Chencho Gyeltshen

Chencho Gyeltshen (Dzongkha: བཙན་སྐྱོགས་རྒྱལ་མཚན; born 10 May 1996) is a Bhutanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 2 club PSKC Cimahi and captains the Bhutan national team.

He originally intended to become a martial artist[20] before deciding to stop his studies to become a professional football player.

The club was defeated by a score of 2–4 by Manang Marshyangdi of Nepal in the final despite Gyeltshen's two goal performance.

He was originally scheduled to return to Bhutan before the friendlies but was forced to stay a few days longer when his flight was cancelled.

[20] While in Thailand, he was offered deals by Indian Super League clubs Delhi Dynamos and Pune City.

He made his first appearance back for the club on 2 July in the team's opening match against Thimphu City.

[38] Following the 2016 season, it was announced that Gyeltshen would be joining Bhutan National League Champions Terton for their 2017 AFC Cup qualification campaign.

[41] In October 2016, it was announced that Gyeltshen would join Chittagong Abahani of the Bangladesh Premier League for the second leg of the 2016 season on an initial 3-month contract.

[45] Prior to signing with Chittagong, he also received a contract offer from Uttar Baridhara, another Bangladesh Premier League club.

[55] He started in the away leg and played the entire 90 minutes[56] but Thimphu City was eliminated with the 0–3 defeat at the National Stadium in Malé.

[59] In August 2017, it was announced that Gyeltshen joined Indian I-League side Minerva Punjab on an initial 1-year deal until May 2018.

[61] Gyeltshen made his debut for the club on 31 October against reigning champions of the Punjab State Super Football League Rail Coach Factory FC in a preseason friendly.

[64][65] In June 2018, it was announced that Gyeltshen joined Indian Super League side Bengaluru on an initial one-year deal until May 2019.

[77] He was part of the team that won their second I-League title in 2022–23 season, and secured promotion to 2023–24 Indian Super League.

[84] He scored a goal in his debut match against Sada Sumut on 10 September 2023 which ended with Sriwijaya winning 2–0.

[20] Gyeltshen scored on his senior début for Bhutan on 19 March 2011 in a friendly against fellow Himalayan state Nepal.

[21] On 12 March 2015, he and the rest of the Bhutan team recorded its first World Cup qualification win in history with a 1–0 victory over Sri Lanka.

In the second leg of the series at Bhutan's national Changlimithang Stadium, Gyeltshen scored twice, with his first goal coming in the fifth minute[88] as he lifted the ball over Sri Lanka's onrushing goalie and into the far corner of the net.

Chencho at Kerala Blasters.
Bhutan in orange at SAFF.