Yotsakorn Burapha
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| Full name | Yotsakorn Burapha | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 June 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chanthaburi, Thailand[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Chonburi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Chonburi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Chonburi | 64 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Samut Prakan City (loan) | 32 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | → PT Prachuap (loan) | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | → Hougang United (loan) | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Thailand U20 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Thailand U23 | 16 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Thailand | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 August 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yotsakorn Burapha (Thai: ยศกร บูรพา, born 8 June 2005) is a Thai professional footballer who plays primarily as a striker for Thai League 1 club Chonburi and the Thailand national team.
International career
Youth
In July 2025, Yotsakorn was called up to the Thailand U23 squad for the 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship.[2] In September 2025, he was then called up against to Thailand U23 squad for the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification.
Senior
Yotsakorn made his Thailand national team debut on 12 October 2023 in a friendly match against Georgia. In the 8–0 defeat, he was substituted for Purachet Thodsanit after half-time.[3]
Yotsakorn scored his first international goal during the 2026 ASEAN Championship fixtures against Laos in a 5–0 thrashing win on 25 July 2026.[4] He was awarded best young player of the tournament.[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 30 May 2025.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Samut Prakan City | 2022–23 | Thai League 2 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 7 | ||
| Chonburi | 2023–24 | Thai League 1 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 |
| 2024–25 | Thai League 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| Total | 41 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6 | ||
| PT Prachuap (loan) | 2024–25 | Thai League 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Career total | 77 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 14 | ||
International goals
Scores and results list Thailand's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 25 July 2026 | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos |  Laos | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2026 ASEAN Championship |
| 2. | 1 August 2026 | Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |  Malaysia | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 3. | 26 August 2026 | Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam |  Vietnam | 2–2 |
Honours
Club
Chonburi
International
Thailand
- ASEAN Championship runner-up: 2026[6]
Thailand U23
- Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal: 2023, 2025
Individual
- Southeast Asian Games Top scorer: 2025
- Thai League 1 Young Player of the Year: 2025–26[7]
- ASEAN Championship best young player: 2026[8]
References
- ↑ ""ยศกร บูรพา" ฮีโร่ของคน โรงต้มน้ำร้อน" (in Thai). 90min. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ↑ Tor Chittinand (14 July 2025). "Sharp Yotsakorn eyes final as Thais begin Asean quest". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ จอร์เจีย vs. ไทย 8 - 0/
- ↑ Xuân Bình (26 July 2026). "Thái Lan nối dài kỷ lục ra quân ASEAN Cup". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 26 July 2026.
- ↑ Cường, Quốc (27 August 2026). "Tuyển Việt Nam giành gần trọn các giải thưởng cá nhân". Báo Sài Gòn Đầu Tư Tài Chính (in Vietnamese). Sài Gòn Giải Phóng.
- ↑ Nam, Đại (27 August 2026). "Cầu thủ Thái Lan đổ gục, không hiểu chuyện gì xảy ra ở Mỹ Đình". VietnamNet (in Vietnamese).
- ↑ "Instagram".
- ↑ Ngọc, Khánh (26 August 2026). "Các danh hiệu cá nhân ASEAN Cup 2026: Đình Bắc xuất sắc nhất". Quân đội nhân dân (in Vietnamese).
External links
- Yotsakorn Burapha at Soccerway
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Chanthaburi province
- Thai men's footballers
- Thailand men's youth international footballers
- Thailand men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Thai League 2 players
- Chonburi F.C. players
- Samut Prakan City F.C. players
- PT Prachuap F.C. players
- Singapore Premier League players
- Hougang United FC players
- Thai expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore
- Thai expatriate sportspeople in Singapore
- Footballers at the 2023 SEA Games
- Footballers at the 2025 SEA Games
- Medalists at the 2023 SEA Games
- Medalists at the 2025 SEA Games
- SEA Games footballers for Thailand
- SEA Games silver medalists for Thailand
- SEA Games silver medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games footballers for Thailand
- 21st-century Thai sportsmen