Passang Tshering

Passang Tshering
Personal information
Full name	Passang Tshering
Date of birth	16 July 1983
Place of birth	Thimphu, Bhutan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Positions	Attacking midfielder; forward;
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2008	Transport United
2009–2011	Druk Star
2011–2013	Zimdra
2013–2019	Thimphu City
2021–2022	Tyros United
International career
2003–2015	Bhutan
	Bhutan national futsal team
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Passang Tshering (born 16 July 1983) is a Bhutanese former professional footballer and current coach. Passang played mainly as a forward. He also played futsal for Terton and Thimphu City.

In 2007, he won the title of A-Division top-scorer with 28 goals.^[2] On 4 August 2007, Passang Tshering could go down in the history of football for three reasons: scoring a hat-trick within three minutes, scoring nine goals in one half, and scoring the most goals in a single game. “I didn’t expect to score 17", but there is no reason to celebrate or feel great because we played against a weak team”.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bhutan	2002	1	0
	2003	11	1
	2004	–
	2005	2	0
	2006	2	0
	2007	–
	2008	7	1
	2009	7	1
	2010	–
	2011	3	0
	2012	1	0
	2013	3	2
	2014	–
	2015	3	0
Total		40	5

Scores and results list Bhutan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tshering goal.

List of international goals scored by Passang Tshering^[3]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 April 2003	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan	Guam	4–0	6–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2	13 May 2008	Barotac Nuevo Plaza Field, Barotac Nuevo, Philippines	Tajikistan	1–2	1–3	2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
3	29 November 2009	Mohammedan Sporting Ground, Kolkata, India	Nepal	1–1	1–2	Friendly
4	4 September 2013	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Maldives	1–1	2–8	2013 SAFF Championship
5	6 September 2013	Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Sri Lanka	1–3	2–5	2013 SAFF Championship