Career
Not to be confused with another Nepalese football player also named Lalit Thapa, who is a midfielder that plays for Nepal national under-17 football team Thapa joined Churchill Brothers in 2010. Thapa was critical in Churchill Brothers" 2013-2014 season, especially in a game against South Carolina (U.S.) After it was announced that the Churchill Brothers would not take part in the 2014-2015 I-League Thapa says it is likely that he will join another team in the ISL or Image. On the AIFF"s decision to suspend Churchill Brothers from the league Thapa says "I really don"t know what to say.
There are a lot of players who are contracted with the club," he said."
Then he joined Sporting Clube de Goa later.
In July 2015 Thapa was drafted to play for Football Club Pune City in the 2015 Indian Super League. Although born in India Thapa is of Nepalese descent and thus eligible to play for either India or Nepal, although he has not made a senior appearance for either team
Thapa is a Nepali Indian.