Totchtawan Sripan (; born as Tawan Sripan on 13 December 1971) is a Thai professional

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manager and former

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. Serving

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from 1992 to 2009, he is currently the head coach of

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club

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Playing career

Tawan's talent was first discovered by national team coach

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, who gave him his senior international debut against

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in the

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. He went on to make 109 more appearances for Thailand, scoring 19 goals, playing at two

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s – the latter as captain and on home soil – and gathering numerous accolades. In 1995, Chatchai led Tawan to his former club

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. Tawan stayed there for two years before spending five more at the

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, where he partnered fellow Thais Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul, Bamrung Boonprom, Niweat Siriwong and Teerasak Po-on. All of them gradually left Singapore seeing the Stallions' lack of success, with Tawan going to a Hoàng Anh Gia Lai side under

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's tutelage and spearheaded by

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and

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. Tawan returned to Thailand once his contract expired in 2007 and retired two years later, having guided

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to two consecutive third-place finishes in the

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(

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and

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). As a player, Tawan was left-footed and known for his playmaking and set-piece ability. One of his most memorable goals was a free kick against the

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in 2007. He changed his name to Totchtawan in 2010.

Managerial career

BEC Tero Sasana

In May 2009, after parting ways with Christophe Larrouilh mid-season, BEC Tero Sasana decided to promote Tawan to player-coach status. He managed BEC Tero to fourth in the league and reached the final of the

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, losing to

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on penalties.

Saraburi

In December 2010, Tawan, now Totchtawan, joined his hometown club

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when the club was still in the

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, the third level division. He spent his first year by promoting his club from the Division 2 to

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. His debut was the game in Division 1 Promotion stage against

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which Saraburi won 2–0. Saraburi promoted to Division 1 by finishing third place in group A of the qualification. Saraburi stayed in Thai second division for four years before the historic promotion. Saraburi promoted to

after becoming runners-up in the end of 2014 season. Totchtawan continued his head coach role in

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. However, Saruburi could collect only one point after six games of the season. Totchtawan decided to resign from his position on 8 April 2015.

Police United

On 11 May 2015, around a month after previous head coach

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passed away of

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, Police United of Division 1 announced the appointment of Totchtawan. He managed the club for the rest of the season. Police United won

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and promoted to

. Totchtawan later left Police United due to the club's financial crisis.

Muangthong United

On 21 January 2016,

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appointed Totchtawan Sripan as the club head coach. He is the first Thai head coach of the club after six years. Totchtawan made the official managerial debut on 2 February 2016 in AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 2 against

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from

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. Muangthong won the match by the penalty shoot-out after the 0–0 draw at the end of extra-time. Muangthong United was knocked out of the AFC competition in the next round after lost 0–3 to

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from

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. Totchtawan Sripan eventually won a double, becoming champions of the

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and League Cup in his first season at Muangthong. On 22 January 2017, Totchatawan guided Muangthong United to lift

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trophy with a 5–0 win over Sukhothai. His Muangthong United later lost 1–3 to Japanese club

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in 2017 Toyota Premier Cup. In

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group stage, Totchtawan created the impressive run with Muangthong United by a point in the opening game against

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before the historic first win in the competition over Japanese

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champion

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in the second match. His crews obtained another point from

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's home before the win in returning game at

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. After six games, Muangthong is on the second of the group with 11 points pass through to knockout stage. In the end of seasons 2017, Totchtawan get Thai League 1 Coach of the Year award for the best performance in 2017 AFC Champions League. On 11 March 2018, after a shock 1–6 away loss to PT Prachuap, Totchtawan resigned.

Bangkok United

On 15 June 2024, he led Bangkok United to win the first

title in their history, after a 4–1 win on penalties over DP Kanchanaburi in the

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Career statistics

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Thailand *

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: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999 *

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

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: 1994, 2000, 2006 *

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: 1994 *

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fourth place: 1998, 2002 Hoang Anh Gia Lai * V-League 1: 2004 *

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: 2004

Manager

Saraburi * Regional League Eastern Division:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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second-place promotion:

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Police United * Thai Division 1 League:

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Muangthong United *

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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Thailand Champions Cup The Thailand Champions Cup (continuing Kor Royal Cup, a different competition from the Thai Super Cup) is a single-game competition between the winners of previous Thai League 1 and Thai FA Cup, organised by the Football Association of Thailand. ...

Mekong Club Championship The Toyota Mekong Club Championship was an ASEAN Football Federation, ASEAN club competition for men's association football clubs. Five teams entered as respective domestic league winners from ''Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam''. ...

Bangkok United *

: 2023–24 * Thailand Champions Cup:

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Individual *

Coach of the Year:

, 2023–24 *

Coach of the Month: May 2016, November 2021, August 2023, October 2024, March 2025, April 2025

References

External links

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A report of a May 2007 game against China
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