28 Facts About Kiatisuk Senamuang

Kiatisuk Senamuang is a Thai football manager and former football player.

Kiatisuk Senamuang earned 131 caps and scored 70 goals for Thailand between 1992 and 2007.

Between 2014 and 2017, Kiatisuk Senamuang was head coach of the Thailand first-team and the Thailand U-23 team.

Kiatisuk Senamuang has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Dhurakij Pundit University and Master of Business Administration from Chandrakasem Rajabhat University.

Kiatisuk Senamuang played with Perlis in Malaysia before joining an English club Huddersfield Town in 1999, which the then manager, Steve Bruce, considered merely a publicity stunt.

Kiatisuk Senamuang returned to play for the Thailand national football team in the King's Cup.

Kiatisuk Senamuang played 131 international matches and scored 70 goals for the national team.

In 2008, Kiatisuk Senamuang returned to Thailand to take charge of Chula United.

In 2009, Kiatisuk Senamuang became the head coach of Chonburi FC and led the club to win the 2009 Kor Royal Cup.

Kiatisuk Senamuang managed to finish the season in second place, with the highest points ever achieved by the club.

Kiatisuk Senamuang went to Vietnam again to manage his former club Hoang Anh Gia Lai.

Kiatisuk Senamuang finished his season in the V-League in seventh place.

In December 2010, Kiatisuk Senamuang returned to Thailand as the head coach of Chula United in Division 1.

Kiatisuk Senamuang brought the club to third place by the end of the season resulting in promotion to the 2012 Thai Premier League.

In January 2013, Kiatisuk Senamuang was appointed to be the head coach of Thailand U-23.

In June 2013, Kiatisuk Senamuang was appointed as a caretaker head coach of Thailand senior team, replacing Winfried Schaefer.

Kiatisuk Senamuang was responsible as the head coach for the Thailand U-23 team preparing for the 2013 SEA Games.

Kiatisuk Senamuang led Thailand U-23 to the semi-finals at 2014 Asian Games and finished in 4th place.

In 2014, due to his success in 2014 Asian Games, Kiatisuk Senamuang was appointed to be a permanent head coach of Thailand to compete in the 2014 AFF Championship.

In 2016, Kiatisuk Senamuang managed the Thai side to defend the title in the 2016 AFF Championship.

Kiatisuk Senamuang continued to coach Thailand in the final round of World Cup qualification.

On 20 November 2020, Kiatisuk Senamuang was appointed head coach with a two-year contract of Hoang Anh Gia Lai, his former Vietnamese club.

Kiatisuk Senamuang is a Buddhist, like most Thais in Thailand, and was born in Udon Thani.

Kiatisuk Senamuang was given the nickname Zico by his friends, in honour of his favourite Brazilian football idol Zico.

Kiatisuk Senamuang learned Vietnamese and speaks the language fluently just after a first couple of years during his career in Vietnam.

Kiatisuk Senamuang has three daughters, their nicknames are Perth, Proud and Pearl.

Kiatisuk Senamuang managed the team on a one-off basis as caretaker-manager.

Kiatisuk Senamuang became the first Thai footballer along with some others to appear in a video game when he appeared in World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 2000: U-23 Medal Heno Chousen as a player of the Thailand U-23 team.