Teeratep Winothai ( th, ธีรเทพ วิโนทัย, born 16 February 1985), simply known as Leesaw ( th, ลีซอ) is a Thai retired

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playing as a forward. He previously spent his youth career with England's

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and Everton. He got a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Education from

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Club career

Youth career

Teeratep Winothai after game Singh All Star - Manchester United

He studied at Brentwood School, a private school in Essex, UK. During this time he represented the Thai national team at schoolboy level as well as being on the books of London-based club

. His performances for his school helped them reach the final of the 2001 Independent Schools FA Cup, scoring 8 goals in 4 games along the way. He eventually moved to Everton for one year before returning to Thailand.

Senior career

The young forward joined

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side BEC Tero Sasana in 2006 at age of 21 and played for the club until 2008 made totally 65 appearances scored 22 goals and won the 2008 Striker of the Year award. In 2009, a

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side Lierse S.K. signed the Thai star with an undisclosed deal. However, Leesaw spent most of his time with the new club in reserve team and made only 8 appearances with 1 goal. Later in the first season with the

club, he was moved back to

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and played for

champions Muangthong United on a loan deal. Teeratep made 23 appearances and scored 4 goals before spending the rest of his loan spell with his former club, BEC Tero Sasana, in the same season and made 8 appearances with 3 goals. Leesaw eventually rejoined BEC Tero Sasana, leading to 15 appearances and 3 goals from the injury suffer in 2010–2011 season. In early 2012, Teeratep was on the move again to 2010–2011

4th place club,

Bangkok Glass BG Pathum United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลบีจี ปทุม ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai professional football club based in Pathum Thani province and is managed by BG Sports Company Limited which is a ...

. In 2013 Teeratep played against Manchester United in a TPL All-Stars team. He scored the winning goal, beating United in David Moyes' first match in charge, during their pre-season tour.

Police United

Teeratep joined Police United in 2014, but club relegation from

In 2015 meant Teeratep would play for Police United in

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. Teerathep's first goal of the season was against PTT Rayong at PTT Stadium in a match Police United won 2–1. On 17 October 2015 Teeratep scored his first hattrick of the season against PTT Rayong at

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the team went on to win 6–0. At the end of the season Police United were promoted to the

Bangkok United

On 24 January 2016, Winothai joined

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Chonburi FC

On 26 June 2019, Winothai joined

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on loan from

. He scored his first goal for

in match against PTT Rayong.

Retirement

Teeratep officially announced his retirement from professional football on 28 November 2022. After he led his team, Police Tero to win against

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by scoring the winning goal in the penalty spot for the team to collect 3 points as the final match by ending his football career at 96 goals in the

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International career

Teeratep has been included in the national team setup since a very young age and is a very versatile player, playing either on the wing or as a striker. Teeratep first came to the fore in the King's Cup in 2005 and has been a squad regular since, only being rested when called up to represent the nation in Olympic qualifying matches or in SEA Games. He represented Thailand in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand. In the final of the 2005

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match against

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, he scored a hat-trick and helped Thailand claim the gold medal for the 7th consecutive time. Teeratep has been called up to new coach Peter Reid's first squad selection, to play in the

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2008 hosted by Vietnam. Teeratep was a member of the victorious T&T Cup 2008 winning squad. On 6 March 2014, he played for Thailand against

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in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification, and scored a goal.

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held a retirement farewell match on 14 December 2022, in honor of Teerathep, who has been a member of the Thai national team since he was 14 years old and has played for them at every level. His performance in the first half, which lasted 30 minutes, resulted in a 1–0 loss for the Thai national football team versus the Chinese Taipei squad.

Style of play

Teeratep is known for his pace and work rate. Teeratep originally played as a striker, but could also play as a left winger or a right winger.

Statistics

International goals

''Scores and results list Thailand's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;Muangthong United *

(1): 2009 ;Police United *

(1): 2015

International

;Thailand U-20 *

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(1): 2002 ;Thailand U-23 *

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Gold medal (4): 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 ;Thailand *

(1): 2008 * King's Cup (1):

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Individual

Striker of the Year (1):

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Player of the Month (1): September 2013

References

External links

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