Witthaya Hloagune

Withaya Laohakul or Witthaya Hloagune, also called " Heang " ( Thai: วิทยา เลา ห กุล; born 1 February 1954 in Lamphun Province, Thailand) is a Thai football manager and former football player. He is currently the coach of FC Gainare Tottori in Japan. For the Thai national football team, he played more than 100 games.

Career

His footballing career started with FC Raj Pracha, a club based in Bangkok.

When he moved to Hertha BSC in 1979, he was the first Thais in the German Bundesliga. Overall, he came at Hertha BSC only 33 league inserts in three years and also increased with the club in the 1979/80 season in the 2nd Bundesliga from. After moving to the 1 FC Saarbrücken it was better for him and he was at least 53 league appearances in two years, scoring seven goals. Greatest success in this period was the title in the Oberliga West 1982/83 and the associated rise in the 2nd Bundesliga. After his time in Saarbrücken, he first went back to Thailand to make then subsequently longer station in Japan. He went first as a player for Matsushita FC, ​​later Gamba Osaka. In 1988 he became head coach there and it involved the Gamba Osaka, a founding member of the J. League was. 1996 back in Thailand he took over the Bangkok Bank FC and led the club to two championships and in the AFC Champions League. In 1997 he was even elected coach of the year. In 2004 he took over the Chonburi FC and led him out of the second Thai League in the first division and at # 8

Annoyed to worry about the Thai Football Association, which did not make it for professional structures, he returned Thailand back to back, and went back to Japan. There he took over Gainare Tottori, a club from the third- highest division to lead the task of the club, the J. League.

Awards and achievements

Awards as a player

  • Japan Soccer League Team of the Year: 1980

Successes as a player

  • Japan Soccer League winners 1980
  • Southeast Asian Games Winners: 1977
  • Master of the Oberliga West and promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga: 1983

Awards as coach

  • Coach of the Year: 1997 as coach of FC Bangkok Bank

Success as a coach

  • Thailand Premier League 1996 and 1996 with FC Bangkok Bank
  • Emperor's Cup in 1990 with Gamba Osaka
  • Queen's Cup in 1992 with Gamba Osaka

Notes / References

All sources were consulted on 24 April 2008.

Raj Pracha Thailand F.C. Cerezo Osaka Lamphun Province Thai Division 1 League
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