Mika Chunuonsee

Mika Chunuonsee
Chunuonsee playing for Bangkok United in 2018
Personal information
Full name Mika Chunuonsee
Date of birth (1989-03-26) 26 March 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Bridgend, Wales
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Lamphun Warriors
Number 15
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)
2009–2010 Muangthong United 6 (0)
2010–2011 Suvarnabhumi Customs 23 (2)
2011–2012 BEC Tero Sasana 24 (0)
2012–2013 Bangkok 29 (1)
2013–2014 Suphanburi 29 (1)
2014–2022 Bangkok United 156 (11)
2023– Lamphun Warriors 8 (0)
International career‡
2005–2006 Wales U17 3 (0)
2015–2019 Thailand 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:35, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 January 2019

Mika Chunuonsee (Thai: มิก้า ชูนวลศรี; RTGS: Mika Chunuansi; born 26 March 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a centre-back for Thai League 1 club Lamphun Warriors. Born in Wales, he plays for the Thailand national team.[2]

Club career

Born in Bridgend, Wales, Chunuonsee spent two years as a scholar with Cardiff City before joining Bryntirion Athletic and then Neath Athletic.[3] He joined Neath in June 2008 but departed the club in September 2008 to join Afan Lido.[4] In January 2009 he scored his first goal for the club.[5] In July 2009, he moved to Muangthong United.[6]

International career

Chunuonsee represented his country of birth 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.[7]

In January 2015, Chunuonsee 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, 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. Chunuonsee contributed in the penalty shoot-out and helped Thailand to advance to the final. In 2018, he was called up by Thailand national team for the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup. He was named for the final squad in 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Personal life

Chunuonsee was born in Bridgend, and moved to Ko Samui with his family when he was 1 year old. He later moved back to Wales when he was 10. His father is Thai from Surat Thani and his mother is Welsh.

In November 2019, Chunuonsee married Taya Rogers, a Thai-American actress and super model.[8] The couple now have two children. One daughter, Mila, who was born in February 2021. One son, Jaden, born in December 2022.

Statistics

As of 4 April 2023[9]
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 24 2 1 0 1 0 — 1 0 27 2
2018 29 3 0 0 1 0 — — 30 3
2019 10 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 — 16 0
2020 9 0 2 1 0 0 — — 11 1
2021–22 10 0 0 0 0 0 — — 10 0
2022–23 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Lamphun Warriors 2022–23 8 0 0 0 0 0 — — 8 0
Total 275 15 12 1 12 0 1 0 1 0 301 16

Honours

Muangthong United

Thailand

References

  1. ^ "บริการข้อมูลกีฬา ทริคเทคนิคในการเดิมพันออนไลน์เพื่อนำมาสู่ชัยชนะอย่างแน่นอน".
  2. ^ "Playing squad, Welsh Premier League". Welshpremier. 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
  3. ^ "Mika Chunuonsee is the most famous Cardiff City kid you've probably never heard of". walesonline.co.uk. 9 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Mika leaves for the Lido". Neathfc. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Match Report". Afanlidofc. 3 June 2009. Archived from the original on 24 May 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Mika jetting off to start a new life in Thailand". Walesonline. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  7. ^ "Wales Under 17 football news". Dragonsoccer.co.uk. 16 February 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2006.
  8. ^ A Romantic, Tropical Wedding at Baba Beach Resort in Thailand
  9. ^ Mika Chunuonsee at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

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