Like most Bengali players, Thapa dreams of stealing the limelight in a Kolkata derby...
Most professional footballers in West Bengal start developing an affinity for the sport while playing in the para (community) playgrounds during their childhood. If he scores a few or strings some neat passes, his football-enthusiast parent would, more often than not, get him registered into a local academy with a dream that his son would one day represent Mohun Bagan or East Bengal.
Abhash Thapa’s story almost treads on the same lines. His father Dhan Chand Thapa was a district-level player and has been a constant pillar of support in his journey so far.