Attaphol Buspakom (; ), nicknamed "Tak" (; ); (1 October 1962 – 16 April 2015) was a Thai retired national

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and

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. He was given the role at Muangthong United and Buriram United after TTM Samut Sakhon folded after the 2009 season. He played for the

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, appearing in several

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qualifying matches.

Club career

Attaphol began his career as a player at Thai Port FC in 1985. In his first year, he won his first championship with the club. He played for the club until 1989 and in 1987 also won the Queen's Cup. He then moved to

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for two seasons for Pahang FA, then return to

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to his former club. His time from 1991 to 1994 was marked by less success than in his first stay at Port Authority. From 1994 to 1996 he played for Pahang again and this time he was able to win with the club, the

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and also reached the final of the

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and the

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. Both cup finals but lost. Back in

, he let end his playing career at ''FC Stock Exchange of Thailand'', with which he once again runner-up in 1996-97. In 1998, he finished his career.

International career

For the

Attaphol played between 1985 and 1998 a total of 85 games and scored 13 results. In 1992, he participated with the team in the finals of the

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. He also stood in various cadres to qualifications to

Coaching career

Bec Tero Sasana

In BEC Tero Sasana F.C. began his coaching career in 2001 for him, first as assistant coach. He took over the reigning champions of the

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, after his predecessor Pichai Pituwong resigned from his post. It was his first coach station and he had the difficult task of leading the club through the new

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. He could accomplish this task with flying colors and even led the club to the finals. The finale, then still played in home and away matches, was lost with 1:2 at the end against

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. Attaphol is and was next to Charnwit Polcheewin the only coach who managed a club from

to lead to the final of the

. 2002-03 and 2003-04 he won with the club also two runner-up. In his team, which reached the final of the Champions League, were a number of exceptional players like

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, Worrawoot Srimaka,

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and Anurak Srikerd.

Geylang United / Krung Thai Bank

In 2006, he went to

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in the S-League to Geylang United He was released after a few months due to lack of success. In 2008, he took over as coach at Krung Thai Bank F.C., where he had almost a similar task, as a few years earlier by BEC-Tero. As vice-champion of the club was also qualified for the

. However, he failed to lead the team through the group stage of the season 2008 and beyond. With the

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and Beijing Guoan F.C. athletic competition was too great. One of the highlights was put under his leadership, yet the club. In the group match against the

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club Nam Dinh F.C. his team won with 9-1, but also lost four weeks later with 1-8 against Kashima Antlers. At the end of the National Football League season, he reached the Krung Thai 6th Table space. The Erstligalizenz the club was sold at the end of the season at the Bangkok Glass F.C. Attaphol finished his coaching career with the club and accepted an offer of TTM Samutsakorn. After only a short time in office

Muangthong United

In 2009, he received an offer from

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, which he accepted and changed. He can champion Muang Thong United for 2009 Thai Premier League and Attaphol won Coach of The year for Thai Premier League and he was able to lead Muang Thong United to play AFC Champions League qualifying play-off for the first in the club's history.

Buriram United

In 2010 Buspakom moved from Muangthong United to Buriram United F.C. He received ''Coach of the Month in Thai Premier League'' 2 time in June and October. In 2011, he led Buriram United win 2011 Thai Premier League second time for club and set a record with the most points in the

for 85 point and He led Buriram win 2011 Thai FA Cup by beat

1-0 and he led Buriram win 2011 Thai League Cup by beat Thai Port F.C. 2-0. In 2012, he led Buriram United to the

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group stage. Buriram along with Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. from

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from

and

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which are all champions from their country. In the first match of Buriram they beat Kashiwa 3-2 and Second Match they beat Guangzhou 1-2 at the Tianhe Stadium. Before losing to Jeonbuk 0-2 and 3-2 with lose Kashiwa and Guangzhou 1-0 and 1-2 respectively and

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Attaphol lead Buriram end 4th for table with win 2012 Thai FA Cup and 2012 Thai League Cup.

Bangkok Glass

In 2013, he moved from Buriram United to Bangkok Glass.

Personal life

Attaphol's sons, Wannaphon Buspakom and Kanokpon Buspakom, are professional footballers.

Death

On April 16, 2015, Attaphol died due to a

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Honours

Player

Thai Port *

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: 1985, 1990 Pahang FA *

: 1995 Thailand *

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Gold Medal:

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

: Silver Medal;

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

Manager

BEC Tero Sasana *

runner-up: 2002-03 * ASEAN Club Championship runner-up:

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

Muangthong United *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Buriram United * Thai Premier League:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Thai League Cup The League Cup () is a association football, football cup competition in Thailand. It is also known as Hilux Revo Cup for sponsorship reasons. History Thai League Cup was started by Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor (Thailand) in the name of ...

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Individual * Thai Premier League Coach of the Year: 2001-02,

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