Thanakrit Chotmuangpak
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| Full name | Thanakrit Chotmuangpak | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 September 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Buriram United | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2015–2023 | Buriram United | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Buriram United | 31 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Thailand U17 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Thailand U20 | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Thailand U23 | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Thanakrit Chotmuangpak (Thai: ธนกฤต โชติเมืองปัก; born 1 September 2006) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Thai League 1 club Buriram United.
Thanakrit was a youth product of Buriram United. In June 2023, he was chosen by the club to come train with Leicester City alongside three other teammates during a period of three months, which eventually made him missed the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup.[1] After return from England, he was promoted to the first team for the 2023–24 Thai League 1. He made his professional debut on 15 September 2023 in the team's 4–0 home victory against Trat.
He started his first league match in a home game against Uthai Thani on 23 December 2023, providing two assists to help his team win 4–0.[2][3] Thanakrit made one appearance in the 2023–24 AFC Champions League, starting in the last group stage game against Ventforet Kofu in a 3–2 home defeat.[4] With an impressive performance by providing an assist in his team's 2–1 win against Lamphun Warriors, he was named as the best player of Matchweek 16 of the 2023–24 Thai League 1.[5]
International career
Thanakrit represented Thailand in the youth level, having played for Thailand U16, Thailand U20 and Thailand U23.[6]