Thongchai Sukkoki ( th, ธงชัย สุขโกกี, born 17 August 1973) is a Thai professional

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and Football Critics

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Managerial career

Nakhon Pathom United

In 2017, After the club relegation to Thai League 4, Sukkoki was hired as the club's coach. The club started again in the Tier 4 league by creating a new team and searching for young players from the initial selection of footballers, with only three players left from the previous season. Nakhon Pathom went on to won the 2018 Thai League 4 Western Region. In 2019, he won his second title after winning the

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and was promoted to Thai League 2. Under Sukkoki's management, the King Tiger play a style of football based on maintaining possession by building from the back, and good as combination play. In 2023, Sukkoki led Nakhon Pathom United won

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title and the club was promoted to

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BG Pathum United

On 8 May 2023, BG Pathum United appointed Sukkoki as the Rabbits' new head coach in the final league game and The Revo Cup 2022-23 final as well as the start of the

next season. Sukkoki’s debut match ended with a home win over Chonburi, followed by a defeat to Buriram United in the

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final. BG Pathum United started off the 2023–24 Thai League 1 season well, drawing 2–2 to Police Tero on matchday 1 on 11 August 2023, and went on to draw 0–0 at home against PT Prachuap on 18 August 2023. The club then flies off to

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on 22 August 2023 in the

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when in the 12-minute, Uzbekistan striker,

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opened up the account to lead the match 1–0 before scoring his second goal in the 26th minute and eventually scoring a hat-trick in the 61st minute to send BG Pathum United through to the

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group stage in a 2–3 away win at the

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Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Nakhon Pathom United *

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* Thai League 3 Lower Region:

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* Thai League 4 Western Region:

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runner-up:

Individual *

Coach of the Year:

References

1973 births Living people Thongchai Sukkoki Thongchai Sukkoki Men's association football goalkeepers Thongchai Sukkoki Thongchai Sukkoki Thongchai Sukkoki {{Thailand-footy-goalkeeper-stub