Only a few days ago, a football match led to the controversial banning of four players. On Wednesday, Thimphu City FC played against Transport United. Four players from Transport United were banned. Earlier it was said that there was some kind of ‘manhandling’ between both the teams, where one of the members from Thimphu City became the victim. However, it was later learnt that the tiff was between Transport United and the referee, when the said team was not satisfied with the decision made by him. This led to the ban of four members for next two matches.

By the end, four of the team members from Transport United were banned from playing the next two matches. One member from Thimphu City FC was also given red card after double yellow. First yellow card was issued when he violated the rule by wearing a mask while celebrating his goal, and the second yellow was given to him for being involved in the heated situation, where they said even he was  ‘manhandling’.

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Mipham Chophel Jigme, one of the members of Thimphu City FC and also a member of Bhutan National Football team, shared that his passion for football dates back to his childhood.  His journey to the Bhutan National Football team started after he got trained at Ugyen Academy, after which he joined the Ugyen Academy Football Club.

Since then, his focus was on football. When he was in class 11, he joined Bhutan National Football team. However, he could not play any match because he was not willing to compromise his education.
This year, he left his previous club and joined Thimphu City FC. His recent international game was with Bangladesh.
Mipham plays in the defence position and wears jersey number 99 for his club. He wears 4 for the national team.