Surat Sukha
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Melbourne Victory in 2010 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Surat Sukha | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 July 1982 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth |
Sakon Nakhon , Thailand | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) |
Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Assumption College Sriracha | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2001–2009 | Chonburi | 167 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2011 |
Melbourne Victory | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Buriram United | 56 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2017 |
Ubon UMT United | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Sisaket | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 296 | (5) | ||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Thailand | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:17, 29 October 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 February 2012 | ||||||||||||||
Surat Sukha (
defensive midfielder
.
Personal life
Surat's twin older brother
Club career
Chonburi
In Chonburi Surat played as a defender and as a midfielder. He helped his team win the 2007 Thailand Premier League.
Melbourne Victory
Thailand international recruited from Chonburi FC in Thailand. Surat Sukha joined
Melbourne Victory
following a successful stint with Chonburi, where he was part of the Thai club's AFC Champions League 2008 and AFC Cup 2009 campaigns. Sukha made his international debut for Thailand in 2008 and joined Melbourne Victory for two years in 2009.
Surat joined 2-time
A$140,000[3][4] "I am very proud, happy and excited to be the first player (from south-east Asia) to play in the A-League." he said.[5]
He made his first appearance for his new club substituting in the 78th minute of the game on 15 August 2009North Queensland Fury on 20 August 2009.[7]
Melbourne Victory has secured Surat for an additional year after he extended his contract with the club until 2012.[8]
Buriram United
In July 2011 he was released by Melbourne, after the club had agreed to an unknown transfer fee for
Buriram PEA.[9] It was also claimed that Sukha's family was not happy living in Australia, and this influenced his decision to leave the Victory.[10] It was reported that he gets 300,000 baht per month at Buriram. Surat played for Buriram in the 2012 AFC Champions League. He also played in the 2013 AFC Champions League for Buriram. Surat won the 2013 Thai Premier League
with his team.
International career
On the back of performing extremely well in the
T&T Cup hosted by Vietnam
.
Style of play
He was a
defensive midfielder who could also play as a defender
.
References
- ^ สุรีย์-สุรัตน์ สุขะ คู่แฝดที่ยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุดของวงการฟุตบอลไทย
- ^ "จัดหนัก! อุบลเปิดตัว สุรีย์-สุรัตน์ แฝดบุรีรัมย์ร่วมทัพ" (in Thai). smmsport. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ Victory signs Thai star, Hernandez tipped to stay
- ^ Surat heads to Australia
- ^ Thai-riffic Sukha forging new path
- ^ melbournevictory.com.au: Victory claims point in thriller Archived 2011-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Preview: North Queensland Fury v Melbourne Victory
- ^ Sukha signs Melbourne Victory extension
- ^ "Surat Sukha returns to Thailand". Melbourne Victory. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ^ "Sukha Exits Victory For Home". FourFourTwo Australia. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
External links
- Surat Sukha at Soccerway
- Surat Sukha profile at melbourne Victory.com
- Thai-riffic Sukha forging new path at fifa.com