Worachit Kanitsribampen (also spelled Kanitsribumphen, th, วรชิต กนิตศรีบำเพ็ญ, born 24 August 1997) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Thai League 1 club Port, on loan from BG Pathum United, and the Thailand national team. His goal during the Thai League Week 11 against

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Early career

In 2009, Worachit joined Chonburi's academy at the age of 11. In 2013, Worachit went on a two-week trial with Thai-owned English club Leicester City. In 2015, Worachit went on a two-week trial with Japanese club

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Club career

In 2014, at the age of 16, Worachit debuted for Chonburi's senior team in the second leg of the

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against

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. In the same year, Worachit was loaned to Sriracha/Ban Bueng. In 2015, Worachit was loaned to Phan Thong in the first leg of the season. However, he returned to Chonburi in the second leg. On August 8, Worachit scored his first goal in the Thai League 1 against Ratchaburi Mitr Phol. His following goal made him the youngest player to score him the Thai League 1, at 18 years and 340 days. Worachit was subbed in the next match against

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. On August 19, Worachit started his first match for Chonburi against

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. On 14 December 2015, Worachit flew to Japan for a week-long trial with

, who finished 4th at the

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. He participated in the senior and U-18 squads. On 27 July 2019, Worachit scored in his 100th appearance for Chonburi against PT Prachuap. On 1 December 2021, BG Pathum United signed Worachit with a price of about 30 million baht.

International career

In 2015, Worachit was named as the Thailand U-19 team's captain for the

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. He led the team to the semi-finals by winning every single match in the group stage, during which he collected three goals for himself. Worachit scored against Malaysia in the semi-finals and scored twice against Vietnam as Thailand won 6-0. Worachit became the tournament's top scorer with 6 goals. At the age of 18, Worachit was later promoted to the Thailand U-23 team in preparation for the

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in Qatar. He scored for Thailand in his debut, which was a friendly against

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. At the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship, Worachit came off the bench in two matches of the group stage against Saudi Arabia and North Korea. In August 2017, he won the gold medal at the

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with Thailand. In 2021, he was called up for the

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in Singapore and scored his first goal at senior level on 11 December 2021 in the match against

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International goals

Senior team

Under-23

Under-19

Honours

Club

BG Pathum United * Thailand Champions Cup:

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International

Thailand U-19 * AFF U-19 Youth Championship:

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Thailand U-23 * Sea Games Gold Medal:

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; Silver Medal:

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* Dubai Cup: 2017 Thailand * AFF Championship:

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Individual

* AFF U-19 Youth Championship Top Scorer: 2015 * FA Thailand Award Young Player of the Year: 2018 * Thai League 1 Player of the Month:

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, April 2023

References

External links

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Worachit Kanitsribampen Worachit Kanitsribampen (also spelled Kanitsribumphen, th, วรชิต กนิตศรีบำเพ็ญ, born 24 August 1997) is a Thai professional association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Thai League ...

Men's association football midfielders

SEA Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games

Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games