Piyapong Pue-on explained

Piyapong Pue-on
Birth Name:	Padej Khankruea
Fullname:	Piyapong Pue-on
Birth Date:	1959 11, df=y
Birth Place:	Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand
Youthyears1:	1976–1978
Youthclubs1:	Air Technical Training School
Years1:	1979–1984
Clubs1:	Royal Thai Air Force
Caps1:	145
Goals1:	91
Years2:	1984–1986
Clubs2:	Lucky-Goldstar FC
Caps2:	34
Goals2:	17
Years3:	1986–1989
Clubs3:	Pahang FA
Caps3:	61
Goals3:	70
Years4:	1989–1997
Clubs4:	Royal Thai Air Force
Caps4:	248
Goals4:	164
Totalcaps:	488
Totalgoals:	342
Nationalyears1:	1981–1997
Nationalcaps1:	100
Nationalgoals1:	70
Manageryears1:	1997–2008
Managerclubs1:	Royal Thai Air Force
Manageryears2:	2008–2013
Managerclubs2:	TPL All-Star
Manageryears3:	2009
Managerclubs3:	Nakhon Pathom

Piyapong Pue-on (Thai: ปิยะพงษ์ ผิวอ่อน; ; born Padej Khankruea (Thai: เผด็จ ขันเครือ; ; 14 November 1959) is a Thai former football player who played as a striker. He was a member of the Thailand national team and also played for South Korean side Lucky-Goldstar FC.

Club career

Lucky-Goldstar FC

In August 1984, Piyapong joined K League club Lucky-Goldstar FC.^[1]

In the 1984 K League season, he scored on his debut on 8 September against POSCO Dolphins. He played one of the leading roles to crown the Lucky-Goldstar as the K League champions in 1985, scoring 12 goals and providing 6 assists.^[2]

International career

Piyapong played for Thailand national team for 16 years (1981–1997), scoring 70 goals in 100 appearances in full international matches.^[3]

International goals

Results list Thailand's goal tally first.^[4]

	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	June 20, 1981			1	3–1	1981 President's Cup
2.	November 11, 1981			1	1–0	1981 King's Cup
3.	November 15, 1981			2	2–0	1981 King's Cup
5.	December 9, 1981			2	2–2	1981 Southeast Asian Games
7.	December 11, 1981			2	3–3	1981 Southeast Asian Games
9.	December 14, 1981			2	2–0	1981 Southeast Asian Games
11.	December 15, 1981			2	2–1	1981 Southeast Asian Games
13.	May 1, 1982			1	1–1	1982 King's Cup
14.	May 7, 1982			1	3–1	1982 King's Cup
15.	May 15, 1982			2	2–2	1982 King's Cup
17.	May 17, 1982			1	0–0	1982 King's Cup
18.	November 24, 1982			1	3–1	1982 Asian Games
19.	April 10, 1983			2	2–0	Affa Cup
21.	May 29, 1983			1	5–0	1983 Southeast Asian Games
22.	May 31, 1983			2	2–1	1983 Southeast Asian Games
24.	June 4, 1983			1	1–1	1983 Southeast Asian Games
25.	June 6, 1983			1	2–1	1983 Southeast Asian Games
26.	July 18, 1983			1	1–1	1983 Great Wall Cup
27.	July 20, 1983			1	1–2	1983 Great Wall Cup
-	November 1, 1983			1	2–1	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
-	November 10, 1983			1	1–0	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
-	April 15, 1984			3	5–2	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
28.	August 9, 1984			2	3–0	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification
29.	December 8, 1985			1	1–1	1985 Southeast Asian Games
30.	December 12, 1985			2	7–0	1985 Southeast Asian Games
31.	December 15, 1985			2	7–0	1985 Southeast Asian Games
32.	September 23, 1986			1	1–2	1986 Asian Games
33.	September 29, 1986			3	6–0	1986 Asian Games
34.	September 10, 1987			2	3–1	1987 Southeast Asian Games
35.	September 19, 1987			2	4–0	1987 Southeast Asian Games
36.	January 14, 1988			1	3–3
37.	January 30, 1989			2	3–0
38.	February 19, 1989			1	1–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
39.	August 22, 1989			2	3–0	1989 Southeast Asian Games
40.	August 24, 1989			1	1–1	1989 Southeast Asian Games
41.	February 10, 1993			1	1–0
42.	April 18, 1993			3	4–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
43.	May 3, 1993			3	3–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
44.	May 5, 1993			2	4–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
45.	June 7, 1993			1	2–0	1993 Southeast Asian Games
46.	June 11, 1993			1	5–2	1993 Southeast Asian Games
47.	June 13, 1993			2	4–1	1993 Southeast Asian Games
48.	June 20, 1993			1	4–3	1993 Southeast Asian Games
49.	March 2, 1997			1	1–3	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
50.	October 12, 1997			1	4–0	1997 Southeast Asian Games

Coaching career

Piyapong coached the Royal Thai Air Force football club between 1997 and 2008.

Personal life

Piyapong appeared in the 2004 film Born to Fight.^[5]

Honours

Player

Lucky-Goldstar FC^[6]

• K League (1): 1985

Pahang FA

• Malaysian League (1) : 1987

Individual

• K League Top Scorer Award (1): 1985^[7]
• K League Top Assists Award (1): 1985^[7]
• K League Best XI (1): 1985^[7]

Manager

Royal Thai Air Force

• Thai Premier League (2): 1997, 1999^[8]

Individual

• Asian Player of the Month: February 1997^[9]
• Asian Coach of the Month: January 1998^[10]

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

Notes and References

1. Web site: 네이버 뉴스 라이브러리 . NAVER Newslibrary . 28 August 2019 . ko.
2. News: http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=115&oid=001&aid=0001918828. ko:피아퐁 "21년 간 한국 잊어본 적 없다. . August 1, 2007. ko.
3. Web site: Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals. January 11, 2017. RSSSF.
4. Web site: Piyapong Pue-on - Century of International Appearances. January 11, 2017. RSSSF.
5. Web site: Piyapong Pue-on Filmography. https://web.archive.org/web/20170116210038/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd67c3d7c. dead. January 16, 2017. bfi.org.uk. January 11, 2017.
6. News: '태국 축구영웅' 피아퐁 아들과 함께 FC서울 방문. ko. October 13, 2010. January 23, 2017. FC Seoul official website.
7. News: SEA's Biggest Football Exports - From Piyapong to Fandi & a Barcelona legend. 19 July 2017. 9 December 2018. FourFourTwo.
8. Web site: เดอะตุ๊กเผยรอคุยบอร์ดท่าเรือศุกร์นี้ก่อนตัดสินใจ . Goal . 8 September 2019 . th.
9. Web site: Thai hero Piyapong takes award . . 8 July 1997 . https://web.archive.org/web/19970708000554fw_/http://www.asian-football.com/afc/pub/april97/frame.r2.html . 8 July 1997 . dead.
10. Web site: Youngster takes top award . . 14 May 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/19980514221444/http://www.asian-football.com/afc/pub/March98/frame.r3.html . 1998-05-14 .