Witthaya Hloagune
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Withaya Laohakul | ||
| Date of birth | February 1, 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Lamphun, Thailand | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Chonburi (youth) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1971 | Raj Pracha | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1976 | Raj Pracha | 97 | (28) |
| 1977–1978 | Yanmar Diesel | 33 | (14) |
| 1979–1981 | Hertha BSC | 33 | (1) |
| 1982–1984 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 54 | (7) |
| 1984–1985 | Raj Pracha | 24 | (5) |
| 1986–1987 | Matsushita | 32 | (6) |
| Total | 273 | (61) | |
| National team | |||
| 1975–1985 | Thailand | 61 | (18) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1997 | Bangkok Bank | ||
| 1997–1998 | Thailand | ||
| 1998–1999 | Bangkok Metropolitan | ||
| 2000-2002 | Thailand (U16) | ||
| 2001 | University of Nevada | ||
| 2002–2003 | Sembawang Rangers (U-16/U18) | ||
| 2004 | Sembawang Rangers | ||
| 2004–2006 | Chonburi | ||
| 2007–2010 | Gainare Tottori | ||
| 2010–2013 | Chonburi | ||
| 2013– | Chonburi (Technical Director) | ||
| 2016– | Thailand (Technical Director) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Witthaya Hloagune or Witthaya Laohakul previously nicknamed "Heng" (Lucky) (Thai: วิทยา เลาหกุล; born February 1, 1954 in Lamphun Province, Thailand) is a Thai football manager and former midfielder. He is currently active as the director of Thai football.[1] He is the first Thai footballer who played for a European club at the German Bundesliga side Hertha BSC.
Club career
His footballing career started when Raj Pracha Thailand F.C., a club based in Bangkok. When he moved to Hertha BSC in 1979, he was the first Thais in the German Bundesliga. Overall, he came at Hertha BSC only 33 league appearances in three years and also increased with the club in the season 1979-80 in the second Bundesliga from.[2] After moving to 1. FC Saarbrücken, it was better for him and he came at least 53 league appearances in two years, scoring seven goals.[3] Greatest success in this period was the title in the Oberliga West in 1982-83 and the associated rise in the second Bundesliga. After his time in Saarbrücken, he first went back to Thailand to take longer than subsequently station in Japan. He went first as a player for Matsushita FC, later Gamba Osaka.
Coach career
In 1988 he became head coach there and it involved the Gamba Osaka a founding member of the J League was. 1996 back in Thailand, he took over the Bangkok Bank F.C. and led the club to two championships and in the AFC Champions League. In 1997 he was elected even then coach of the year. In 2004 he took over the Chonburi F.C. and led him out of the second Thai League in the first division and at No. 8 Angry to care about the Thai Football Association, which did not make it to professional structures, he returned to Thailand again and went back to Japan[4] There he took Gainare Tottori, a club from the third-highest division, with the task to lead the club, the J League.In the end of the 2013 Thai Premier League Witthaya resigned from his position.
Honors as player
Team Honors
- South East Asian Games Champions: 1977
- Oberliga Südwest Champion: 1983
Honours as coach
Individual Honors
- Thailand Premier League Coach of the Year: 1997
Team Honors
- South East Asian Games Champions: 1997 (Thailand)
- Thailand Premier League Champion: 1996, 1997 (each of them with Bangkok Bank FC)
References
- ↑ "Witthaya Laohakul". worldfootball.net. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ↑ fussballdaten.de: Statistik der Einsätze
- ↑ ludwigspark.de: Einsatzstatistik beim 1. FC Saarbrücken)
- ↑ chonburifc.net: Aussage über die Strukturen in der FAT