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	2
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 1 January 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[edit]

Kritsada Kaman learned to play football in the youth team of the first division club Chonburi. He also signed his first professional contract here in 2015. From 2015 to 2016 he was loaned to third division club Phanthong. In 2017 he returned to Chonburi after the loan. After the end of the 2021/22 season, he was voted Young Player of the Year. After 142 league games, Kaman moved to BG Pathum United, which also plays in the first division, at the end of December 2023.

International career[edit]

In November 2021, Kritsada 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 2020 AFF Suzuki Cup group stage.^[3]

Statistics[edit]

International[edit]

National team	Year	Apps
Thailand	2021	6
	2022	9
	2023	15
	2024	2
	Total	32

Personal life[edit]

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

Honours[edit]

Chonburi

Thai FA Cup runners-up: 2020–21

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[edit]

^ 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[edit]

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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