| Ekanit Panya | |
| Full Name: | Ekanit Panya[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1999 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Chiang Rai, Thailand |
| Height: | 1.68 m |
| Currentclub: | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Clubnumber: | 27 |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2010–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Chiangrai United |
| Years1: | 2015–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Chiangrai United |
| Caps1: | 54 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Years2: | 2017 |
| Clubs2: | → Chiangrai City (loan) |
| Caps2: | 20 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Chiangmai (loan) |
| Caps3: | 43 |
| Goals3: | 11 |
| Years4: | 2022 |
| Clubs4: | → Chiangmai United (loan) |
| Caps4: | 13 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2022– |
| Clubs5: | Muangthong United |
| Caps5: | 28 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | → Urawa Red Diamonds (loan) |
| Caps6: | 14 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Thailand U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam2: | Thailand U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam3: | Thailand |
| Nationalcaps3: | 20 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Pcupdate: | 13:02, 7 July 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 1 January 2024 |
| Medaltemplates: | |
Ekanit Panya (Thai: เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา, born 21 October 1999) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for J1 League club Urawa Reds, on loan from Thai League 1 club Muangthong United, and the Thailand national team.[2] [3]
Ekanit spent his entire youth career at Chiangrai United before being promoted to the senior team in 2015. He won the Thai League 1 title with Chiangrai United in the 2019 season.[4]
After 12 years at Chiangrai United, Ekanit moved to Muangthong United on a permanent transfer.
On 24 July 2023, Ekanit was loaned to 2022 AFC Champions League champions, Urawa Red Diamonds until the end of the year.[5] In the 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage match on 4 October 2022, Ekanit came on as a substitute and in the 85th minute where he scored his first goal on his debut for the club to secured a massive 6–0 home win against Vietnamese side, Hanoi.[6]
On 20 October, Ekanit played the first match in J1 League against Kashiwa Reysol by substitution from the bench to the field in the 73rd minute of this match.[7] Ekanit became the first Thai player in FIFA Club World Cup history after he was registered by Urawa Red Diamonds to participate in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup.[8]
In September 2017, he won the 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship with the Thailand U-19 team.[9] He was called up to the senior squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification second round in September 2019.[10] In 2022, he was called up for the 2022 AFF Championship by Head Coach Alexandré Pölking.[11]
Ekanit was called up for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup but later withdrew to focus for the club. His decision received a lot of criticism from Thai fans.[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Chiangrai United | 2015 | Thai League 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2016 | Thai League 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Chiangrai City F.C. (loan) | 2017 | Thai League 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| Total | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |||
| Chiangmai F.C. (loan) | 2018 | Thai League 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Thai League 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Chiangrai United | 2019 | Thai League 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |
| 2020-21 | Thai League 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 | Thai League 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 41 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 6 | |||
| Chiangmai United (loan) | 2021-22 | Thai League 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| Total | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |||
| Muangthong United | 2022-23 | Thai League 1 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | |
| Total | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | |||
| Urawa Red Diamonds (loan) | 2023 | J1 League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2024 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Career Total | 135 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 18 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 2019 | 5 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 1 |
Scores and results list Thailand's goal tally first.
| Ekanit Panya – goals for Thailand U23 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||
| 1. | 7 June 2019 | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 2–1 | 2019 Merlion Cup | ||
| 2. | 9 May 2022 | align=center | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2021 Southeast Asian Games | |||
| 3. | align=center | 4–0 | ||||||
| Ekanit Panya – goals for Thailand U19 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||
| 1. | 17 March 2017 | Diamond Hill, Hong Kong | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2017 Jockey Club Tournament | ||
| 2. | 4 September 2017 | Yangon, Myanmar | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship | ||
| 3. | 15 September 2017 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||
| 4. | 6 November 2017 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification | ||
| 5. | 23 March 2018 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2018 Dubai Cup | ||
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