Surachai Jaturapattarapong ( th, สุรชัย จตุรภัทรพงศ์) or the nickname "Nguan" (born November 20, 1969) is a Thai

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and former football player. He is a famous

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who scored 7 goals for the

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. He played for the national team between 1997-2001. From 2017 he works for BG Pathum United as club director.

Club career

From 1991 to 1996 Surachai played at the Thai Farmers Bank F.C. It was the most successful era of his active career. He won with a total of three club championships in 1994 and 1995 and the AFC Champions League. In 1998, he joined the club and went to the Stock Exchange of Thailand where he played until the end of 2000. He then moved to

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in the

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to Gombak United. The club withdrew from the league in 2002 and Surachai went back to

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. There he played until 2005, rather he ended his club career.

International career

His international career began already in the U-14 Thailand. About the U-16 and U-19, he made it to the seniors, where in 1991 he graduated from his first game. In the finals of the

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2001 Surachai made his last game for the national team. On 23 February 2005, he was given a farewell by the Thai Football Association game. In this game a Thai Allstar selection ran against his last club

. The game was broadcast nationwide on television. The total revenue around the game, a total of 1.2 million baht went to Surachai.vietbao.vn
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, he won four gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games, and won three times in succession, the

. He took 1992, 1996 and 2000 participated in the Asian Cup

International goals

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

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Winner (4); 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999 ::::: Runner-Up (1); 1991 *

Winner; 1996, 2000, 2002 * Asian Games 4th (1); 1998 * King's Cup Simple cup icon

Winner (2); 1994, 2000,

Clubs

''Thai Farmer Bank'' * AFC Champions League Simple cup icon

Champions (2); 1994, 1995 *

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Champions (4); 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 *

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Champions (2); 1994, 1995 *

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Champions (1); 1994 ''Home United'' *

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Champions (1); 2003 *

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Champions (1); 2003, 2005

Individual

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Most Valuable Player (1): 1993–94 *

Player of the Year Award (1); 2004

Manager

Clubs ''Bangkok Glass'' * Thai Super Cup Simple cup icon

Winner (1); 2009 *

''Runner-up'' (1); 2009 *

Winner (1); 2010

References