Kiatisuk Senamuang

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Personal information
Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang
Full name	Kiatisuk Senamuang
Date of birth	11 August 1973
Place of birth	Udon Thani, Thailand
Nickname	Zico, Ko
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	BEC Tero Sasana
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-95 1995-?? 19??-?? 19??-?? 1999 1999-?? 20??-?? 2002-06 2007	Krung Thai Bank Rajpracha Police Perlis Huddersfield Town Rajpracha Singapore Armed Forces Hoang Anh Gia Lai BEC Tero Sasana	? ? ? ? 0 (0) ? 20 (15) ? ?
National team
1993-2007	Thailand	116 (91)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang (Thai เกียรติศักดิ์ เสนาเมือง) (born August 11, 1973 in Udon Thani and grown up 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 FA 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.He returned to play for Thai National Football Team in King's Cup in which he leaded team win since 2000. He now plays for Bec Tero Sasana.