Surat Sukha
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Full name | Surat Sukha | |||||||||||
Date of birth | July 27, 1982 | |||||||||||
Place of birth | Sakon Nakhon, Thailand | |||||||||||
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Position(s) | Midfielder, Defender | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Buriram United | |||||||||||
Number | 15 | |||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||
1998-2000 | Sriracha | |||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
2001-2005 | Sakon Nakhon | 96 | (12) | |||||||||
2006-2009 | Chonburi | 75 | (7) | |||||||||
2009-2011 | Melbourne Victory | 36 | (0) | |||||||||
2011- | Buriram United | 48 | (0) | |||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||
2008–2013 | Thailand | 24 | (0) | |||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 February 2012 |
Surat Sukha (Thai: สุรัตน์ สุขะ), born July 27, 1982), is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a Midfielder for Thailand Premier League club Buriram United.
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Personal life
Surat's twin older brother Suree is also a footballer and plays for Buriram United as a Defender.
Club career
Chonburi
In Chonburi Surat played as a defender and as a midfielder. He helped his team win the 2007 Thailand Premier League.
Melbourne Victory
Thailand international recruited from Chonburi FC in Thailand. Surat Sukha joined Melbourne Victory following a successful stint with Chonburi, where he was part of the Thai club's AFC Champions League 2008 and AFC Cup 2009 campaigns. Sukha made his international debut for Thailand in 2008 and joined Melbourne Victory for two years in 2009.
Surat joined 2-time A-League champions, Melbourne Victory, for a transfer fee of ฿1.5million (A$57,700) on 14 May 2009 on a 2-year deal worth A$140,000[1][2] "I am very proud, happy and excited to be the first player (from south-east Asia) to play in the A-League." he said.[3]
He made his first appearance for his new club substituting in the 78th minute of the game on 15 August 2009[4] and made his first line-up at Melbourne Victory in a 1-0 win over North Queensland Fury on 20 August 2009.[5]
Melbourne Victory has secured Surat for an additional year after he extended his contract with the club until 2012.[6]
Buriram United
In July 2011 he was released by Melbourne, after the club had agreed to an unknown transfer fee for Thailand Premier League club Buriram PEA.[7] It was also claimed that Sukha's family was not happy living in Australia, and this had an impact on his decision to leave the Victory.[8] It was reported that he gets 300,000 baht per month at Buriram. Surat played for Buriram in the 2012 AFC Champions League. He also played in the 2013 AFC Champions League for Buriram. Surat won the 2013 Thai Premier League with his team.
International career
On the back of performing extremely well in the Thai Premier League with Chonburi, Surat was called up to the full national side in coach Peter Reid's first squad announcement, He was called up with 35 other players to the 2008 T&T Cup hosted by Vietnam.
Style of Play
He is a Defensive Midfielder who can also play as a Defender.
International
- As of 27 March 2016[9]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Thailand | 2008 | 9 | 0 |
2009 | 5 | 0 | |
2010 | 1 | 0 | |
2011 | 6 | 0 | |
2012 | 1 | 0 | |
2013 | 2 | 0 | |
Totall | 24 | 0 |
Honours
Club
- Chonburi
- Thai Premier League
- Champions (1) : 2007
- Kor Royal Cup
- Buriram United
- Thai Premier League
- Thai FA Cup
- Thai League Cup
- Toyota Premier Cup
- Kor Royal Cup
- Mekong Club Championship
- Winner (1) : 2015
International
- Thailand U-23
- Sea Games
- Gold Medal (1); Sea Games 2003
- Thailand
- ASEAN Football Championship
- Runner-up (1) : 2008
- T&T Cup
- Winner (1) : 2008
References
- ↑ Victory signs Thai star, Hernandez tipped to stay
- ↑ Surat heads to Australia
- ↑ Thai-riffic Sukha forging new path
- ↑ melbournevictory.com.au: Victory claims point in thriller
- ↑ Preview: North Queensland Fury v Melbourne Victory
- ↑ Sukha signs Melbourne Victory extension
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External links
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- Articles containing Thai-language text
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Sakon Nakhon Province
- Twin sportspeople
- Twin people from Thailand
- Thai footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Thailand international footballers
- Chonburi F.C. players
- Melbourne Victory FC players
- Buriram United F.C. players
- Thai Premier League players
- A-League players
- Thai expatriate footballers
- Thai expatriates in Australia
- Expatriate soccer players in Australia