Sasalak Haiprakhon (, born 8 January 1996) is a Thai professional

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who plays as a

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or a winger for Buriram United and the Thailand national team.

Career

On 23 June 2021, Sasalak joined Korean

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side, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on loan till the end of the season.

Targeted for racism

Sasalak was subjected to racial abuse from three

Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan HD FC (), formerly Ulsan Hyundai FC, is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League in 198 ...

players on social media. This event led to significant controversy and criticism from fans in the

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region. On 12 June 2023, Park Yong-woo and Lee Kyu-seong called their teammate, Lee Myung-jae 'Sasalak' or 'ASEAN Quota' because of Lee's dark skin. Ulsan Hyundai has officially apologized for the racist comments made by their players on Instagram towards Sasalak and promised to prevent a recurrence from happening again in the club. It will conduct training to eliminate all forms of discrimination against racism and thoroughly investigate the incident upon further disciplinary action. On 29 June 2023, The K League Disciplinary Committee announced a one-league match suspension and a fine of 15 million won.S. Korean football club Ulsan apologize for players' racist comments toward Thai player
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International career

In 2018 he was called up by Thailand national team for the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup.

Honours

Club

Buriram United * Thai League 1 :

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, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

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: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25 * Thai League Cup : 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25 * Thailand Champions Cup:

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* ASEAN Club Championship: 2024–25 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors *

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International

;Thailand *

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* King's Cup:

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;Thailand U23 *

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Gold Medal:

* Dubai Cup: 2017

Individual

Best XI:

References

External links

* * 1996 births Living people Sasalak Haiprakhon Sasalak Haiprakhon Men's association football fullbacks Sasalak Haiprakhon Sasalak Haiprakhon Sasalak Haiprakhon Sasalak Haiprakhon Sasalak Haiprakhon Sasalak Haiprakhon Sasalak Haiprakhon Sasalak Haiprakhon Sasalak Haiprakhon SEA Games medalists in football 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Thai expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Sasalak Haiprakhon {{Thailand-footy-bio-stub