Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 June 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Trat, Thailand | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Left Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1996 | Thai Farmers Bank | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–2001 | Thai Farmers Bank | 78 | (39) |
2001–2002 | Tanjong Pagar | 56 | (30) |
2003–2006 | Home United | 96 | (16) |
2007–2009 | Tampines Rovers | 110 | (30) |
2009 | → Melbourne Victory (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Bangkok Glass | 27 | (4) |
2012–2014 | Suphanburi | 23 | (4) |
2015 | TTM Customs | 8 | (1) |
2015 | Krabi | 2 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
1996–1997 | Thailand U-17 | ||
2000–2012 | Thailand | 64 | (17) |
Teams managed | |||
2015 | Krabi (Assistant Coach) | ||
2015 | Khon Kaen United (Assistant Coach) | ||
2016 | Bangkok | ||
2017– | Lampang (Assistant Coach) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 February 2012 |
Sutee Suksomkit (Thai: สุธี สุขสมกิจ, born June 5, 1978) is a Thai retired professional footballer. Sutee or nicknamed "Bird" is one of the most famous Thai footballer during the last decade regarding of his skilful style of play. The attacker spent 8 years between 2001 and 2009 playing abroad for several clubs in Singapore and Australia. He has also been serving Thailand at international level as an important member since 2000, earning 70 caps so far.
Sutee spent his youth career during 1995-1996 with an Asian powerhouse, Thai Farmers Bank F.C. The club was recently emerged champions of AFC Champions League (Asian Club Championship) twice consecutively between 1993 and 1995. The young striker made his first senior appearance with the club in 1996 and continued playing for the club totally 5 years until 2001.
The pacey forward scored 39 goals from 78 appearances for Thai Farmers Bank F.C.
In 2001, the promising forward joined a Singapore S-League club, Tanjong Pagar. He later adapted to play in various attacking positions including left winger, second striker and attacking midfielder. Sutee spent 2 seasons with the Singaporean side before moving to another S-League club, Home United, in 2003.
Sutee scored 30 goals from 56 appearances for Tanjong Pagar.
In 2004, a K-League side Busan I'Park expressed their interest in signing Sutee but eventually stepped off. However, regardless of his missing opportunity to join the Korean side, he was given an opportunity to take on a trial with an English Premier League club, Everton, as a part of a sponsorship deal between the Merseyside club and a Thai beer maker, Chang. The English club did not sign him afterward.