Kawin Thamsatchanan

Kawin Thamsatchanan (Thai: กวินทร์ ธรรมสัจจานันท์, pronounced [kā.wīn tʰām.sàt.t͡ɕāː.nān]; born 26 January 1990) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Thai League 1 club Muangthong United and the Thailand national team. Kawin known to be one of the best goalkeeper in the Southeast Asia region during his era and notably the best Thailand goalkeeper in history.

Kawin Thamsatchanan
Thamsatchanan in November 2010
Personal information
Full name Kawin Thamsatchanan
Date of birth (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990
Place of birth Bangkok, Thailand
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Muangthong United
Number 26
Youth career
2002–2007 Assumption College Thonburi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Rajpracha 16 (0)
2008–2018 Muangthong United 247 (0)
2018–2022 OH Leuven 20 (0)
2020 → Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (loan) 0 (0)
2022 → Port (loan) 6 (0)
2022– Muangthong United 0 (0)
International career‡
2006–2007 Thailand U16 5 (0)
2008–2009 Thailand U19 11 (0)
2009–2014 Thailand U23 17 (0)
2022 Thailand U23 (wildcard) 6 (0)
2010–2022 Thailand 64 (0)
Medal record
Thailand under-23
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first placeSea Games 2013Football
Silver medal – second placeSea Games 2021Football
Thailand
Asean Football Championship
Runner-upAFF Suzuki Cup 20122012
WinnerAFF Suzuki Cup 20142014
WinnerAFF Suzuki Cup 20162016
WinnerAFF Suzuki Cup 20202020
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 May 2022

Club career

Rajpracha

Kawin Thamsatchanan was born on 26 January 1990 in Bangkok, Thailand. He began his youth career in 2006 with Raj Pracha, making his senior debut with the team in 2007.

Muangthong United

In 2008, defending Thai division 2 champions Muangthong United signed Kawin at the age of 18. In his first season with Muangthong United, he secured his first-team status and helped the club win the division 1 title that season. After Muangthong's promotion to the Thai Premier League for the 2009–2010 season, Kawin led the team to win the top division title two years in a row, 2009 and 2010.

In October 2010, Bryan Robson, a Manchester United legend and Thailand's national team head coach at the time, spoke to United's goalkeeping coach, Eric Steele, suggesting he take a look at Kawin.[2] However, Kawin broke his wrist, causing him to be out of action for months, ending his hopes of going on trial at Manchester United.

At the start of the 2013 season, while competing in the 2013 Lunar New Year Cup, Kawin collided against Chris Dickson. He suffered a broken shin, which kept him out for 7 months. After returning to the pitch in the second leg of the Thai Premier League, he dislocated his shoulder and tore ligaments in a match against TOT S.C., ending his season.[3]

Kawin was named man-of-the-match against Johor Darul Ta'zim in the 2016 AFC Champions League knock-out stage semifinal round. He saved all three of Johor's spot kicks in the penalty shootout.[4]

OH Leuven

In 2018, Kawin completed his move to Europe by joining OH Leuven in the Belgian First Division B on a five-year contract.[5][6] The deal was formally announced on January 10, 2018.[7] Kawin, who wore the number 16 jersey, quickly became Leuven's first-choice goalkeeper, a position previously held by Nick Gillekens. After an outstanding performance in a 1-1 draw against Beerschot Wilrijk, Kawin was named in the Proximus League's Matchday 27 team of the week along with teammate Jarno Libert.[8] In October 2018, Kawin suffered a foot injury which has kept him on the sidelines for months, allowing Laurent Henkinet to take up the position as first-choice goalkeeper. While Gillekens' contract was not prolonged after the 2018-19 season, OH Leuven signed international goalkeeper Darren Keet, who has since become the second choice goalkeeper behind Henkinet, bumping Thamsatchanan into third.

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

On 4 February 2020, it was announced that Kawin had joined club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo on a season-long loan deal.[9] He would eventually not play a single match for the team and returned to OH Leuven at the end of 2021.

Return to OH Leuven

Meanwhile at OH Leuven, the goalkeeper situation had changed completely: both Laurent Henkinet and Darren Keet had left the club and two new goalkeepers had been signed mid-2020: Rafael Romo and Daniel Iversen. With Iversen returning to Leicester City due to lack of playing time, only Romo and youngster Oregan Ravet remained and Thamsatchanan was soon promoted back to second goalkeeper behind Romo. On 11 April 2021 in the penultimate game of the season, after Rafael Romo got injured during the game against Cercle Brugge, Thamsatchanan was brought on as a replacement at half-time, making him the first Thai football player to play in the Belgian highest division.[10] It would prove to be his only match that season, as Romo returned to play the final match of the season. During the 2021 summer transfer window, OH Leuven loaned Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson, demoting Thamsatchanan back to third goalkeeper (together with Ravet). Thamsatchanan did not appear on the match sheet in any match during the first half of the 2021–22 season and being deemed surplus, he was first allowed to join the Thailand national football team to compete the AFF Championship towards the end of 2021, a tournament which was won and in which he played (part of) the first leg of the final. Subsequently, he was loaned out on 4 January 2022, when it was announced that Kawin had joined club Port on a loan deal.[11]

Return Thai league with Port

Upon joining Port, Kawin was given the shirt number 1.[12] In the 2021-22 Thai League 1, he played 7 appearances for the club.[13]

Back to Muangthong United

On 9 August 2022, it was announced that Kawin has back joined club Muangthong United, along with wearing shirt number 26.[14]

International career

Kawin had debut his first senior caps in 2010 King's Cup against Singapore at Nakhon Ratchasima province. Recently, under the management of Winfried Schafer, Kawin has been dropped to a substitution of Sintaweechai Hathairattanakool. He was the starting goalkeeper of the tournament in the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup.

