Pema Dorji (Dzongkha: དྲུང་འཚོ་པདྨ་རྡོ་རྗེ; 5 July 1985) is a Bhutanese football coach and former footballer. A former international player, he made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team in 2003.[2]
Pema served as assistant coach to Japanese coach Norio Tsukitate during the first games of the Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup[3] until Tsukitate's tenure ended following a dispute with the team manager on 8 October 2015.[4] Pema guided the team as interim coach in Bhutan's next match against Hong Kong on 13 October 2015.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Bhutan - P. Dorji - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ a b c Pema Dorji at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b Younten Tshedup (15 October 2015). "Bhutanese coach to lead the national team in China". Kuensel. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Younten Tshedup (9 October 2015). "Head coach Norio wanted to leave: BFF". Kuensel. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
