Sutee Suksomkit

Sutee Suksomkit (Thai: สุธี สุขสมกิจ, born 5 June 1978) is a Thai professional football manager and former player.

Sutee Suksomkit
Personal information
Full nameSutee Suksomkit
Date of birth (1978-06-05) 5 June 1978 (age 46)
Place of birthTrat, Thailand
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)Forward
Youth career
1994–1996Bangkok Christian College
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–2001Thai Farmers Bank78(39)
2001–2002Tanjong Pagar56(48)
2003–2006Home United96(16)
2007–2009Tampines Rovers110(30)
2009Melbourne Victory (loan)31(8)
2010–2012Bangkok Glass27(4)
2012–2014Suphanburi23(4)
2015TTM Customs8(1)
2015Krabi2(0)
Total409(124)
International career
1995Thailand U1618(16)
1996–1997Thailand U1714(7)
2000–2012Thailand70(17)
Managerial career
2016Bangkok
2017Lampang
2023Bankhai United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He is known for his skillful style of play, Sutee, nicknamed "Bird". He spent 8 years between 2001 and 2009 playing abroad for several clubs in Singapore and Australia. He also played for Thailand at international level from 2000 to 2012, earning 64 caps.

Club career

Sutee with national team in 2009

Sutee spent his youth career during 1995-1996 with an Asian powerhouse, Thai Farmers Bank F.C. The club was recently emerged champions of AFC Champions League (Asian Club Championship) twice consecutively between 1993 and 1995. The young striker made his first senior appearance with the club in 1996 and continued playing for the club totally 5 years until 2001.

The pacey forward scored 39 goals from 78 appearances for Thai Farmers Bank F.C.

In 2001, the promising forward joined a Singapore S-League club, Tanjong Pagar. He later adapted to play in various attacking positions including left winger, second striker and attacking midfielder. Sutee spent 2 seasons with the Singaporean side before moving to another S-League club, Home United, in 2003.

Sutee scored 30 goals from 56 appearances for Tanjong Pagar.

In 2004, a K-League side Busan I'Park expressed their interest in signing Sutee but eventually stepped off. However, regardless of his missing opportunity to join the Korean side, he was given an opportunity to take on a trial with an English Premier League club, Everton, as a part of a sponsorship deal between the Merseyside club and a Thai beer maker, Chang.[1] The English club did not sign him afterward.

Between 2004 and 2005, an English Premier League club, Chelsea, had expressed their interest in signing the Thai forward. Chelsea eventually captured Sutee on a loan deal and sent him out to Brentford. However, Chelsea failed to apply a work permit for Sutee, caused him to return to Singapore.[2]

With Home United, the Thai attacker did not score as many as he previously did with his former clubs, as he was placed in either wider position or drop deeper position in many occasions. However, he remained a crucial part of the team and spent fully 3 seasons with the club until 2006, made 96 appearances with 16 goals.

The versatile attacker was on the move again in early 2007, he joined Singaporean Tampines Rovers. Sutee made personal highest appearance with the Rovers, 110 appearances from 3 seasons between 2007 and 2009 and scored 30 goals.

On 25 September 2009 the 31 years old forward agreed a 3-month loan deal with A-League champions Melbourne Victory which concluded at the end of his contract with Tempines Rovers.[3][4] Sutee made 9 appearances with the A-League champions.

On 28 December 2009, after 8 years of spending his career abroad, Sutee joined a Thai Premier League club, Bangkok Glass.[5] Following the expiration of his contract in Bangkok, Suksomkit sign with Suphanburi and then TTM Customs and Krabi. After he joined Krabi F.C. and played for a while, he decided to retired from professional footballer after the end of the season in 2015.[6]

Honours

International

Thailand

Winners : 2000, 2002
Runner-up : 2007, 2008

Thailand U23

Quarterfinals : 2006

Thailand U17

Runner-up : 1996

Club

Thai Farmers Bank F.C.
Home United
Bangkok Glass

International career

In the 2004 AFC Asian Cup, Sutee scored a goal against Japan, which was the only goal Thailand scored in the entire tournament.[7]

In the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, he scored for Thailand in the opening match against Iraq from the penalty spot.[8]

International goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 June 2000Bangkok, Thailand  Qatar2-3LostFriendly
23 September 2000Beijing, China  Uzbekistan4-2WonFriendly Tournament
330 September 2000Kuwait City, Kuwait  Kuwait2-3LostFriendly
427 January 2001Singapore  Singapore5-4 (pens)LostFriendly
513 August 2001Singapore  Singapore5-0WonFriendly
622 September 2001Bangkok, Thailand  Iraq1-1Draw2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
710 July 2004Bangkok, Thailand  Trinidad and Tobago3-2WonFriendly
824 July 2004Chongqing, China  Japan1-4LostAsian Cup 2004
98 September 2004Pyongyang, North Korea  North Korea1-4Lost2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
1030 December 2006Bangkok, Thailand  Vietnam3-1WonKing's Cup 2006
112 July 2007Bangkok, Thailand  Qatar2-0WonFriendly
127 July 2007Bangkok, Thailand  Iraq1-1DrawAsian Cup 2007
136 December 2008Phuket, Thailand  Vietnam2-0Won2008 AFF Suzuki Cup
1410 December 2008Phuket, Thailand  Malaysia3-0Won2008 AFF Suzuki Cup
23 January 2009Phuket, Thailand  Denmark2-2Draw2009 King's Cup
23 January 2009Phuket, Thailand  Denmark2-2Draw2009 King's Cup
1514 November 2009Singapore  Singapore3-1Won2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1614 November 2009Singapore  Singapore3-1Won2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1717 January 2010Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand  Singapore1-0Won2010 King's Cup

References