Full name Chokey Nima Name Chokey Nima Years Team | Years Team Role Footballer | |
Team coached Bhutan national football team (Manager, since 2015) | ||
Date of birth 1969/1970 (age 45–46) | ||
Chokey Nima (born 1969 or 1970) is a former Bhutanese international footballer and also was the head coach the Bhutan national football team. He played for the national team for 12 years.
Chokey Nima led Bhutan in the first round of the AFC qualifiers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Bhutan had to face Sri Lanka in a two-legged match to determine which team will advance in the second round. Nima won both matches against Sri Lanka. He would not coach the national team at the second round of the qualifiers as he was only head coach in an interim capacity. Japanese coach, Norio Tsukitate succeeded him as head coach of the national team.
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As of 12 March 2015.References
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