Kiatisuk Senamuang

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Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang (Thai เกียรติศักดิ์ เสนาเมือง) (born August 11, 1973 in Khon Kaen) is a football striker from Thailand. Between 1993 and 2004 he played 117 international matches and scored 63 goals for the national team. Both numbers are national records.

Originally a police officer, he quit his job to be a professional footballer. He played with Perlis in Malaysia before joining English team Huddersfield Town in 1999 in what some believed to be a publicity stunt by then manager Steve Bruce. After one season, in which he did not feature in the Huddersfield Town first team squad, he left English football for Rajpracha Sports Club in Thailand, later joining Singapore Armed Forces FC where he scored 15 goals in 20 games. In March 2002 he moved once again to become a star in Vietnam with Hoang Anh-Gia Lai, where he helped win the league title several times. Senamuang was in fact awarded a medal for his contributions to Vietnamese football.