Thai football player
Anthony Petch Ampaipitakwong ( Thai : แอนโธนี่ เพ็ชร อําไพพิทักษ์วงศ์ ; born 14 June 1988 ) is a Thai football player who plays as a defensive midfielder .

personal biography [edit ]

Anthony was born in Carrollton, Texas. His mother is american english and his forefather is Thai. From 2003–05, Ampaipitakwong was a part of the United States U-17 national team Residency program in Bradenton, Florida. [ 2 ]

College and amateurish [edit ]

While a scholar at the University of Akron, Ampaipitakwong helped the Akron Zips men ‘s soccer team, coached by Caleb Porter, to their first national championship in 2010 with a winnings in the College Cup Final against Louisville. He was on the Hermann Trophy Watch List and was a College Soccer News Preseason All-American. He was a co-captain on a team that lost two games over two years. He was a National Soccer Coaches Association of America ( NSCAA ) First Team All-American and a Soccer America MVP First Team choice in 2009. He was the winner of the NCAA Senior CLASS Award in 2010.

Ampaipitakwong started all 93 games he appeared in over his four-year career at Akron, scoring 17 goals with 30 assists. In his aged season, he scored three goals and had a career senior high school 11 assists. During his college years Ampaipitakwong besides played with the Bradenton Academics in the USL Premier Development League, scoring 6 goals in 45 league appearances over four seasons with the team. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]

Club career [edit ]

Ampaipitakwong was selected by the San Jose Earthquakes in the second round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft ( 33rd overall ). [ 7 ] He signed with the golf club on March 1, 2011, [ 8 ] and made his professional introduction on March 19 in the first game of the 2011 MLS temper, a 1–0 loss to Real Salt Lake. [ 9 ] In June 2012, Ampaipitakwong signed a 2.5 year contract with Thai Premier League side Buriram United. [ 10 ] In the second gear leg of the 2013 Thai Premier League Ampaipitakwong was bought from Buriram United by Bangkok United and signed a 2.5 class deal.

International career [edit ]

Ampaipitakwong represented the US Under-17 national team. [ 11 ] He is presently representing Thailand national football team, as his founder is Thai. He played his first match with the Thai national team in the meet against Qatar on March 17, 2013 .

Statistics [edit ]

As of 3 April 2021

Club

Season

League

Cup

League Cup

Continental

Total

Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals

San Jose Earthquakes
2011

12
0
2
0


14
0

2012

0
0
0
0


0
0

Total

12
0
2
0


14
0

Buriram United
2012

10
3
5
0
6
1

21
4

2013

6
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
7
0

Total

16
3
5
0
6
1
1
0
28
4

Bangkok United
2013

11
2
1
0


12
2

2014

24
1
2
0
0
0

25
1

2015

25
2
1
0
2
1

27
3

2016

25
0
1
0
0
0

26
0

2017

30
0
4
0
0
0
1
0
35
0

2018

30
0
1
0
0
0

31
0

2019

19
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
23
0

2020

16
0
4
0
0
0

20
0

Total

180
5
16
0
3
1
2
0
201
6

Career Total

208
8
23
0
9
2
3
0
243
10

International [edit ]

As of November 12, 2015[12]

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Thailand

2013
2
0

Total
2
0

Honors [edit ]

University of Akron [edit ]

Buriram United [edit ]

References [edit ]

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