Kiatisuk Senamuang

Kiatisuk Senamuang (เกียรติศักดิ์ เสนาเมือง; born 11 August 1973) is a Thai football manager and former player (played between 1989 and October 2007) who is head coach of V.League 1 club Cong An Ha Noi.

He is nicknamed "Thai Zico" by fans.

During his eighteen-year career Kiatisuk played as a striker and scored 251 goals in 339 appearances.

The former striker played for clubs in Malaysia, Singapore, England and Vietnam as well as in his homeland.

Kiatisuk also earned 131 caps and scored 70 goals for Thailand between 1992 and 2007.

Kiatisuk Senamuang played with Perlis in Malaysia before joining an English club Huddersfield Town in 1999, which the then manager, Steve Bruce, considered merely a publicity stunt.

After one season, in which he did not feature in the Huddersfield Town first team squad, Kiatisuk 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 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai, where he helped win the V.League 1 title several times.

He returned to play for the Thailand national football team in the King's Cup.

Kiatisuk played 131 international matches and scored 70 goals for the national team.

Both figures are Thai national records.

After retiring from playing in 2006, Kiatisuk went straight into management with V-League side Hoàng Anh Gia Lai

In 2008, Kiatisuk returned to Thailand to take charge of Chula United.

In 2009, Kiatisuk became the head coach of Chonburi F.C. and led the club to win the 2009 Kor Royal Cup.

Kiatisuk managed to finish the season in second place, with the highest points ever achieved by the club.

Nevertheless, after failing to secure the domestic league title he resigned.

Kiatisuk went to Vietnam again to manage his former club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai.

He finished his season in the V-League in seventh place.

He led Hoàng Anh Gia Lai to the final of the 2010 Vietnamese Cup but lost 0–1 to Sông Lam Nghệ An at Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City.

In December 2010, Kiatisuk returned to Thailand as the head coach of Chula United in Division 1.

He brought the club to third place by the end of the season resulting in promotion to the 2012 Thai Premier League.

After ten games in the top league, Kiatisuk resigned from his position due to poor results: 1 win, 4 draws, and 5 losses.

A month later, Kiatisuk decided to join Bangkok F.C. in the 2012 Thai Division 1 League to help the club to avoid relegation.

Bangkok survived in the second league of Thailand after finishing in tenth place (in the middle of the table).

Previously, in 2013, he had also been the caretaker manager of Thailand.

Kiatisuk has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Dhurakij Pundit University and Master of Business Administration from Chandrakasem Rajabhat University.

In January 2013, Kiatisuk was appointed to be the head coach of Thailand U-23.

He won 1–0 in his debut match in the friendly against Ayutthaya F.C. of Division 1 on 12 January.

In June 2013, Kiatisuk was appointed as a caretaker head coach of Thailand senior team, replacing Winfried Schaefer.

His debut match as head coach of the War Elephants was in a friendly against China on 15 June 2013, which the Thais won 5–1.

He was also responsible as the head coach for the Thailand U-23 team preparing for the 2013 SEA Games.

As head coach of Thailand U-23, Kiatisuk guided the team to 2013 SEA Games gold, adding to the four golds he won as a player in four straight Games from 1993 to 1999.

Between 2014 and 2017, Kiatisuk was manager of the Thai senior team and, (2013–2016), the Thailand U-23 team.

He also led Thailand U-23 to the semi-finals at 2014 Asian Games and finished in 4th place.

In 2014, due to his success in 2014 Asian Games, Kiatisuk was appointed to be a permanent head coach of Thailand to compete in the 2014 AFF Championship.

Using mainly young players from his former U-23 side, he led Thailand to the victory with a 4–3 aggregate score against Malaysia in the final, becoming the only person to win the AFF Championship as both a player and a manager.

In 2015, for the second round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, Thailand was drawn in the same group as Iraq, Vietnam and Chinese Taipei.

With Kiattisuk as manager, the team finished as the winner of the group with 14 points from six games.

Thailand advanced to the final round of qualification.

In 2016, Kiatisuk managed the Thai side to defend the title in the 2016 AFF Championship.