Bharat Khawas

Captain Bharat Khawas (born 22 July 1991 ) is a Nepalese army officer and international footballer. He plays for Tribhuvan Army in Martyr's Memorial A-Division League as a striker. In 2023, He was on loan with Sporting Ilum De Mechi. He is currently a captain in the Nepal Army.

Club career Bharat Khawas is an ANFA academy product who has represented Nepal in different age limit competitions and the national team. He rejected a European club chance for the sake of playing in AFC Challenge Cup 2012. Later it was found that the club was none other than Valletta FC from Maltese Premier League. The club had offered him a salary of 150,000 Nepali Rupees per month. He signed for Tribhuwan Army from Nepal Police club having offered second lieutenant post at Nepal Army.

On 7 June 2014 in the Khawas scored a last minute winner in Nepal Army Club's 3–1 win over arch rivals (and Khawas's former team) Nepal Police Club in the 2014 Bir Ganesh Man Singh Gold Cup Final. As the winning team the Nepali Army Club will receive 5 Lakhs (500,000 rupees) prize. Afterwards Khawas thanked the Army for allowing him to play on the team while completing his cadet course.

International He wears the number 21 jersey for the international team.

International goals Scores and results list Nepal's goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 25 March 2008 Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara 1–1 2–1 Friendly 2. 7 April 2011 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 1–0 1–0 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 3. 28 July 2011 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 1–1 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 4. 6 December 2011 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi 1–0 1–1 2011 SAFF Championship 5. 2 March 2013 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 1–0 6–0 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 6. 3–0 7. 6–0 8. 31 August 2013 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 2–0 2–0 2013 SAFF Championship 9. 8 November 2016 Sarawak Stadium, Kuching 2–0 3–0 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup 10. 6 September 2018 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh 3–0 4–0 2018 SAFF Championship

Award 2013–14 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League: Best Forward 2018–19 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League: Best Forward 2019–20 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League: Best Forward