Panupong Wongsa

Panupong Wongsa
Personal information
Full name	Panupong Wongsa
Date of birth	23 November 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Chiang Mai, Thailand
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1996–2000	Montfort College
2001	Assumption College
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004	Chiangmai
2005–2007	Royal Thai Police
2008–2009	PEA
2010–2013	Muangthong United
2014	Suphanburi
2015–2017	Bangkok United
Total
International career‡
2010	Thailand U23 (wildcard)
2008–2013	Thailand
Managerial career
2018–	Bangkok United (assistant)
Medal record
Thailand
Asean Football Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:32, 24 November 2017 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:32, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Panupong Wongsa (Thai: ภานุพงษ์ วงศ์ษา) is a Thai retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is the currently assistant coach of Bangkok United He won the Thai Premier League in 2008, 2010 and 2012 with 1 champion PEA and 2 champions Muangthong United respectively.^[2]^[3]

Club career

Panupong began his career with his hometown club, Chiangmai From 2002 to 2003 he played in the youth section of the club, and in 2004, he joined the senior team. In 2005, he moved to Royal Thai Police and completed for this club until 2007 a total of 60 games. For the 2008 season, he moved to PEA. At his new club, he could help to win the first championship (Thai Premier League) in club history. With the club he was in 2009 in the qualifying round of the 2009 AFC Champions League. Opponents were the Singapore Armed Forces After a 1-4 in extra time, he left with his club. But as to waste the skills of the club was allowed to participate in the 2009 AFC Cup and thus he gained his first experience in a Continental Vereinswettebwerb. End of the 2009 season, he was obliged by the new champion Muangthong United. Even with this club, he could participate in the qualifying round of the AFC Champions League. After the club was able to SHB Đà Nẵng 3-0 defeat in the first round, they met in the second round of the championship in Singapore. This was no less than the Singapore Armed Forces. Even in his second attempt, he managed not to take the hurdle. For him personally, tragically, the game had to be in the penalty shoot-determination. Panupong here was the second shooter of his team. His penalty shot was very poor and could be parried by the opposing end man.

Panupong officially announced his retirement from professional football on 25 November 2017 after the match 2017 Thai FA Cup Final.^[4]

International career

For the Thailand national football team, he was so far in the U-23 squad and took part in the qualification for the Olympic Games in 2000. In the same year he won the gold medal with a choice at the Summer Universiade in 2007. A year later – in 2008 – they were among the cadres of ASEAN Football Championship. He became captain of the national team in 2012, and played an important role in the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup.