Piyapong Pue-on

Piyapong Pue-on

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Personal information
Full name	Sqn Ldr Piyapong Pue-on
Date of birth	(1959-11-14) November 14, 1959
Place of birth	Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1977–1978	Royal Thai Air Force
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1984	Royal Thai Air Force	145	(91)
1984–1986	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	34	(17)
1986–1989	Pahang FA	61	(70)
1989–1997	Royal Thai Air Force	248	(164)
Total		488	(342)
International career
1981–1997	Thailand	33	(15)
Managerial career
1997–2008	Royal Thai Air Force
2008-2013	TPL All-Star
2009	Nakhon Pathom FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Squadron Leader Piyapong Pue-on (Thai: ปิยะพงษ์ ผิวอ่อน; rtgs: Piyaphong Phiu-on) born: Padej Khanklue (Thai: เผด็จ ขันเครือ; rtgs: Phadet Khankhluea; November 14, 1959) is a retired Thai football player and played as a striker. He is the most well-known football player in Thailand, and as such, he is considered the national football hero. He was a member of the Thailand national football team and also played for club football for FC Seoul of the South Korean K League

He also appears in the 2004 film Kerd ma lui (Born to Fight in European title).

An active Thai Air Force officer, Piyapong is coaching the Thai Air Force football club (2007). Married, Piyapong has a son born in 1985 playing football like his father and working as a model and movie actor sometimes.

Club career

FC Seoul

He joined FC Seoul, then known as Lucky-Goldstar FC in 1984, At that time, Lucky-Goldstar worked fiercely to bring him from October 1983.

In K League 1984 season, He scoring debut on 8 September against POSCO, including debut goal, He made 4 consecutive goals. He played one of the leading roles to crown FC Seoul in 1985 K-League Championship (12 goals and 6 assists). He had a good relationship with then FC Seoul manager Park Se-Hak whom he still calls "Father".

Honours

Player

Royal Thai Air Force

• Thai Premier League Winners (1) : 1997
• Kor Royal Cup (ถ้วย ก.) Winners (1) : 1996
• Khǒr Royal Cup (ถ้วย ข.) Winners (3) : 1982, 1989, 1991
• Khor Royal Cup (ถ้วย ค.) Winners (2) : 1983, 1990
• Ngor Royal Cup (ถ้วย ง.) Winners (1) : 1984
• Queen's Cup Winners (1) : 1982
• Thai FA Cup Winners (2) : 1995, 1996
• Thai League Cup Winners (1) : 1994

Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso

• K-League Winners (1) : 1985
• K-League Runners-up (1) : 1986

Pahang FA

• Super League Malaysia Winners (1) : 1987

International

Thailand

• Sea Games

Gold medal (6); 1981, 1983, 1985, 1993, 1997, 1999

Silver medal (1); 1991

Bronze medal (1); 1987

• King's Cup Winners (5); 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1992

Individual

Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso

• K League Top Scorer Award : 1985
• K League Top Assists Award : 1985
• K League Best XI : 1985

Managerial

Royal Thai Air Force

• Thai Premier League Winners (2) : 1997, 1999

Runner-up (2) : 1998, 2000

• Thai FA Cup Winners (1) : 2001
• Thai Premier League Coach of the Year (2) : 1997, 1999

International goals

Only some part inclusion.

Results list Thailand's goal tally first.

15 goals in 33 matches which certificated by FIFA.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
June 20, 1981	Seoul	Indonesia	1 goals	3-1	1981 President's Cup
November 11, 1981	Bangkok	Pakistan	1 goals	1-0	1981 King's Cup
November 15, 1981	Bangkok	Malaysia	2 goals	2-0	1981 King's Cup
December 9, 1981	Manila	Malaysia	2 goal	2-2	1981 Southeast Asian Games
December 11, 1981	Manila	Myanmar	2 goal	3-3	1981 Southeast Asian Games
December 14, 1981	Manila	Indonesia	2 goal	2-1	1981 Southeast Asian Games
December 15, 1981	Manila	Malaysia	2 goal	2-1	1981 Southeast Asian Games
April 22, 1982	Bangkok	Iraq	1 goal	1-1	Friendly
May 1, 1982	Bangkok	Singapore	1 goals	1-1	1982 King's Cup
May 7, 1982	Bangkok	Nepal	1 goals	3-1	1982 King's Cup
May 15, 1982	Bangkok	Singapore	2 goals	2-2	1982 King's Cup
May 17, 1982	Bangkok	South Korea	1 goals	1-1	1982 King's Cup
November 24, 1982	New Delhi	Syria	1 goals	3-1	1982 Asian Games
April 10, 1983		Nepal	2 goal	2-0	Affa Cup
May 29, 1983	Singapore	Indonesia	1 goal	5-0	1983 Southeast Asian Games
May 31, 1983	Singapore	Brunei	2 goal	2-1	1983 Southeast Asian Games
June 4, 1983	Singapore	Malaysia	1 goal	4-1	1983 Southeast Asian Games
June 6, 1983	Singapore	Singapore	1 goal	2-1	1983 Southeast Asian Games
July 5, 1983	Bangkok	Singapore	4 goal	4-0	Friendly
July 18, 1983	Beijing	Hong Kong	1 goal	1-1	1983 Great Wall Cup
July 20, 1983	Beijing	China PR	1 goal	1-2	1983 Great Wall Cup
November 10, 1983	Bangkok	South Korea	1 goals	2-1	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
November 10, 1983	Bangkok	China PR	1 goals	1-0	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
December 24, 1983	Bangkok	Singapore	2 goals	3-0	1983 King's Cup
December 30, 1983	Bangkok	Philippines	1 goals	3-0	1983 King's Cup
April 15, 1984	Bangkok	Japan	3 goals	5-2	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
August 9, 1984	Bangkok	Philippines	2 goals	3-0	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification
December 8, 1985	Bangkok	Malaysia	1 goals	1-1	1985 Southeast Asian Games
December 12, 1985	Bangkok	Philippines	2 goals	7-0	1985 Southeast Asian Games
December 15, 1985	Bangkok	Indonesia	2 goals	7-0	1985 Southeast Asian Games
September 23, 1986	Seoul	United Arab Emirates	1 goals	1-2	1986 Asian Games
September 29, 1986	Seoul	Pakistan	3 goals	6-0	1986 Asian Games
September 10, 1987	Jakarta	Brunei	2 goals	3-1	1987 Southeast Asian Games
September 19, 1987	Jakarta	Myanmar	2 goals	4-0	1987 Southeast Asian Games
January 14, 1988	Bangkok	Indonesia	1 goals	3-3	1988 King's Cup
January 25, 1989	Bangkok	Indonesia	2 goals	3-0	1989 King's Cup
February 19, 1989	Bangkok	Bangladesh	1 goal	1-0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
August 22, 1989	Kuala Lumpur	Myanmar	2 goals	3-0	1989 Southeast Asian Games
August 24, 1989	Kuala Lumpur	Singapore	1 goal	1-1	1989 Southeast Asian Games
February 10, 1993	Bangkok	China PR	1 goal	1-0	1993 King's Cup
February 14, 1993	Bangkok	South Korea	1 goal	1-0	1993 King's Cup
April 18, 1993	Tokyo	Bangladesh	3 goals	4-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
May 3, 1993	Dubai	Sri Lanka	3 goals	3-0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
May 5, 1993	Dubai	Bangladesh	2 goals	4-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
June 7, 1993	Singapore	Myanmar	1 goals	2-0	1993 Southeast Asian Games
June 11, 1993	Singapore	Brunei	1 goals	5-2	1993 Southeast Asian Games
June 13, 1993	Singapore	Laos	2 goals	4-1	1993 Southeast Asian Games
June 20, 1993	Singapore	Myanmar	1 goals	4-3	1993 Southeast Asian Games
March 2, 1997	Bangkok	South Korea	1 goal	1-3	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
October 12, 1997	Jakarta	Cambodia	1 goal	4-0	1997 Southeast Asian Games

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
November 20, 1981	Bangkok	Polonia Warszawa	2 goals	2-0	1981 King's Cup
November 24, 1981	Bangkok	North Korean Army	2 goals	2-1	1981 King's Cup
May 6, 1982	Bangkok	August 1(army team)	1 goals	1-1	1982 King's Cup
July 15, 1983	Beijing	August 1(army team)	1 goals	2-1	1983 Great Wall Cup
July 23, 1983	Beijing	Poland U-21	2 goals	3-2	1983 Great Wall Cup
December 27, 1983	Bangkok	Medan	1 goals	2-0	1983 King's Cup
January 3, 1984	Bangkok	Liverpool Amateur	3 goals	4-3	1984 King's Cup
July 28, 1985	Kuala Lumpur	South Korean Army	1 goal	1-1	Merdeka Tournament
January 25, 1988	Bangkok	SC Rotor Volgograd	1 goals	4-2	1988 King's Cup
February 10, 1989	Bangkok	SC Rotor Volgograd	2 goals	3-1	1989 King's Cup
February 8, 1993	Bangkok	Malaysia B	2 goals	3-1	1993 King's Cup
February 12, 1993	Bangkok	Indonesia B	2 goals	2-0	1993 King's Cup
February 14, 1993	Bangkok	Korea Semi-professional Select Team	1 goals	1-0	1993 King's Cup
February 13, 1997	Bangkok	Romania Select	1 goal	1-0	1997 King's Cup

External links

• Official Website
• Piyapong Pue-on – FIFA competition record
• Piyapong Pue-on – K League stats at kleague.com

Awards
Preceded by Baek Jong-Chul	K-League Top Scorer 1985	Succeeded by Chung Hae-Won
Preceded by Landsbergen	K-League Top Assistor 1985	Succeeded by Kang Deuk-Soo