Channa Ediri Bandanage

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]

Channa Ediri Bandanage

Personal information
Full name	Channa Ediri Bandanage
Date of birth	(1978-09-22) 22 September 1978 (age 46)
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 Statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4]

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.

List of international goals scored by Channa Ediri Bandanage

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	2-1	2-2	2008 SAFF Championship	[16]
15	6 December 2009	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bhutan	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

Ratnam Sports Club

• Premier League: 2007–08, 2011–12

BG Sports Club

• Second Division: 2012

References

1. Chaudhuri, Arunava (2003). "Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 2003". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
2. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ediri Bandanage Channa". national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
3. 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.
4. "Channa Ediri Bandanage". National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
5. "Bangladesh vs. Sri Lanka". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
6. "Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
7. "Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
8. "Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
9. "Sri Lanka vs. Vietnam". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
10. "Sri Lanka vs. East Timor". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
11. "Sri Lanka vs. Taiwan". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
12. "United Arab Emirates vs. Sri Lanka". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
13. "Sri Lanka vs. Laos". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
14. "Sri Lanka vs. Guam". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
15. "Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
16. "Sri Lanka vs. Afghanistan". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
17. "Sri Lanka vs. Bhutan". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
18. "Bangladesh vs. Sri Lanka". Retrieved 12 April 2024.
19. "Maldives vs. Sri Lanka". Retrieved 12 April 2024.

External links

• 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