Shyam Thapa
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Shyam Thapa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gulmi District, Nepal | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1966 | East Bengal | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1969 | Gorkha Brigade | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1974 | Mafatlal Mills | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | East Bengal | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1982 | Mohun Bagan | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1977 | India | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1988 | East Bengal | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | East Bengal | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Nepal | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Shyam Thapa is an Indian former footballer and coach. He represented the India national football team and was the bronze-medallist at the 1970 Asian Games. He later went on to manage the Nepal national football team.
Coached by P. K. Banerjee, Thapa became one of the finest and aggressive strikers of the country during the 1970s, known for his bicycle-kicks.