Tanasith Siripala

Tanasith Siripala
Personal information
Full name	Tanasith Siripala
Date of birth	9 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Port;
Number	99
Youth career
2010–2011	Bangkok Glass
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2016	Bangkok Glass
2012	→ Rangsit (loan)
2016–2019	Suphanburi
2020–	Port
2023	→ Prachuap (loan)
International career‡
2012–2014	Thailand U19
2016	Thailand U21
2015–2018	Thailand U23
Medal record
Thailand under-21
Nations Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2017; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 August 2018

Tanasith Siripala (Template:Lang-th; born 9 August 1995), simply known as Tao (Template:Lang-th), is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a winger for Thai League 1 club Port.^[1] Tanasith is affectionately dubbed "Taodinho" by Thai supporters^[2]^[3] for his resemblance to the Brazilian star Ronaldinho.

Early life

Thanasit Siriphala was born in Khemarat District, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. He regularly played football as a child, and moved to Bangkok for studied and played football at Pensmith School. In this school he played in tournament Asian schools football U-15 championship 2010 at indonesia

Club career

Bangkok Glass

Tanasith Siripala has signed for Bangkok Glass as a trainee in 2010 and played for a youth team. He began his professional career in 2012 at the age of 16, Tanasith was being loaned out by the club in same year to Rangsit to gain experience and toughen up in Khǒr Royal Cup. He made his professional football debut on 9 January 2012 in 1–1 draw against Dhurakij Pundit University F.C.

on 13 January 2012 Tanasith scored his first goal In 1–0 win over Army Welfare Department F.C. At Rangsit F.C. he played 5 games and scored 3 goals, helping the club gain promotion to Regional League Division 2 (Bangkok & Field Region) as Khǒr Royal Cup champion.

Tanasith returned to Bangkok Glass in 2012 Thai Premier League and finally made his league debut for Bangkok Glass on 7 April 2012, in a 2–0 win over Police United at Leo Stadium. He played 9 games for Bangkok Glass in the league that season and they finished eighth.

In 2013 season at the age of 17, he made his first goal for Bangkok Glass on 28 September 2013 in Thai Premier League 5–1 win over TOT

International career

In 2016 Tanasith Siripala was selected in Thailand U23 squad for 2016 AFC U-23 Championship in Qatar.

International goals

under-19

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 October 2014	Thuwunna Stadium, Myanmar	Iran	1–1	2–1	2014 AFC U-19 Championship

under-23

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	March 4, 2015	Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium, Thailand	Chinese Taipei	2–0	2–1	Friendly
2.	March 23, 2017	UAE Football Association Stadium, UAE	Malaysia	4–0	4–0	2017 Dubai Cup
3.	March 26, 2017	Police Officers' Club Stadium, UAE	China	1–2	1–2	2017 Dubai Cup
4.	31 May 2018	PTIK Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	1–2	1–2	Friendly
5.	10 August 2018	Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani, Thailand	Nepal	4–0	4–0	Friendly