He represented Thailand U23 in the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. Kawin was the flag bearer for Thailand in the 2014 Asian Games, and was the captain of Thailand U23 in the tournament. Kawin was one of the overaged players playing in the 2014 Asian Games.

Kawin was part of Thailand's squad that won the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup.

In December 2018, it was announced that Kawin would be part of the Thailand that would compete in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. However, due to an injury, he sustained in October while playing for OH Leuven, Kawin was forced to withdraw just 2 weeks prior to the tournament. He came back in the drawn match against Vietnam.

Personal life

He attended Assumption College Thonburi for high school and graduated from Assumption University with a bachelor in Business Administration. In September 2013, V. Vachiramethi, a famous Thai monk, advised him to add two Thai alphabets to his name, therefore Kawin decided to change his name from กวิน to กวินทร์. His new name means a great and powerful man. Despite the change of his name, the pronunciation of the word remains unchanged.

Kawin is good friends with Panupong Wongsa and his idols are Oliver Kahn[15] and former Thailand goalkeeper Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool. Kawin is a Buddhist.[16][17]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 November 2021[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rajpracha 2006 Thai League 4 160000000160
Muangthong United 2013 Thai Premier League 200000--20
2014 350000000350
2015 2905010--350
2016 290102020340
2017 260205060390
OH Leuven 2017–18 First Division B 100000000100
2018–19 9000000090
2020–21 First Division A 1000000010
Consadole Sapporo 2020 J1 League 0000200020
Port 2021–22 Thai Premier League 6010000070
Muangthong United 2022–23 Thai Premier League 0000000000
Career total 163090100801900

Honours

Club

Rajpracha

Muangthong United

International

Thailand

Thailand U-23

Individual

Royal decoration

References
  1. "K. Thamsatchanan". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. "Legendary Manchester United and England captain Bryan Robson backs 'mature' Rio Ferdinand to excel as skipper". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  3. "Muangthong hit by Kawin injury blow". Fox Sports (United States). 11 February 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. Vijhay Vick (2 February 2016). "Kawin the star as Muangthong sneak past JDT in Champions League shootout". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. "Kawin the star as Muangthong sneak past JDT in Champions League shootoutกระหึ่มเบลเยี่ยม! "กวินทร์" ติดทีมยอดเยี่ยมตั้งแต่เกมแรก". siamsport. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  6. "Kawin first Thai keeper to land Europe move". 10 January 2018.
  7. "สู่ยุโรป!คิงเพาเวอร์ยื่นคว้า"กวินทร์"ลุยลีกเบลเยี่ยม". www.goal.com (in Thai). 9 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. League, Proximus (20 February 2018). "Our #TeamOfTheWeek in #Belgian #1B with the first selection for @ohl_official goalkeeper #Thamsatchanan @MuangthongUtd @SoccerThailandpic.twitter.com/gOx1KjVOy2". @proximus_league. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  9. "Thai national player Kawin moved from OH Leuven (Belgium) to Consadole Sapporo (Japan) in the J-League". 8 February 2020.
  10. "กวินทร์ประเดิมลีกสูงสุดเบลเยียม! แม้ลูเวินบุกพ่ายแต่ยังได้ลุ้นตั๋วยุโรปต่อ". 10 April 2021.
  11. "การท่าเรือ เอฟ.ซี. เปิดตัว กวินทร์ ธรรมสัจจานันท์ ผู้รักษาประตูทีมชาติไทย เข้ารัง "สิงห์เจ้าท่า"". Facebook. 4 January 2022.
  12. "ท่าเรือเปิดตัว 'กวินทร์-อดิศักดิ์' 2แข้งช้างศึกร่วมทัพ".
  13. "จากกันด้วยดี ยืนยัน "กวินทร์" ลา "การท่าเรือ" หลังหมดสัญญายืมตัว-จับตาสถานีต่อไป".
  14. "MTUTD: WELCOME 'BACK KAWIN THAMSATCHANAN' TO THE KIRIN FAMILY". Facebook.
  15. "20 things you never knew about Kawin Thamsatchanan". Muangthong United's official website. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  16. "มีคนบอกว่า กวิน ธรรมสัจจานันท์ โกลด์ทีมชาติไทยเป็นมุสลิม แต่พอเห็นคลิปนี้ อ้าว ไม่ใช่นี่หน่า !!! หรือเค้าเปลี่ยนศาสนา ??". pantip.com (in Thai). Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  17. Instagram post
  18. ′ชนาธิป-ชัปปุยส์-กวินทร์′, ′อรอุมา-อัจฉราพร′, ′อะแมนด้า′ รับเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ Archived 25 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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