Channa Ediri Bandanage

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

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]

  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.