Chencho Gyeltshen

Chencho Gyeltshen
Chencho playing for Kerala Blasters in 2021
Personal information
Full name Chencho Gyeltshen
Date of birth (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996
Place of birth Shapa Gewog, Bhutan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Lalitpur City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Yeedzin 35 (17)
2014 Druk United 18 (12)
2015 Thimphu 10 (17)
2015–2016 Buriram United 2 (1)
2015Surin City (loan) 11 (9)
2016 Satun United 7 (3)
2016 Thimphu 10 (15)
2016 Terton 2 (2)
2016 Chittagong Abahani 7 (5)
2017 Thimphu City 14 (22)
2017–2018 Minerva Punjab 18 (7)
2018–2019 Bengaluru 9 (2)
2019NEROCA (loan) 5 (2)
2020–2021 Punjab 14 (7)
2021–2022 Kerala Blasters 18 (0)
2022–2023 Paro 16 (11)
2023 Punjab 12 (3)
2023 Machhindra 7 (1)
2023 Thimphu City 3 (2)
2023–2024 Sriwijaya 17 (6)
2024 Thimphu City 3 (2)
2024 Sriwijaya 11 (5)
2024–2025 PSKC Cimahi 8 (3)
2025– Lalitpur City 0 (0)
International career
2011– Bhutan 46 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chencho Gyeltshen (Dzongkha: བཙན་སྐྱོགས་རྒྱལ་མཚན; born 10 May 1996) is a Bhutanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Nepal Super League club Lalitpur City and captains the Bhutan national team. Gyeltshen is the all-time leading international goalscorer for Bhutan.

He is affectionately nicknamed CG7 or Bhutanese Ronaldo, because of his style of play similar to that of Cristiano Ronaldo. Gyeltshen is the first Bhutanese fully professional footballer.