Therdsak Chaiman

Therdsak Chaiman
Personal information
Full name	Therdsak Chaiman
Date of birth	29 September 1973
Place of birth	Suphan Buri, Thailand
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4 1&fras1;2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1989–1991	Rajdamnern Commercial College
1992–1993	Stock Exchange of Thailand
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
2015	Chonburi (assistant)
2016–2017	Chonburi
2018	Chonburi (assistant)
2019	Phuket City
2020	Port (assistant)
2020	Uthai Thani
Thailand
Asean Football Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Therdsak Chaiman (Thai: เทิดศักดิ์ ใจมั่น, born 29 September 1973), simply known as Uncle Therd (Thai: น้าเทิด), is a Thai retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and later became a manager. Therdsak was a prolific goalscorer, free kick specialist, and could shoot with both feet. Therdsak also once played futsal for the Thai national team.

Club career

Therdsak with Chonburi in 2010

Therdsak is regarded as one of Southeast Asia's finest footballers. In 2002, he was loaned out to SAFFC in 2002 and proceeded to win the S.League player of the year. In 2003, Therdsak led BEC Tero Sasana to the final of the AFC Champions League against Al Ain FC in 2003. He scored against Taejon Citizen and Shanghai Shenhua in the process and was named the 2003 AFC Champions League most valuable player. In 2004, Therdsak secured a move to Vietnam's East Asia Bank but did not settle well due to a stomach muscle injury which kept him out for seven months. He promptly rejoined his former club SAFFC in 2005 despite interest from Home United Football Club. Despite his diminutive frame, Therdsak has proved to be more than capable to play with the bigwigs of international football, and at his peak, impressing many with his surging runs, vision and shot technique not often seen among footballers of his region. Therdsak officially announced his retirement from professional football on 19 November 2017 after end of Thai League 1 season 2017 with quit of the manager job at Chonburi.^[1]

Managerial career

On 21 December 2015, Chonburi has promoted Therdsak from player-coach to be the new manager of the club after the departure of Jadet Meelarp.^[2] Therdsak made the official managerial debut on 2 February 2016 in AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 2 against Myanmar champion, Yangon United at Chonburi Stadium. Chonburi won 3–2 at the extra time. Chonburi were knocked out of the AFC competition in the final playoff by losing 0–9 to FC Tokyo from Japan.

Managerial statistics

As of 8 September 2019

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Chonburi	2016	2017	69	30	17	22	043.48
Phuket City	2019	2019	29	11	7	11	037.93
Total			98	41	24	33	041.84

International career

In 2002, Therdsak was instrumental for the Thailand national football team in the Tiger Cup which they won. He was awarded the Tiger Cup Most Valuable Player Award for his displays in the tournament. In June 2007, he was recalled into the national football team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup after a lengthy absence from the team due to fatigue.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	August 31, 1998	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Indonesia	3–2	Won	1998 Tiger Cup
2.	June 18, 2000	Bangkok, Thailand	Uzbekistan	2–0	Won	Friendly
3.	June 18, 2000	Bangkok, Thailand	Uzbekistan	2–0	Won	Friendly
4.	September 1, 2000	Shanghai, China	China PR	1–3	Lost	2000 Four Nations Tournament
5.	September 3, 2000	Shanghai, China	Uzbekistan	4–2	Won	2000 Four Nations Tournament
6.	October 6, 2000	Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–1	Draw	Friendly
7.	January 30, 2001	Bangkok, Thailand	Kyrgyzstan	3–1	Won	Friendly
8.	June 13, 2001	Beirut, Lebanon	Sri Lanka	4–2	Won	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.	June 15, 2001	Beirut, Lebanon	Pakistan	3–0	Won	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.	December 8, 2002	Bangkok, Thailand	Vietnam	2–1	Won	Friendly
11.	December 8, 2002	Bangkok, Thailand	Vietnam	2–1	Won	Friendly
12.	December 20, 2002	Singapore	Malaysia	1–3	Lost	2002 Tiger Cup
13.	December 29, 2002	Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	4–2 (pens)	Won	2002 Tiger Cup
14.	February 18, 2003	Bangkok, Thailand	Qatar	1–1	Draw	2003 King's Cup
15.	November 19, 2003	Bangkok, Thailand	Tajikistan	1–0	Won	2004 Asian Cup Qualification
16.	August 19, 2004	Bangkok, Thailand	Malaysia	1–2	Lost	Friendly
17.	October 8, 2004	Bangkok, Thailand	Jordan	2–3	Lost	Friendly
18.	October 13, 2004	Bangkok, Thailand	United Arab Emirates	3–0	Won	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
19.	December 10, 2004	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Myanmar	1–1	Draw	2004 Tiger Cup
20.	December 12, 2004	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Timor-Leste	8–0	Won	2004 Tiger Cup
21.	November 14, 2009	Singapore	Singapore	3–1	Won	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
22.	January 20, 2010	Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Poland	1–3	Lost	2010 King's Cup