Ratdech Kruatiwa (; born May 18, 1985, in Angthong,

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

) is a Thai professional

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player. He currently plays for the

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in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). Kruatiwa is arguably one of Thailand's most prominent basketball players. Kruatiwa is the first Thai basketball player to play in a basketball league in the United States after he was signed by the

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of the

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