Shyam Thapa represented the India national football team and was the bronze-medallist at the 1970 Asian Games.
11 Facts About Shyam Thapa
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Shyam Thapa later went on to manage the Nepal national football team.
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Shyam Thapa was first discovered when he scored the match winner for Gorkha Military Higher Secondary School against Anjuman Islam Higher secondary school, Mumbai in the 1964 Subroto Mukherjee Cup final.
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Shyam Thapa later participated in the prestigious Merchant's Cup, hosted by Calcutta Cricket and Football Club.
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At that party, Shyam Thapa requested Maneckshaw, who became a Field Marshal later, to release him from the army so that he could pursue his career as a professional.
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The General agreed and Shyam Thapa joined East Bengal again in 1970.
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In 1970, Shyam Thapa helped India win bronze medal in Merdeka tournament.
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Shyam Thapa's family was worried about the increasing Naxalite violence in Kolkata and asked him to leave.
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Shyam Thapa scored some memorable goals for East Bengal in those two years.
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Shyam Thapa managed East Bengal Club in the late 1980s.
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Shyam Thapa later served as the chairman of All India Football Federation technical committee, before AIFF faced suspension from the FIFA.