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Alex, a foreign player of Namobuddha Football Club Saptari, scored three goals in the fifth edition of Panchthar Gold Cup held at Phidim in Panchthar. He was given the high scorer category award for scoring the most goals during the match.
Stephen, another foreign player who played for Machindra Football Club Kathmandu and Fofona of Church Boys scored the same 2-2 goals. These three foreign players from Nigeria and Cambodia are the representative players who have recently stayed in Nepal and played for the Nepali football team.
Lately, along with Nepal's A Division, Mofusal clubs have been fielding foreign players to win the famous football tournament. Not only in the market but also in the rural areas, the clubs participating in the competitions with prize money of more than five lakh rupees have recently started giving preference to foreign players.
In the fifth edition of the Panchthar Gold Cup, which was conducted from February 24 to Chait 2, the host Panchthar Club fielded two foreign players. At the same time, Church Boys and Machindra Football Club, which participated in Mechi Nagar Gold Cup held in Jhapa and Virat Gold Cup held in Biratnagar, fielded two foreign players in each game.
Not only the Panchthar Gold Cup, but also the 11th Falgunanda Gold Cup held last year, 8 out of 10 participating teams fielded two foreign players each. Out of the 8 participating in the Panchthar Gold Cup, 6 teams included foreign players in the team except Hills Football Academy of India and Nepal Police Club. Earlier, 8 out of 10 teams participating in the eleventh edition of Falgunand Gold Cup held in Fidim last year and most of the teams participating in the Myvalley Gold Cup held in Pushmai Ilam had foreign players.
According to Machindra Football Club coach Sabin Adhikari, clubs have been signing foreign players because they are physically strong, technically skilled, and tactically adept. He has the experience of clubs fielding foreign players to gain competitive advantage in domestic leagues and international competitions.
According to Suresh Lama, the captain of Namobuddha Football Club Saptari, the participation of foreign players in the team has a psychological effect on the players of the competing team. Lama says that his team was able to become the winner in the Panchthar Gold Cup with a prize money of 11 lakh rupees due to the foreign player Alex scoring a goal.
viewers are of the opinion that the state should adopt a strategy to raise the level of players from their own country for the development of Nepali football in the long term. Kamal Thapalia of Fidim Veterans Club says that to end the compulsion of foreign players to play in Nepali clubs, students should be made accustomed to sports according to their interest from the basic level. He is of the opinion that the state should invest in order to increase the quality of Nepali players. Nepali clubs have been bringing in foreign players in key positions like triker and defender, which affects the morale of players playing in the country, according to old players.
