Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool (; , born 23 March 1982), formerly known as Kosin Hathairattanakool () and nicknamed Tee (), is a Thai retired professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Sakon Nakhon Province Sakon Nakhon (, ; , ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat''). It lies in upper northeastern Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Nong Khai, Bueng Kan, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Kalasin, and Udon Thani ...

, Sinthaweechai spent his youth career at Assumption Sriracha School between 1999 and 2002. The young goalkeeper signed his first professional contract with a

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club TTM Phichit (now TTM Chiangmai) in 2002, he spent 2 seasons with the club and won a league title in 2004–2005 season. The former Thailand U23 international joined Osotsapa in 2005 before moving abroad to an

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n club,

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in 2006. In 2007, Sinthaweechai returned to Thailand, joined his local club

Chonburi Chonburi (, , IAST: , ) is the capital of Chonburi Province and, as part of the district Mueang Chonburi District, Mueang Chonburi, the List of municipalities in Thailand, seventh-largest city in Thailand. It is about 100 km southeast of Ba ...

, and won the league title with The Sharks. Sinthaweechai also won

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with the club in the next season, but failed to protect their league title from

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. He also participated in the

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with Chonburi in 2008 but the club was knocked out in the group stage. Sinthaweechai rejoined

on a season loan in 2009. After the loan spell with the Indonesian, Sinthaweechai returned to Chonburi and has been playing for the club regularly. In December 2015 it was announced that Sinthaweechai would be joining

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for the 2016 season. The deal, which costs 15 million

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broke the record as the most expensive domestic transfer in Thai football history. After the

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, Sinthaweechai retired from professional football and took on the role of club manager at

International career

Sinthaweechai has been serving the country in almost every level; U17, U19, U23 and senior squad respectively. He was first called up for the U19 team between 2000 and 2001 but did not make much of recognition. It was between 2002 and 2005 that the goalkeeper started to become public interest. He was called up for Thailand U23 in 2002 and since the U23 team participate many more competitions than the lower level, practically part of senior squad, he was given more chances and eventually earned no.1 status in the team. He made totally 22 appearances for the U23 team between 2002 and 2005. Sinthaweechai was promoted to the senior squad in 2004. However, he lost his no.1 status in numerous occasions as well, as he underperformed in matches. Sinthaweechai was also a member of the victorious

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2008 winning squad. Anyway, under the management of Winfried Schafer, which was appointed as Thailand's head coach in July, 2011, Sinthaweechai firmly regained his first team regular in Thailand national team so far, especially in 2014 Asian World Cup Qualifying section which he earned many positive comments from the media and fans regarded to his performances against

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. He was part of

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, but didn't play in the tournament because he got a fever. Sinthaweechai played a friendly match against

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, and he was captain in that match. In 2013, he was called up to the national team by

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to the

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, he was chosen by the coach as captain. In October, 2013 Sinthaweechai started out as a captain for Thailand against

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, in a friendly match. On October 15, 2013, he captained Thailand against

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in the

. In May 2015, he played for

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in the

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against

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, he also kept a clean sheet in the following game. On 5 September 2017, Sinthaweechai announced his early retirement from international football after the match with

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. On 14 October 2018,

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organised Sinthaweechai Testimonial Match with

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Suphan Buri Provincial Stadium Suphanburi Provincial Stadium (), formerly known as ''Suphan Buri World War II Stadium (''สนามกีฬาสงครามโลกครั้งที่ 2 จังหวัดสุพรรณบุรี), is a multi-purpose stad ...

, as part of FIFA Friendly schedule and ended with score 1–0 win for the Thais over Trinidad and Tobago, ending his national career covering 14 years and 79 match appearances.

Style of play

Sinthaweechai is known as a

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because of his speed when he rushes off his line to anticipate opponents who have beaten the offside trap. He made a name for himself by making a lung-busting run, covering almost halfway through the field, to intercept Vietnam striker

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in Thailand's 1-0 victory over

during the

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Managerial statistics

Honours

Club

;Chonburi *

(1):

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

(4):

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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 ...

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 ...

International

;Thailand U-23 *

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Gold Medal (1) ;

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 ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

;Thailand *

ASEAN Football Championship The ASEAN Championship (formerly known as the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the ASEAN Hyundai Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the biennial football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for men's natio ...

(1):

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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King's Cup King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to: Sports Football * Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football * King's Cup (Bahrain), the premier national knockout football tournament * King's ...

(1):

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Individual

Goalkeeper of the Year (1):

Player of the Month (1): July 2014 *

Player of the Year (1):

References

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