Thierry Chantha Bin (born 1 June 1991), known in Cambodia as Bin Chanthacheary, is a professional

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who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre back for

Cambodian Premier League The Cambodian Premier League ( km, លីគកំពូលកម្ពុជា, ) is the highest professional football division in Cambodia and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodian League 2. Starting with the 2022 ...

club PKR Svay Rieng. Born in France, he represents the Cambodia national team.

Club career

Phnom Penh Crown

After spending his early years in French football, Thierry returned to his country of origin and signed for Phnom Penh Crown FC, where he would spend the next 4 years and winning 2 league titles.

Krabi

For 2017 season, Thierry Bin left

Phnom Penh Crown Phnom Penh Crown Football Club (PPCFC; km, ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់ភ្នំពេញក្រោន, ) is a Cambodian professional football club based in Sangkat Toul Sangke II, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh, competing in the C ...

and signed a three-year contract with

Thai League 2 Thai League 2 ( th, ไทยลีก 2), commonly known as the T2, formally called Thai Division 1 League, is the second-tier professional league in the Thai football league system. The top 3 are promoted to Thai League 1 at the end of the s ...

side Krabi.

Terengganu

On 5 December 2017, Thierry Bin signed a contract with newly promoted Malaysia Super League club

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Sukhothai

On 4 December 2019, Thierry Bin announced he will be joining

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side Sukhothai.

Perak

Thierry Bin is now a player for Perak FA playing in the Malaysian Super League

International career

Thierry Bin expressed his desire to play for Cambodia early on but he could not make his official debut due to FIFA's guidelines on citizenship. Hence he mostly played in unofficial friendlies instead. In 2013, he was selected for the Cambodia national football team to play at the

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...

. He played his first national team match on 17 March 2015 in a

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match against

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. He also scored the first goal of the match in the 28th minute.FIFA Match Report, Macau vs Cambodia 2015
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International goals

:''Scores and results list Cambodia's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Thierry Bin was born in the Paris suburb of Villepinte to Cambodian parents. He is close friends with Boris Kok and

Kouch Dani Dani Kouch (born 11 October 1990) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cambodian Premier League club Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC, Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng. Born in France, he represents Cambodia n ...

, two other French Cambodians playing for Phnom Penh Crown.

Honours

Phnom Penh Crown *

Cambodian League The Cambodian Premier League ( km, លីគកំពូលកម្ពុជា, ) is the highest professional football division in Cambodia and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodian League 2. Starting with the 2022 se ...

: 2014, 2015 Perak FA * Unity Shield: 2020

References

1991 births Living people Cambodian men's footballers Cambodia men's international footballers French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers French people of Cambodian descent Men's association football defenders Men's association football utility players FCM Aubervilliers players Phnom Penh Crown FC players Thierry Bin Terengganu FC players Cambodian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Cambodian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Cambodian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia People from Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis Visakha FC players Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC players Cambodian Premier League players {{Cambodia-footy-bio-stub