Kroekrit Thaweekarn

Kroekrit Thaweekan
Personal information
Full name	Kroekrit Thaweekarn
Date of birth	19 November 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Kanchanadit, Surat Thani, Thailand
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Chonburi
Number	10
Youth career
2004–2007	Chulabhon's College Chonburi
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2011	Sriracha
2012–	Chonburi
2012	→ Esan United (loan)
2013–2014	→ Singhtarua (loan)
International career‡
2008–2009	Thailand U19
2011–2014	Thailand U23
2013–	Thailand
Medal record
Thailand under-23
Sea Games
Thailand
Asean Football Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2017; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 November 2016

Kroekrit Thaweekarn (Thai: เกริกฤทธิ์ ทวีกาญจน์; RTGS: Kroek-rit Thawikan), simply known as Kong (Thai: ก้อง) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a Winger for Thai League 1 club Chonburi and the Thailand national team.

International career

He represented Thailand U23 in the 2011 Southeast Asian Games, 2009 Southeast Asian Games and the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. Kroekrit debuted for Thailand against China, in a friendly match which Thailand won 5–1. He represented Thailand U23 in the 2014 Asian Games. In November 9, 2014 Kroekrit scored his first senior international goal in friendly match against Philippines.^[1] Kroekrit was part of Thailand's winning squad for the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup. During the tournament Kroekrit scored twice more in another 3-0 win over the Philippines^[2] in the semi-finals and the second goal in a 2-0 victory over Malaysia in the first leg of the final.^[3] In May 2015, he was called up to Thailand to play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) against Vietnam. He always capped in Kiattisak Senamuang's squad. Even though, his form were terrible at the club. Many fans calls him as "Kroekrit Senamuang" or Kiattisak Senamuang's eldest son.

As of 14 December 2016^[4]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Thailand	2013	1	0
	2014	8	4
	2015	11	1
	2016	12	2
	Total	32	7

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	November 11, 2011	Jakarta, Indonesia	Cambodia	4–0	4–0	2011 Southeast Asian Games
2.	August 31, 2014	Phuket, Thailand	Myanmar U-19	4–1	8–1	Friendly
3.	September 18, 2014	Inchon, South Korea	East Timor	2–0	3–0	2014 Asian Games
4.	September 22, 2014	Inchon, South Korea	Indonesia	4–0	6–0	2014 Asian Games
5.	September 28, 2014	Inchon, South Korea	Jordan	2–0	2–0	2014 Asian Games

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	November 9, 2014	80th Birthday Stadium, Thailand	Philippines	3–0	3-0	Friendly
2.	December 10, 2014	Rajamangala Stadium, Thailand	Philippines	2–0	3–0	AFF Suzuki Cup
3.	December 10, 2014	Rajamangala Stadium, Thailand	Philippines	3–0	3–0	AFF Suzuki Cup
4.	December 17, 2014	Rajamangala Stadium, Thailand	Malaysia	2–0	2-0	AFF Suzuki Cup
5.	October 13, 2015	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Vietnam	Vietnam	1–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	June 5, 2016	Rajamangala Stadium, Thailand	Jordan	1–0	2–0	2016 King's Cup
7.	June 5, 2016	Rajamangala Stadium, Thailand	Jordan	2–0	2–0	2016 King's Cup

^ Sacamos, Karlo (November 9, 2014). "Azkals unable to solve Thailand riddle, suffer three-goal loss in away friendly". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
^ "Thailand 3 Philippines 0". AFF official website. 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^ "Thailand 2 Malaysia 0". AFF official website. 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^ "Kroekrit Thaweekarn". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.