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Surat Sukha
Personal information
Full name Surat Sukha
Date of birth (1982-07-27) July 27, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Sakon Nakhon, Thailand
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Defender
Team information
Current team
 Buriram United
Number 15
Youth career
1998-2000 Sriracha
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001-2005 Sakon Nakhon 96 (12)
2006-2009 Chonburi 75 (7)
2009-2011 Melbourne Victory 36 (0)
2011- Buriram United 46 (0)
International career‡
2008–2013 Thailand 24 (0)
Medal record
Thailand under-23
Sea Games
Gold medal – first place Sea Games 2003 Football
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 February 2012

Surat Sukha (Template:Lang-th), born July 27, 1982), is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a Midfielder for Thailand Premier League club Buriram United.

Personal life

Surat's twin older brother Suree is also a footballer and plays for Buriram United as a Defender.

Club career

Chonburi

In Chonburi Surat played as a defender and as a midfielder. He helped his team win the 2007 Thailand Premier League.

Melbourne Victory

Thailand international recruited from Chonburi FC in Thailand. Surat Sukha joined Melbourne Victory following a successful stint with Chonburi, where he was part of the Thai club's AFC Champions League 2008 and AFC Cup 2009 campaigns. Sukha made his international debut for Thailand in 2008 and joined Melbourne Victory for two years in 2009.

Surat joined 2-time A-League champions, Melbourne Victory, for a transfer fee of ฿1.5million (A$57,700) on 14 May 2009 on a 2-year deal worth A$140,000[1][2] "I am very proud, happy and excited to be the first player (from south-east Asia) to play in the A-League." he said.[3]

He made his first appearance for his new club substituting in the 78th minute of the game on 15 August 2009[4] and made his first line-up at Melbourne Victory in a 1-0 win over North Queensland Fury on 20 August 2009.[5]

Melbourne Victory has secured Surat for an additional year after he extended his contract with the club until 2012.[6]

Buriram United

In July 2011 he was released by Melbourne, after the club had agreed to an unknown transfer fee for Thailand Premier League club Buriram PEA.[7] It was also claimed that Sukha's family was not happy living in Australia, and this had an impact on his decision to leave the Victory.[8] It was reported that he gets 300,000 baht per month at Buriram. Surat played for Buriram in the 2012 AFC Champions League. He also played in the 2013 AFC Champions League for Buriram. Surat won the 2013 Thai Premier League with his team.

International career

On the back of performing extremely well in the Thai Premier League with Chonburi, Surat was called up to the full national side in coach Peter Reid's first squad announcement, He was called up with 35 other players to the 2008 T&T Cup hosted by Vietnam.

Style of Play

He is a Defensive Midfielder who can also play as a Defender.

International

As of 27 March 2016[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
Thailand 2008 9 0
2009 5 0
2010 1 0
2011 6 0
2012 1 0
2013 2 0
Totall 24 0

Honours

Club

Chonburi
Buriram United

International

Thailand U-23
Thailand

References

  1. ^ Victory signs Thai star, Hernandez tipped to stay
  2. ^ Surat heads to Australia
  3. ^ Thai-riffic Sukha forging new path
  4. ^ melbournevictory.com.au: Victory claims point in thriller
  5. ^ Preview: North Queensland Fury v Melbourne Victory
  6. ^ Sukha signs Melbourne Victory extension
  7. ^ "Surat Sukha returns to Thailand". Melbourne Victory. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Sukha Exits Victory For Home". FourFourTwo Australia. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  9. ^ Sukha.html "Surat Sukha". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
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