Channa Ediri Bandanage (born 22 September 1978) is a Sri Lankan international footballer who played for Blue Star SC as a forward. Bandanage has won the most number of caps for Sri Lanka national football team with 64 and is the second leading goal scorer for Sri Lanka.[2] Since his retirement from football, Banadanage has been working as a gravedigger.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Channa Ediri Bandanage | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Galle, Sri Lanka | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001 | Hurriyya | ||
| 2001–2002 | Pettah United | ||
| 2002–2003 | Dempo SC[1] | ||
| 2003–2005 | Pettah United | ||
| 2005 | Victory | ||
| 2005–2006 | Ratnam Sports Club | ||
| 2006 | Negombo Youth SC | ||
| 2006 | Victory | ||
| 2006–2007 | Negombo Youth SC | ||
| 2007–2009 | Ratnam Sports Club | ||
| 2009–2010 | Maziya | ||
| 2011 | Club All Youth Linkage | ||
| 2012 | B.G. Sports Club | ||
| 2012 | Ratnam Sports Club | ||
| 2013 | Victory | ||
| 2015–2016 | Blue Star SC | ||
| 2016–2017 | Colombo FC | ||
| 2017–2018 | Super Sun SC | ||
| 2018–2019 | Blue Star SC | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1999–2009 | Sri Lanka | 64 | (18) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 July 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 February 2010 | |||
Career Staistics edit
International edit
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | |||
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 13 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 11 | 4 | |
| Total | 64 | 18 | |
- Scores and results list Sri Lanka's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bandanage goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 May 2000 | Galolhu Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives |  Bangladesh
|
1-0 | 1-0 | Friendly | [5] |
| 2 | 17 May 2001 | Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon |  Pakistan
|
2-0 | 3-3 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | [6] |
| 3 | 30 May 2001 | Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | Pakistan
|
2-1 | 3-1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | [7] |
| 4 | 25 March 2002 | Kalutara Stadium, Kalutara, Sri Lanka | Pakistan
|
1-1 | 2-1 | Friendly | [8] |
| 5 | 2-1 | ||||||
| 6 | 27 November 2002 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |  Vietnam
|
1-2 | 1-2 | Friendly | [9] |
| 7 | 21 March 2003 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |  East Timor
|
2-1 | 3-2 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification | [10] |
| 8 | 25 March 2003 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |  Taiwan
|
2-1 | 2-1 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification | [11] |
| 9 | 18 November 2003 | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |  United Arab Emirates
|
1-1 | 1-3 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification | [12] |
| 10 | 3 December 2003 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |  Laos
|
1-0 | 3-0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [13] |
| 11 | 2 April 2008 | Zhongshan Sports Center Stadium, Zhongshan, China |  Guam
|
1-0 | 5-1 | 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification | [14] |
| 12 | 4 April 2008 | Zhongshan Sports Center Stadium, Zhongshan, China | Pakistan
|
2-0 | 7-1 | 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification | [15] |
| 13 | 6-1 | ||||||
| 14 | 4 June 2008 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |  Afghanistan
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2-1 | 2-2 | 2008 SAFF Championship | [16] |
| 15 | 6 December 2009 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Bhutan
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1-0 | 6-0 | 2009 SAFF Championship | [17] |
| 16 | 2-0 | ||||||
| 17 | 8 December 2009 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Bangladesh
|
1-1 | 1-2 | 2009 SAFF Championship | [18] |
| 18 | 11 December 2009 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Maldives
|
1-1 | 1-5 | 2009 SAFF Championship | [19] |
Honours edit
Ratnam Sports Club
- Premier League: 2007–08, 2011–12
BG Sports Club
References edit
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (2003). "Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 2003". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ediri Bandanage Channa". national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ Amit, Naushad (21 August 2016). "Ex-National Football Captain now a grave digger at 37". sundaytimes.lk. Colombo: The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Channa Ediri Bandanage". National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Bangladesh vs. Sri Lanka". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka vs. Vietnam". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka vs. East Timor". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka vs. Taiwan". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "United Arab Emirates vs. Sri Lanka". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka vs. Laos". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka vs. Guam". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka vs. Afghanistan". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka vs. Bhutan". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Bangladesh vs. Sri Lanka". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Maldives vs. Sri Lanka". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
External links edit
- Ediri Bandanage Channa at WorldFootball.net
- Ediri Bandanage Channa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Channa picture at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-10-04)
- Minister to assist Channa at ThePaper.com
- Channa news at PDFslide.us
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