s Memorial ‘A’ Division League from Machhindra Club.