Mika Chunuonsee

Mika Chunuonsee
Personal information
Full name Mika Chunuonsee
Date of birth (1989-03-26) 26 March 1989
Place of birth Bridgend, Wales
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Bangkok United
Number 16
Youth career
2005-2007 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Bryntirion Athletic 22 (3)
2008 Neath Athletic 5 (0)
2008–2009 Afan Lido 8 (1)
2009 Muangthong United 6 (0)
2010 Suvarnabhumi Customs 23 (2)
2011–2012 BEC Tero Sasana 24 (0)
2012 Bangkok 29 (1)
2013–2014 Suphanburi 29 (1)
2014– Bangkok United 69 (6)
National team‡
2005–2006 Wales U17 3 (0)
2015– Thailand 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01 November 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 03 June 2016

Mika Chunuonsee (Thai: มิก้า ชูนวลศรี; rtgs: Mika Chunuansi; born 26 March 1989) is a Thai-Welsh professional footballer who plays as a Centre back for Thai Premier League club Bangkok United and the Thailand national team.[1]

Personal life

Mika was born in Bridgend. His father is Thai and his mother is Welsh.

Club career

Born in Bridgend, Wales, Chunuonsee joined Neath Athletic in July 2008 from Welsh League side Bryntirion Athletic. The talented midfielder was with Cardiff City as a scholar and spent two years, between 2005 and 2007 at Ninian Park, but he was released in August of that year. He then spent the 2007/08 season gaining experience with Bridgend-based side Bryntirion and Neath boss Andy Dyer believes that he is now ready to make the step-up to the Welsh Premier League with the Eagles. He joined the Eagles in June 2008, just to leave them in September 2008, heading for Afan Lido. [2] In January 2009 he scored his first goal for the club.[3] In July 2009, he moved to Muangthong United.[4] He is currently training with Championship side Reading.

International career

The youngster was born and lives in Bridgend and represented Wales at Under 17 level in the UEFA Under 17 Elite Tournament in Cyprus for matches against Spain, Cyprus and Moldova March 2006. Other players involved in that squad were Senior Welsh Internationals Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey and Chris Gunter, whilst Eagles team-mates Kyle Graves, Daniel Lancey and Scott Evans were also involved.[5] He has recently been involved with the Thailand Under 20 squad.

In January 2015 Mika was called up by Kiatisuk Senamuang to play for Thailand in the 2015 King's Cup. He made the first appearance in the match against Honduras U-20 in King's Cup. However, it was not counted as the official senior cap for Thailand since the competitor was the youth team. A year later, On 3 June 2016, Mika Chunuonsee made his official debut for Thailand national senior team in FIFA International A match after came off the bench at the 75th minute to replace Teerasil Dangda in 2016 King's Cup semi-finals against Syria. The game ended at 2-2 after ninety minutes. Mika contributed in the penalty shoot-out and helped Thailand to advance to the final.

Statistics

As of 26 May 2016[6]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Muangthong United 2009 6000—60
Customs United 2010 2321000242
BEC Tero Sasana 2011 2402060320
Bangkok 2012 2911010191
Suphanburi 2013 1711010191
2014 1200000120
Bangkok United 2014 172——172
2015 2911000301
2016 2030000203
Total 168860801698

Honours

Club

Muangthong United

References

  1. ↑ "Playing squad, Welsh Premier League". Welshpremier. 16 February 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
  2. ↑ "Mika leaves for the Lido". Neathfc. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "Match Report". Afanlidofc. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "Mika jetting off to start a new life in Thailand". Walesonline. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "Wales Under 17 football news". Dragonsoccer.co.uk. 16 February 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2006.
  6. ↑ Mika Chunuonsee profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
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