Kritsada Kaman
![]() Kritsada playing for Thailand in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kritsada Kaman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Trat, Thailand[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 64 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Thailand U19 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Thailand U23 | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Thailand | 37 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kritsada Kaman (Thai: กฤษดา กาแมน, born 18 March 1999) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre-back for Thai League 1 club BG Pathum United and the Thailand national team.[3]
Club career
Chonburi
Kritsada 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, Kritsada returned to Chonburi after the loan.
After the end of the 2021–22 season, Kritsada was voted 'Young Player of the Year'.
Phan Thong (loan)
From 2015 to 2016, Kritsada was loaned to third division club Phan Thong.
BG Pathum United
After 142 league games, Kritsada 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
In November 2021, Kritsada 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.[4] 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.[5]
Kritsada scores his first goal for the Thailand senior team in a friendly match against Kuwait on 5 June 2026. He scored a long-range shot that made Thailand lead 2-0, in a game that ended 2-2.
Personal life
Kritsada came from a Thai Muslim family from Trat.[6] His nickname ‘Laeh’ originates from the Arabic name Saleh.[7]
International Statistics
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 37 | 1 |
International goals
Scores and results list Thailand's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 June 2026 | True BG Stadium, Pathum Thani, Thailand | 2–0 | 2–2 | Friendly | |
Honours
Club
Chonburi
- Thai FA Cup runners-up: 2020–21
BG Pathum United
International
Thailand
Thailand U-19
Individual
- FA Thailand Young player of the Year: 2021–22
- AFF Championship Best XI: 2020, 2022
- ASEAN Club Championship: Allstar XI 2024–25[8]
References
- ↑ https://www.bgputd.com/official/?r=Player/PlayerDetails_new
- ↑ https://www.bgputd.com/official/?r=Player/PlayerDetails_new
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Instagram".
External links
- Kritsada Kaman – AFC competition record
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Thai men's footballers
- People from Trat province
- Men's association football defenders
- Chonburi F.C. players
- BG Pathum United F.C. players
- Thai League 1 players
- Thailand men's youth international footballers
- Thailand men's international footballers
- Footballers at the 2019 SEA Games
- SEA Games competitors for Thailand
- Thai Muslims
- 2023 AFC Asian Cup players
- 21st-century Thai sportsmen
- 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup players
- Thai football defender stubs
- Thai football midfielder stubs
