Bal Gopal Maharjan


Bal Gopal Maharjan is a retired Nepali football player who is the current head coach of the Nepal women national football team.
He was in the squad which won the historic 1993 SAG gold. After his retirement from football Bal Gopal has been busy coaching different age level Nepalese teams.

Career

His major achievement during his playing career was the 1993 SAG gold medal. During 1991-1993 he played for Bangladeshi club Brothers Union. After retirement he started his coaching career with Three Star Club of Nepal.
Maharjan led the national team to victory in the 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship and again in 2016 Bangabandhu Cup.
On 1 June 2016, Bal Gopal was appointed head coach of Brothers Union on a three-month contract thus became the first Nepali to coach a top tier football club in another country.
On 10 June 2018 he was appointed as the assistant coach of Nepal national football team under head coach Koji Gyotoku ahead of 2018 Asian Games.
On 25 August 2018 he was appointed as the interim head coach of the national team. Maharjan takes over from head coach Koji Gyotoku after the Japanese national was entangled into visa issues.
On 8 September 2018 Nepal defeated hosts Bangladesh 2–0 to enter the semifinals of 2018 SAFF Championship and Bal Gopal Maharjan became the first Nepalese coach to lead Nepal to SAFF semifinals.

Honours

Player

;Brothers Union
;Nepal U23
;Nepal U20
;Nepal