Witthaya Laohakul
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Witthaya Laohakul | ||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Lamphun, Thailand | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1971 | Rajpracha | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1976 | Rajpracha | 97 | (28) |
| 1977–1978 | Yanmar Diesel | 33 | (14) |
| 1979–1981 | Hertha BSC | 33 | (1) |
| 1982–1984 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 54 | (7) |
| 1984–1985 | Rajpracha | 24 | (5) |
| 1986–1987 | Matsushita | 32 | (6) |
| Total | 273 | (61) | |
| National team | |||
| 1975–1985 | Thailand | 61 | (18) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988–1995 | Gamba Osaka (assistance) | ||
| 1995–1997 | Bangkok Bank | ||
| 1997–1998 | Thailand | ||
| 1998–1999 | Bangkok Metropolitan | ||
| 2000–2002 | Thailand U16 | ||
| 2002–2003 | Sembawang Rangers (U-16/U18) | ||
| 2004 | Sembawang Rangers | ||
| 2004–2006 | Chonburi | ||
| 2007–2010 | Gainare Tottori | ||
| 2011–2013 | Chonburi | ||
| 2013– | Chonburi (technical director) | ||
| 2016–2018 | Thailand (technical director) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Witthaya Laohakul or Witthaya Hloagune previously nicknamed "Heng" (Lucky) (Thai: วิทยา เลาหกุล; born February 1, 1954 in Lamphun Province, Thailand) is a Thai football manager and former midfielder. He was the technical director of Thai football during 2016 to 2018.[1][2] He is the first Thai footballer who played for a European club at the German Bundesliga side Hertha BSC.
Playing career
His football career started with Rajpracha F.C., a football club based in Bangkok. After that he joined Yanmar Diesel in 1977. This transfer made him the first Thai to play in Japan. When he moved to Hertha BSC in 1979, he was the first Thai in the German league Bundesliga. Overall, he play at Hertha BSC only 33 league appearances in three years.[3] After moving to 1. FC Saarbrücken, it was better for him and he play at least 53 league appearances in two years, scoring seven goals.[4] Greatest success in this period made him won the title in the Oberliga Südwest in 1982-83 and promoted to the second Bundesliga. After his time at Saarbrücken, he went back to Thailand to play at Raj Pracha for a short time. In 1986, he came back to play in Japan again as a player for Matsushita FC, later Gamba Osaka.
Coaching career
In 1988, he became assistance coach at Gamba Osaka a founding member of the J League in 1992. Then he back to Thailand, he took over the Bangkok Bank F.C. and led the club won the first place in 1996–97 Thailand Soccer League and led the team in AFC Champions League. In 1997, he was be rewarded coach of the year. In 2004, he took over the Chonburi F.C. and next year he led Chonburi win the Provincial League and moved to Thai Premier League in the 2006 season. Then he went back to Japan[5] there he took Gainare Tottori, a club from the third-highest division, with the task to lead the club to the J League. In 2011 he joined Chonburi again as club manager but in the end of the 2013 Thai Premier League Witthaya resigned from his position and work as technical director.
References
- ↑ "Witthaya Laohakul". worldfootball.net. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ↑ https://www.fourfourtwo.com/th/features/breaking-hnniiesiiyhaay-smys-sangluypldoyngepliiynfaayethkhnikh
- ↑ fussballdaten.de: Statistik der Einsätze
- ↑ ludwigspark.de: Einsatzstatistik beim 1. FC Saarbrücken)
- ↑ chonburifc.net: Aussage über die Strukturen in der FAT