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I'll generously give Ichimura a thread. 

Mainly because Paro FC are this season playing in the AFC Challenge League (AFC 3rd tier comp), same comp as Moses Dyer's Phomh Penh Crown.

Bhutan the 'Hermit Kingdom', a pretty interesting sort of obscure joint. Less than a million peeps. Not easy to get to, I understand. Knew an Aussie girl that visited with some friends.

Also saw a Michael Palin travel show where he went there and checked out the infamous phallic drawings on the local houses. Classic Palin dry wit of course.

National sport archery, and a King who declares a Gross National Happiness (GNH) Index. Hopefully it's a bit more peaceful for than nearby Nepal.

https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2025/09/10/spirit-farewell-16-goal-striker-riku-ichimura-ahead-of-mens-national-league/

Southern League champions Coastal Spirit will be without top goalscorer Riku Ichimura for the coming Men’s National League campaign.

Ichimura (23) is set to depart for Paro FC in Bhutan, where he will play in the group stages of the AFC Challenge League (the third tier of Asian continental competition) this season.

Ichimura scored 16 goals for Spirit in their title-winning run and finished as the Dettol Southern League’s joint Golden Boot winner with Cashmere Technical’s Garbhan Coughlan this year.

The standard likely not great.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan

In 2002, Bhutan's national football team played Montserrat, in what was billed as The Other Final; the match took place on the same day Brazil played Germany in the World Cup final, but at the time Bhutan and Montserrat were the world's two lowest ranked teams.

The match was held in Thimphu's Changlimithang National Stadium, and Bhutan won 4–0. A documentary of the match was made by the Dutch filmmaker Johan Kramer. In 2015, Bhutan won its first two FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches, beating Sri Lanka 1–0 in Sri Lanka and 2–1 in Bhutan.

Whoops just realised Japanese lad Ichimura is not even a Kiwi, only coming to NZ last year!!

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