Ekanit Panya
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Full name | Ekanit Panya[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 October 1999||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Chiang Rai, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Ehime FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2015 | Chiangrai United | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2022 | Chiangrai United | 54 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | → Chiangrai City (loan) | 20 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | → Chiangmai (loan) | 43 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | → Chiangmai United (loan) | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2024 | Muangthong United | 28 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | → Urawa Red Diamonds (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | BG Pathum United | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | → Ehime FC (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Thailand U16 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Thailand U23 | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Thailand | 23 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:02, 7 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024 |
Ekanit Panya (Thai: เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา, born 21 October 1999) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Thai League 1 club BG Pathum United, and the Thailand national team.[2][3]
Club career
[edit]Chiangrai United
[edit]Ekanit spent his entire youth career at Chiangrai United before being promoted to the senior team in 2015. He won the Thai League 1 title with Chiangrai United in the 2019 season.[4]
Muangthong United
[edit]After 12 years at Chiangrai United, Ekanit moved to Muangthong United on a permanent transfer.
Loan to Urawa Red Diamonds
[edit]On 24 July 2023, Ekanit was loaned to 2022 AFC Champions League champions, Urawa Red Diamonds until the end of the year.[5] In the 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage match on 4 October 2022, Ekanit came on as a substitute and in the 85th minute where he scored his first goal on his debut for the club to secured a massive 6–0 home win against Vietnamese side, Hanoi.[6]
On 20 October, Ekanit played the first match in J1 League against Kashiwa Reysol by substitution from the bench to the field in the 73rd minute of this match.[7] Ekanit became the first Thai player in FIFA Club World Cup history after he was registered by Urawa Red Diamonds to participate in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup.[8]
International career
[edit]In September 2017, he won the 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship with the Thailand U-19 team.[9] He was called up to the senior squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification second round in September 2019.[10] In 2022, he was called up for the 2022 AFF Championship by Head Coach Alexandré Pölking.[11]
Ekanit was called up for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup but later withdrew to focus for the club. His decision received a lot of criticism from Thai fans.[12]
Statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 9 December 2023
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chiangrai United | 2015 | Thai League 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
2016 | Thai League 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
Chiangrai City (loan) | 2017 | Thai League 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
Chiangmai (loan) | 2018 | Thai League 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | Thai League 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Chiangrai United | 2019 | Thai League 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
2020–21 | Thai League 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
2021–22 | Thai League 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Total | 41 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 6 | ||
Chiangmai United (loan) | 2021–22 | Thai League 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
Muangthong United | 2022–23 | Thai League 1 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
Urawa Red Diamonds (loan) | 2023 | J1 League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
2024 | J1 League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
Career Total | 135 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 18 |
International
[edit]- As of 14 October 2024[13]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Thailand | 2019 | 5 | 1 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 5 | 0 | |
2023 | 7 | 0 | |
2024 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | 23 | 2 |
International Goals
[edit]Senior
[edit]- Scores and results list Thailand's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 15 October 2019 | Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani, Thailand | United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 14 October 2024 | Tinsulanon Stadium, Songkhla, Thailand | Syria | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2024 King's Cup |
U23
[edit]Ekanit Panya – goals for Thailand U23 | |||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
1. | 7 June 2019 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | Indonesia | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2019 Merlion Cup | |
2. | 9 May 2022 | Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Định, Vietnam | Singapore | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2021 Southeast Asian Games | |
3. | 4–0 |
U21
[edit]Ekanit Panya – goals for Thailand U21 | |||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
1. | 17 July 2018 | Boonyachinda Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | Hong Kong | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
U19
[edit]Ekanit Panya – goals for Thailand U19 | |||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
1. | 17 March 2017 | Diamond Hill, Hong Kong | Singapore | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2017 Jockey Club Tournament | |
2. | 4 September 2017 | Yangon, Myanmar | Timor-Leste | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship | |
3. | 15 September 2017 | Malaysia | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||
4. | 6 November 2017 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Mongolia | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification | |
5. | 23 March 2018 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2018 Dubai Cup |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Chiangrai United
Urawa Red Diamonds
- J.League Cup runner-up: 2023
International
[edit]Thailand U-19
- AFF U-19 Youth Championship: 2017
- Jockey Club Tournament: 2017
Thailand U-23
- Southeast Asian Games Silver medal: 2021
Thailand
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Urawa Reds" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ วันของเด็ก!! เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา สุดยอดเด็กแห่ง ไทยลีก เจ้าของ2สถิติที่ยากจะทำลาย
- ^ ทีมชาติไทย : เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา กระหายพิสูจน์ตัวเองหลังได้โอกาสกลับมาติดทีมชาติอีกครั้ง
- ^ เปิดประวัติ "เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา" เด็กเชียงรายผู้เคยจารึกประวัติศาสตร์ไทยลีก
- ^ "Talented Ekanit set to play for J-League giants Urawa". Bangkok Post. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา เดบิวต์ดั่งฝัน! ซัดปิดกล่อง อุราวะ เรดส์ ถล่ม ฮานอย ศึกเอซีแอล". Siamsport (in Thai). 4 October 2023.
- ^ エカニット パンヤ選手 ムアントン ユナイテッドより期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ
- ^ "Ekanit Panya is first Thai player in FIFA Club World Cup". SNE Sports Co. December 7, 2023.
- ^ "เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา... เด็กระเบิดจากแดนล้านนา". 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "มาแล้ว "นิชิโนะ" เผย 23 แข้งพร้อมเบอร์เสื้อ "ทีมชาติไทย" ลุยคัดบอลโลก 2022". thairath. June 3, 2021.
- ^ "ธีรศิลป์นำทัพ สรรวัชญ์คัมแบ็ก แบโผ 24 แข้ง "ทีมชาติไทย" ลุยศึก "ชิงแชมป์อาเซียน 2022"". thairath. December 1, 2022.
- ^ ""แฟนบอลไทย" แห่คอมเมนต์เอกฉันท์ หลัง "เอกนิษฐ์" ถอนตัว "ทีมชาติไทย" ลุย เอเชียน คัพ 2023". thairath. January 7, 2024.
- ^ Ekanit Panya at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[edit]- Ekanit Panya at Soccerway
- Ekanit Panya at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1999 births
- Living people
- People from Chiang Rai province
- Thai men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Thai League 1 players
- J1 League players
- Chiangrai United F.C. players
- Muangthong United F.C. players
- Urawa Red Diamonds players
- Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Thailand men's youth international footballers
- Thailand men's international footballers
- Asian Games competitors for Thailand
- Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
- SEA Games silver medalists for Thailand
- Thai expatriate men's footballers
- Thai expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- 21st-century Thai sportsmen