List of foreign Thai League 1 managers

This is a list of the foreign managers (head coaches) in Thai League 1 during the professional era which began in 1996. The following manager:


 * 1) have coached in at least one Thai League T1 official game for the respective club;
 * 2) are sorted by the nationality. Coaches from the same country are sorted by the year of appointment.

Australia [[australia|🇦🇺]]

 * Andrew Ord – BEC Tero Sasana – 2012
 * Aurelio Vidmar – Bangkok Glass, BG Pathum United, Bangkok United – 2016–2017, 2021, 2022
 * Matt Smith – BG Pathum United – 2022–2023
 * Arthur Papas – Buriram United – 2023–2024

Belgium [[belgium|🇧🇪]]

 * René Desaeyere – Muangthong United, BEC Tero Sasana, Ratchaburi– 2010, 2013, 2018
 * Stéphane Demol – BEC Tero Sasana – 2013

Brazil [[brazil|🇧🇷]]

 * Jose Alves Borges – TTM, Muangthong United, BEC Tero Sasana, Chiangrai United – 2004-2006, 2013-2014, 2019
 * Carlos Roberto de Carvalho – Bangkok Glass, Muangthong United, Police United – 2010-2011, 2014
 * Freddy Marinho – Sisaket – 2010
 * Reuter Moreira – Esan United, TOT – 2012, 2015
 * Alexandré Pölking– Army United, Suphanburi, Bangkok United– 2013-2020
 * Alexandre Gama – Buriram United, Chiangrai United, Muangthong United, Lamphun Warriors– 2014—2016(1), 2020—2021(2), 2016—2018, 2019—2020, 2022—
 * Stefano Cugurra Teco – Osotspa, Navy – 2014—2016
 * Sérgio Farias–Suphanburi– 2015, 2016-2017
 * Sérgio Alexandre – Suphanburi – 2016
 * Ailton Silva– Chiangrai United, Chiangmai United– 2019, 2021-2022
 * Carlos Eduardo Parreira – Chiangmai, Khon Kaen United, Rayong – 2018-2019, 2021-2022, 2024—
 * Arthur Bernardes – Rayong – 2020
 * Emerson Pereira – Chiangrai United, Nongbua Pitchaya, Buriram United – 2020-2022, 2022—2023, 2024
 * Gabriel Magalhães – Chiangrai United – 2023—2024
 * Douglas Cardozo – Ratchaburi – 2023
 * Jorginho Campos – Buriram United – 2024
 * Osmar Loss – Buriram United – 2024–

Bulgaria [[bulgaria|🇧🇬]]

 * Velizar Popov – Suphanburi, Sisaket – 2014,2017

Chile

 * Jorge Enrique Amaya – BEC Tero Sasana – 2010

Croatia

 * Dragan Talajić – Muangthong United – 2014–2016
 * Drago Mamić -Chainat Hornbill - 2017-2018

England [[england|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿]]

 * Jason Withe – BEC Tero Sasana, Bangkok Bank F.C., Songkhla United – 1999–2001, 2003–2005, 2014
 * Robbie Fowler – Muangthong United – 2011
 * Dave Booth – BEC Tero Sasana, Sisaket – 2006, 2011
 * Peter Butler – BEC Tero Sasana – 2011
 * Phil Stubbins – Police United, Bangkok Glass – 2012–2013
 * Scott Cooper – Buriram United, Muangthong United, Ubon UMT United F.C., Port – 2013–2014, 2017, 2022
 * Gary Stevens – Army United, Port – 2014–2015
 * Peter Withe – PTT Rayong – 2014
 * Mike Mulvey – BEC Tero Sasana - 2017
 * Kevin Blackwell – Nakhon Ratchasima – 2022–2023

Finland [[finland|🇫🇮]]

 * Mika Lönnström – Police United, Saraburi – 2014, 2015
 * Mixu Paatelainen – Ubon UMT United – 2018

France [[france|🇫🇷]]

 * Regis Laguesse – BEC Tero Sasana – 2007
 * Christophe Larrouilh – BEC Tero Sasana – 2008-2009

Germany [[germany|🇩🇪]]

