Back ጬንቾ ጊልትሸን Amharic تشينتشو غيلتشين Arabic تشينتشو جيلتشين ARZ চেনচো গেইলশেন Bengali/Bangla ཅི་ཅི་ཇེ་ལསེན་ Bhutani Chencho Gyeltshen Spanish Chencho Gyeltshen Finnish Chencho Gyeltshen French צ'נצ'ו גיילטשן HE Chencho Gyeltshen Italian
.jpg) Chencho with Kerala Blasters in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chencho Gyeltshen | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1996[1][2] | ||
| Place of birth | Shapa Gewog, Bhutan[3] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sriwijaya | ||
| 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) |
| 2015 | → Surin 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 Academy | 18 | (7) |
| 2018–2019 | Bengaluru | 9 | (2) |
| 2019 | → NEROCA (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 | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2011– | Bhutan | 46 | (13) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 August 2024 | |||
Chencho Gyeltshen (Dzongkha: བཙན་སྐྱོགས་རྒྱལ་མཚན; born 10 May 1996) is a Bhutanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 2 club Sriwijaya and captains the Bhutan national team. Gyeltshen is the all-time leading international goalscorer for Bhutan.[5]
He is affectionately nicknamed CG7 or Bhutanese Ronaldo, because of his style of play similar to that of Cristiano Ronaldo.[6][7] Gyeltshen is the first Bhutanese fully professional footballer.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
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