Tsering Dhundup Football player

Tsering Dhundup (born 21 February 1982) is a Tibetan football player and political activist from Dehradun. The midfielder plays for the Tibet national football team since 2007. Dhundup is top scorer since the 6-0 victory of Tibet against Delhi XI on 4 August 2007 as from the foundation of the Tibetan team in 1999. Dhundup is spokesperson of the Tibetan Youth Congress. In February 2008, Dhundup was arrested at the UN funded Tibetan Reception Centre in Kathmandu. He was held in a cell by the Nepalese immigration department before being handed back to the Chinese authorities at the Tibet-Nepal border at Tatopani on February. Exiled Tibetans and supporters have demanded his release.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 21, 1982
Birth place
India , Mundgod

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Football player

teams
Tibet national football team

Topical connections

Tsering Dhundup on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://olympiquemidilirou.midiblogs.com/archive/2008/04/04/shaolin-soccer-foot-au-tibet.html
  2. http://www.tnfa.org
  3. http://www.tnsa.info
  4. http://www.tnsa.info/tnfa/tnfa-senior/2007