 * Peter Stubbe – BEC Tero Sasana – 1996
 * Hans Emser – Bangkok Glass – 2009
 * Winfried Schäfer – Muangthong United – 2013
 * Franz Schwarzwälder – Songkhla United – 2013
 * Christian Ziege - Ratchaburi - 2018
 * Goran Barjaktarević – Chonburi – 2018
 * Dennis Amato - Chainat Hornbill F.C., Sukhothai - 2016–2019, 2022–2023

Iran [[iran|🇮🇷]]

 * Afshin Ghotbi – Buriram United – 2016

Italy [[italy|🇮🇹]]

 * Marco Simone – Ratchaburi - 2019
 * Gino Lettieri – Muangthong United – 2024–

Japan [[japan|🇯🇵]]

 * Masahiro Wada – Chonburi, Port – 2014, 2015
 * Koichi Sugiyama – BBCU, Chainat– 2016
 * Sugao Kambe – Nakhon Ratchasima, Ubon UMT United, Sukhothai – 2013–2016, 2018, 2023–2024
 * Tetsuya Murayama – Samut Prakan City – 2019
 * Masami Taki – Chiangrai United, Rayong, PT Prachuap – 2020-2021
 * Masatada Ishii – Samut Prakan City, Buriram United – 2019–2023
 * Yasushi Yoshida – Samut Prakan City – 2021–2022
 * Makoto Teguramori – BG Pathum United, Chonburi – 2022(1), 2023–(2), 2023
 * Mitsuo Kato – BG Pathum United – 2022

Malaysia

 * Tan Cheng Hoe – Police Tero – 2024

Montenegro [[montenegro|🇲🇪]]

 * Božidar Bandović – Buriram United(1),BEC Tero Sasana, Sisaket, Buriram United(2), PT Prachuap – 2014–2020, 2023

Netherland

 * Henk Wisman – Chiangrai United – 2013

Northern Ireland

 * Kenny Shiels – BEC Tero Sasana – 2015

Nigeria [[nigeria|🇳🇬]]

 * Adebayo Gbadebo – Suphanburi– 2017-2022

North Macedonia

 * Mario Gjurovski – Muangthong United – 2020–2023

Portugal

 * Henrique Calisto – Muangthong United – 2011
 * Rui Bento – Bangkok United – 2014
 * Manuel Cajuda – BEC Tero Sasana – 2015
 * Bruno Pereira – Ratchaburi Mitr Phol – 2022

Scotland

 * Matt Elliott – Army United – 2014

Serbia

 * Slaviša Jokanović – Muangthong United – 2012–2013
 * Miloš Joksić – Pattaya United, Nakhon Ratchasima, Muangthong United – 2016–2019, 2023–2024
 * Branko Smiljanić – BEC Tero Sasana – 2016
 * Ranko Popović – Buriram United– 2016–2017
 * Radovan Ćurčić – Muangthong United – 2018
 * Ljubomir Ristovski – Navy, Sukhothai  – 2018–2019

Singapore [[singapore|🇸🇬]]

 * Akbar Nawas – Nakhon Pathom United – 2023–

Spain [[spain|🇪🇸]]

 * Ivan Palanco – Ratchaburi – 2013
 * Alejandro Menéndez – Buriram United – 2013
 * Ricardo Rodríguez – Ratchaburi, Bangkok Glass, Suphanburi – 2013–2015, 2016
 * Josep Ferré – Ratchaburi – 2015
 * Pacheta – Ratchaburi– 2016–2017
 * Manolo Márquez – Ratchaburi – 2018–2019
 * Xavi Moro – Ratchaburi, Chiangrai United – 2022–2023, 2024–
 * Carlos Peña – Ratchaburi – 2023–2024

South Korea [[south korea|🇰🇷]]

 * Kim Kyung-Ju – Sisaket – 2010
 * Bae Myung-Ho – TTM – 2011
 * Lee Young-moo – TTM – 2011
 * Kim Hak-chul-Pattaya United – 2016
 * Yoon Jong-hwan – Muangthong United – 2019

Sweden [[sweden|🇸🇪]]

 * Sven-Göran Eriksson – BEC Tero Sasana – 2012
 * Mikael Stahre – Uthai Thani – 2023–2024

Tunisia [[tunisia|🇹🇳]]

 * Lassaad Chabbi – Ratchaburi – 2018

Wales [[wales|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿]]

 * Jason Brown - Air Force Central- 2018-2019
 * Matthew Mark Holland – Port – 2022-2023