Sutee Suksomkit (, born 5 June 1978) is a Thai professional

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and former player who is the assistant coach of Thailand U23. 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

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and

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. He also played for

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at international level from 2000 to 2012, earning 64 caps.

Club career

Sutee spent his youth career during 1995-1996 with an Asian powerhouse, Thai Farmers Bank F.C. The club was recently emerged champions of

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(

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) 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

S-League club,

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. He later adapted to play in various attacking positions including

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, second striker and

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. 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

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club, Everton, as a part of a sponsorship deal between the Merseyside club and a Thai beer maker, Chang. The English club did not sign him afterward. Between 2004 and 2005, an

club, Chelsea, had expressed their interest in signing the Thai forward. Chelsea eventually captured Sutee on a loan deal and sent him out to

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. However, Chelsea failed to apply a work permit for Sutee, caused him to return to Singapore. 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

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champions

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which concluded at the end of his contract with Tempines Rovers. Sutee made 9 appearances with the A-League champions. On 28 December 2009, after 8 years of spending his career abroad, Sutee joined a

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club, Bangkok Glass. Following the expiration of his contract in

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, 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.

Honours

International

* ASEAN Football Championship : Winners :

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: Runner-up :

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Thailand U23 *

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:Quarterfinals :

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Thailand U17 * AFC U-17 Championship : Runner-up :

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Club

;Thai Farmers Bank F.C. * Kor Royal Cup Winner (1) : 2000 ;Home United * S.League Champions (1) : 2003 * Singapore Cup Winner (2) : 2003 2005 ;Bangkok Glass * Singapore Cup Winner (1) : 2010

International career

In the

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, Sutee scored a goal against

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, which was the only goal Thailand scored in the entire tournament. In the

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, he scored for Thailand in the opening match against

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from the penalty spot.

International goals

* 2 goals against

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in 2009 King's Cup. Non official FIFA match

References

External links

Melbourne Victory profile
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