Rohit Chand Thakuri (Nepali: रोहित चन्द; born 1 March 1992) is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga 1 club Persik Kediri and the Nepal national team.

[3] Chand was awarded The Best Player of The Year in Liga 1 2018 (the highest level of Indonesia football competition) as well as becoming champion with Persija Jakarta.

At the age of 16, Chand was called up to the senior national team even though he had not played any games at the club and U-19 level.

Rohit Chand gave a trial at Indonesia Liga side Arema where he was able to give an average performance, although he was not selected by the team.

He holds the record as the longest Asian foreign player to play for Persija Jakarta, serving the capital’s club in two periods (i.e. 2013–2015 and 2017–2022).

[19] Chand is the youngest player to play the full senior level tournament for Nepal, making his debut on 23 March 2009 (17 years 22 days) against Palestine[20] in the AFC which was later broke by Bimal Gharti Magar.

Persija Jakarta Nepal Individual Chand hails from Birendra Nagar in Surkhet District.

[27] Aside from football Chand is also an avid reader and enjoys novels, and also loves pets having a dog named Roger.