Chokey Nima

Chokey Nima

Personal information
Full name	Chokey Nima
Date of birth	1969/1970 (age 46–47)[1]
National team^‡
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
?	Bhutan
Teams managed
Years	Team
2015	Bhutan
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 March 2015

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.^[1]

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.^[2][3]

Statistics

Managerial

As of 12 March 2015.

Nat	Team	from	to	Record
				Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
	Bhutan	March 2015		2	2	0	0	100.000
Total				2	2	0	0	100.000

References

1. Montague, James (12 March 2015). "A Moment Atop the World for Bhutan's Last-Ranked Team". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
2. Deurden, John (18 March 2015). "Bhutan hoping to parlay World Cup qualifying success into lasting stability". ESPN FC. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
3. "A veteran called for World Cup". Kuensel. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.