Kritsada Kaman

Kritsada Kaman
Kritsada playing for Thailand in 2024
Personal information
Full name Kritsada Kaman
Date of birth (1999-03-18) 18 March 1999
Place of birth Trat, Thailand[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Positions
Team information
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
Thailand under-19
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
WinnerAFF U-18 Youth Championship 2017Football
Thailand
Asean Football Championship
WinnerAFF Suzuki Cup 20202020
WinnerAFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 20222022
* 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 teamYearAppsGoals
Thailand 202160
202290
2023150
202440
202631
Total371

International goals

Scores and results list Thailand's goal tally first.

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 June 2026True BG Stadium, Pathum Thani, Thailand Kuwait2–02–2Friendly

Honours

Club

Chonburi

BG Pathum United

International

Thailand

Thailand U-19

Individual

References

  1. ↑ https://www.bgputd.com/official/?r=Player/PlayerDetails_new
  2. ↑ https://www.bgputd.com/official/?r=Player/PlayerDetails_new
  3. ↑ Kritsada Kaman at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "กฤษดา กาแมน : สำหรับผมนี่คือรางวัลของการทำงานหนักอย่างต่อเนื่อง" (in Thai). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  5. ↑ ""กฤษดา" ออกโรง เผยสุดแฮปปี้หลังประเดิมตัวจริง ทีมชาติไทยชุดใหญ่ ครั้งแรก" (in Thai). 6 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "กฤษดา กาแมน "เราต้องทำงานหนักให้โค้ชเห็น ถึงจะได้รับโอกาส"" (in Thai). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "กว่าจะมีวันนี้ของ"กฤษดา กาแมน"" (in Thai). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Instagram".