• How did you get into football? Any defining moment….
It was my aim from the day I started to play football and it was my goal to be a national player one day.

• How was the journey to success like?
Standing on the standard is important and it is very important to maintain the standard once made.

• Your role model
I was totally inspired by players like Maradona and Ronaldo.

• If not a footballer!!
Till now I would have only been a student.

• Best football moment
When we succeeded in U-19 qualifying round in Bangladesh .

• What is football for you?
It is my passion.

• Predictions for world cup 2006
Brazil is my best team and hopefully they will kiss the success.

• Advice to aspiring footballers
Football is a very popular sport. Although professionalism is just beginning in Nepal . Play, enjoy and love the game.

• Is it possible to survive just playing professional football in Nepal ?
Professionalism is developing rapidly in Nepal . If it continues then it is possible to fulfill our wants playing football.

• What will be your dream team playing alongside you ?
I will go with the 4-4-2 formation. I will love to have John Terry ( England ) with me in the central back. Dida ( Brazil ) would be my goalkeeper . Roberto Carlos ( Brazil ) and Gary Neville ( England ) would be patrolling right and left back . Kaka ( Brazil ) and Steven Gerrard ( England ) would be my central mid-fielders. Ronaldinho ( Brazil ) and Joe Cole ( England ) would be right winger and left winger respectively. Wayne Rooney ( England ) and Andre Sevchenko (Ukraine) would be my strikers.