Kritsada Kaman (Thai: กฤษดา กาแมน, born 18 March 1999) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Thai League 1 club BG Pathum United and the Thailand national team.[1]
 Kaman playing for Thailand in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kritsada Kaman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Trat, Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | BG Pathum United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Chonburi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2023 | Chonburi | 142 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Phan Thong (loan) | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | BG Pathum United | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Thailand U19 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Thailand U23 | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Thailand | 34 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:13, 27 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club career
editChonburi
editKaman learned to play football in the youth team of the first division club Chonburi. He also signed his first professional contract in 2015.
In 2017, Kaman returned to Chonburi after the loan.
After the end of the 2021–22 season, Kaman was voted 'Young Player of the Year'.
Phan Thong (loan)
editFrom 2015 to 2016, Kaman was loaned to third division club Phan Thong.
BG Pathum United
editAfter 142 league games, Kaman moved to BG Pathum United, which also plays in the first division, at the end of December 2023. In his first season, he won the 2023–24 Thai League Cup with the club.
International career
editIn November 2021, Kaman was called up to the Thailand senior team for the first time by head coach Alexandré Pölking as one of the 30 players for the 2020 AFF Championship in Singapore.[2] He made a debut for the team on 5 December 2021, playing the match for 90 minutes as a centre back in a 2–0 victory against Timor-Leste in the group stage.[3]
Personal life
editKaman came from a Thai Muslim family from Trat.[4] His nickname ‘Laeh’ originates from the Arabic name Saleh.[5]
International Statistics
editInternational
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Thailand | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 0 |
Honours
editClub
editChonburi
edit- Thai FA Cup runners-up: 2020–21
BG Pathum United
editInternational
editThailand
Thailand U-19
Individual
edit- FA Thailand Young player of the Year: 2021–22
- AFF Championship Best XI: 2020, 2022
References
edit- ^ Kritsada Kaman at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "กฤษดา กาแมน : สำหรับผมนี่คือรางวัลของการทำงานหนักอย่างต่อเนื่อง" (in Thai). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ ""กฤษดา" ออกโรง เผยสุดแฮปปี้หลังประเดิมตัวจริง ทีมชาติไทยชุดใหญ่ ครั้งแรก" (in Thai). 6 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "กฤษดา กาแมน "เราต้องทำงานหนักให้โค้ชเห็น ถึงจะได้รับโอกาส"" (in Thai). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "กว่าจะมีวันนี้ของ"กฤษดา กาแมน"" (in Thai). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
External links
edit- Kritsada Kaman – AFC competition record
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