Mika Chunuonsee
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mika Chunuonsee | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Bridgend, Wales | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back / Right-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bangkok United | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Cardiff City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Bryntirion Athletic | 22 | (3) |
| 2008 | Neath Athletic | 5 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Afan Lido | 8 | (1) |
| 2009 | Muangthong United | 6 | (0) |
| 2010 | Suvarnabhumi Customs | 23 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | BEC Tero Sasana | 24 | (0) |
| 2012 | Bangkok | 29 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Suphanburi | 29 | (1) |
| 2014– | Bangkok United | 91 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Wales U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015– | Thailand | 1 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 03 June 2016 | |||
Mika Chunuonsee (Thai: มิก้า ชูนวลศรี; rtgs: Mika Chunuansi; born 26 March 1989) is a Thai-Welsh professional footballer who plays as a Defender for Thai League 1 club Bangkok United and the Thailand national team.[1]
Personal life
Mika was born in Bridgend. His father is Thai and his mother is Welsh.
Club career
Born in Bridgend, Wales, Chunuonsee joined Neath Athletic in July 2008 from Welsh League side Bryntirion Athletic. The talented midfielder was with Cardiff City as a scholar and spent two years, between 2005 and 2007 at Ninian Park, but he was released in August of that year. He then spent the 2007/08 season gaining experience with Bridgend-based side Bryntirion and Neath boss Andy Dyer believes that he is now ready to make the step-up to the Welsh Premier League with the Eagles. He joined the Eagles in June 2008, just to leave them in September 2008, heading for Afan Lido.[2] In January 2009 he scored his first goal for the club.[3] In July 2009, he moved to Muangthong United.[4] He is currently training with Championship side Reading.
International career
The youngster was born and lives in Bridgend and represented Wales at Under 17 level in the UEFA Under 17 Elite Tournament in Cyprus for matches against Spain, Cyprus and Moldova March 2006. Other players involved in that squad were Senior Welsh Internationals Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey and Chris Gunter, whilst Eagles team-mates Kyle Graves, Daniel Lancey and Scott Evans were also involved.[5] He has recently been involved with the Thailand Under 20 squad.
In January 2015 Mika was called up by Kiatisuk Senamuang to play for Thailand in the 2015 King's Cup. He made the first appearance in the match against Honduras U-20 in King's Cup. However, it was not counted as the official senior cap for Thailand since the competitor was the youth team. A year later, On 3 June 2016, Mika Chunuonsee made his official debut for Thailand national senior team in FIFA International A match after came off the bench at the 75th minute to replace Teerasil Dangda in 2016 King's Cup semi-finals against Syria. The game ended at 2-2 after ninety minutes. Mika contributed in the penalty shoot-out and helped Thailand to advance to the final.
Statistics
- As of 26 May 2016[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Muangthong United | 2009 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Customs United | 2010 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||
| BEC Tero Sasana | 2011 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| Bangkok | 2012 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||
| Suphanburi | 2013 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Bangkok United | 2014 | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||||
| 2015 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2017 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 202 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 218 | 11 | |
Honours
Club
- Muangthong United
- Thai League T1 (1): 2009
References
- ↑ "Playing squad, Welsh Premier League". Welshpremier. 16 February 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
- ↑ "Mika leaves for the Lido". Neathfc. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ↑ "Match Report". Afanlidofc. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ↑ "Mika jetting off to start a new life in Thailand". Walesonline. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ↑ "Wales Under 17 football news". Dragonsoccer.co.uk. 16 February 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2006.
- ↑ Mika Chunuonsee at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
External links
- Mika Chunuonsee profile at the Bangkok United website
- Mika Chunuonsee at soccerway.com