Kritsada Kaman

Kritsada Kaman
	Kaman playing for Thailand in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Kritsada Kaman
Date of birth	18 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Trat, Thailand
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, centre back
Team information
Current team	BG Pathum United
Number	5
Youth career
2012–2015	Chonburi
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2023	Chonburi
2015–2016	→ Phan Thong (loan)
2024–	BG Pathum United
International career‡
2016–2018	Thailand U19
2019–2022	Thailand U23
2021–	Thailand
Medal record
Thailand under-19
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
Thailand
Asean Football Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:13, 27 April 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024

Kritsada Kaman (Thai: กฤษดา กาแมน, born 18 March 1999) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Thai League 1 club BG Pathum United and the Thailand national team.^[1]

Club career

Chonburi

Kaman learned to play football in the youth team of the first division club Chonburi. He also signed his first professional contract in 2015.

In 2017, Kaman returned to Chonburi after the loan.

After the end of the 2021–22 season, Kaman was voted 'Young Player of the Year'.

Phan Thong (loan)

From 2015 to 2016, Kaman was loaned to third division club Phan Thong.

BG Pathum United

After 142 league games, Kaman moved to BG Pathum United, which also plays in the first division, at the end of December 2023. In his first season, he won the 2023–24 Thai League Cup with the club.

International career

In November 2021, Kaman was called up to the Thailand senior team for the first time by head coach Alexandré Pölking as one of the 30 players for the 2020 AFF Championship in Singapore.^[2] He made a debut for the team on 5 December 2021, playing the match for 90 minutes as a centre back in a 2–0 victory against Timor-Leste in the group stage.^[3]

Personal life

Kaman came from a Thai Muslim family from Trat.^[4] His nickname ‘Laeh’ originates from the Arabic name Saleh.^[5]

International Statistics

International

National team	Year	Apps
Thailand	2021	6
	2022	9
	2023	15
	2024	4
	Total	34

Honours

Club

Chonburi

Thai FA Cup runners-up: 2020–21

BG Pathum United

Thai League Cup: 2023–24

International

Thailand

AFF Championship: 2020, 2022

Thailand U-19

AFF U-19 Youth Championship: 2017

Individual

FA Thailand Young player of the Year: 2021–22
AFF Championship Best XI: 2020, 2022

References

^ Kritsada Kaman at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "กฤษดา กาแมน : สำหรับผมนี่คือรางวัลของการทำงานหนักอย่างต่อเนื่อง" (in Thai). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ ""กฤษดา" ออกโรง เผยสุดแฮปปี้หลังประเดิมตัวจริง ทีมชาติไทยชุดใหญ่ ครั้งแรก" (in Thai). 6 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ "กฤษดา กาแมน "เราต้องทำงานหนักให้โค้ชเห็น ถึงจะได้รับโอกาส"" (in Thai). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ "กว่าจะมีวันนี้ของ"กฤษดา กาแมน"" (in Thai). Retrieved 2 May 2022.

External links

Kritsada Kaman – AFC competition record

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[soccerway-1] Kritsada Kaman at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[2] "กฤษดา กาแมน : สำหรับผมนี่คือรางวัลของการทำงานหนักอย่างต่อเนื่อง" (in Thai). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[3] ""กฤษดา" ออกโรง เผยสุดแฮปปี้หลังประเดิมตัวจริง ทีมชาติไทยชุดใหญ่ ครั้งแรก" (in Thai). 6 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[4] "กฤษดา กาแมน "เราต้องทำงานหนักให้โค้ชเห็น ถึงจะได้รับโอกาส"" (in Thai). Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[5] "กว่าจะมีวันนี้ของ"กฤษดา กาแมน"" (in Thai). Retrieved 2 May 2022.

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