Piyapong Pue-on

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Piyapong Pue-on

| birth_name = Padej Khankruea

| image = Piyapong Pue-on 2010-2-21.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Pue-on in 2010 at Rajamangala Stadium

| fullname = Piyapong Pue-on

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1959|11|14}}

| birth_place = Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

| height = {{height|meters=1.78}}

| currentclub =

| position = Striker

| 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

| nationalteam1 = Thailand

| nationalcaps1 = 100

| nationalgoals1 = 70

| manageryears1 = 1997–2008

| managerclubs1 = Royal Thai Air Force

| manageryears2 = 2008–2013

| managerclubs2 = TPL All-Star

| manageryears3 = 2009

| managerclubs3 = Nakhon Pathom

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

}}

Piyapong Pue-on ({{langx|th|ปิยะพงษ์ ผิวอ่อน}}; {{RTGS|Piyaphong Phio-on}}; born Padej Khankruea ({{langx|th|เผด็จ ขันเครือ}}; {{RTGS|Phadet Khankhruea}}; 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=

File:Lucky-Goldstar FC Piyapong Pue-on's Uniform, NMKCH.jpg kit on display at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History]]

In August 1984, Piyapong joined K League club Lucky-Goldstar FC.{{cite web |title=네이버 뉴스 라이브러리 |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1984083000329208010&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1984-08-30&officeId=00032&pageNo=8&printNo=11977&publishType=00020 |website=NAVER Newslibrary |access-date=28 August 2019 |language=ko}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=115&oid=001&aid=0001918828|script-title=ko:피아퐁 "21년 간 한국 잊어본 적 없다|publisher=Yonhap News |date=August 1, 2007|language=ko}}

International career

Piyapong played for Thailand national team for 16 years (1981–1997), scoring 70 goals in 100 appearances in full international matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pueon-intlg.html|access-date=January 11, 2017|website=RSSSF|title=Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals}}

= International goals =

:Results list Thailand's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pueon-intlg.html|access-date=January 11, 2017|website=RSSSF|title=Piyapong Pue-on - Century of International Appearances}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1.	June 20, 1981	Seoul	{{fb\|IDN}}	1	3–1	1981 President's Cup
2.	November 11, 1981	Bangkok	{{fb\|PAK}}	1	1–0	1981 King's Cup
3.	November 15, 1981	Bangkok	{{fb\|MAS}}	2	2–0	1981 King's Cup
5.	December 9, 1981	Manila	{{fb\|MAS}}	2	2–2	1981 Southeast Asian Games
7.	December 11, 1981	Manila	{{fb\|MYA\|1974}}	2	3–3	1981 Southeast Asian Games
9.	December 14, 1981	Manila	{{fb\|IDN}}	2	2–0	1981 Southeast Asian Games
11.	December 15, 1981	Manila	{{fb\|MAS}}	2	2–1	1981 Southeast Asian Games
13.	May 1, 1982	Bangkok	{{fb\|SIN}}	1	1–1	1982 King's Cup
14.	May 7, 1982	Bangkok	{{fb\|NPL}}	1	3–1	1982 King's Cup
15.	May 15, 1982	Bangkok	{{fb\|SIN}}	2	2–2	1982 King's Cup
17.	May 17, 1982	Bangkok	{{fb\|KOR}}	1	0–0{{efn\|Thailand won 4–3 after the penalty shootout.}}	1982 King's Cup
18.	November 24, 1982	New Delhi	{{fb\|SYR}}	1	3–1	1982 Asian Games
19.	April 10, 1983	Kathmandu	{{fb\|NPL}}	2	2–0	Affa Cup
21.	May 29, 1983	Singapore	{{fb\|IDN}}	1	5–0	1983 Southeast Asian Games
22.	May 31, 1983	Singapore	{{fb\|BRU}}	2	2–1	1983 Southeast Asian Games
24.	June 4, 1983	Singapore	{{fb\|MAS}}	1	1–1{{efn\|Thailand won 4–1 after the penalty shootout.}}	1983 Southeast Asian Games
25.	June 6, 1983	Singapore	{{fb\|SIN}}	1	2–1	1983 Southeast Asian Games
26.	July 18, 1983	Beijing	{{fb\|HKG\|colonial}}	1	1–1{{efn\|Thailand won 4–3 after the penalty shootout.}}	1983 Great Wall Cup
27.	July 20, 1983	Beijing	{{fb\|CHN}}	1	1–2	1983 Great Wall Cup
-	November 1, 1983	Bangkok	{{fb\|KOR}}	1	2–1	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
-	November 10, 1983	Bangkok	{{fb\|CHN}}	1	1–0	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
-	April 15, 1984	Bangkok	{{fb\|JPN}}	3	5–2	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
28.	August 9, 1984	Bangkok	{{fb\|PHI}}	2	3–0	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification
29.	December 8, 1985	Bangkok	{{fb\|MAS}}	1	1–1	1985 Southeast Asian Games
30.	December 12, 1985	Bangkok	{{fb\|PHI}}	2	7–0	1985 Southeast Asian Games
31.	December 15, 1985	Bangkok	{{fb\|IDN}}	2	7–0	1985 Southeast Asian Games
32.	September 23, 1986	Daegu	{{fb\|UAE}}	1	1–2	1986 Asian Games
33.	September 29, 1986	Seoul	{{fb\|PAK}}	3	6–0	1986 Asian Games
34.	September 10, 1987	Jakarta	{{fb\|BRU}}	2	3–1	1987 Southeast Asian Games
35.	September 19, 1987	Jakarta	{{fb\|MYA\|1974}}	2	4–0	1987 Southeast Asian Games
36.	January 14, 1988	Bangkok	{{fb\|IDN}}	1	3–3	1988 King's Cup
37.	January 30, 1989	Bangkok	{{fb\|IDN}}	2	3–0	1989 King's Cup
38.	February 19, 1989	Bangkok	{{fb\|BAN}}	1	1–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
39.	August 22, 1989	Kuala Lumpur	{{fb\|MYA\|1974}}	2	3–0	1989 Southeast Asian Games
40.	August 24, 1989	Kuala Lumpur	{{fb\|SIN}}	1	1–1	1989 Southeast Asian Games
41.	February 10, 1993	Bangkok	{{fb\|CHN}}	1	1–0	1993 King's Cup
42.	April 18, 1993	Tokyo	{{fb\|BAN}}	3	4–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
43.	May 3, 1993	Dubai	{{fb\|LKA}}	3	3–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
44.	May 5, 1993	Dubai	{{fb\|BAN}}	2	4–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
45.	June 7, 1993	Singapore	{{fb\|MYA\|1974}}	1	2–0	1993 Southeast Asian Games
46.	June 11, 1993	Singapore	{{fb\|BRU}}	1	5–2	1993 Southeast Asian Games
47.	June 13, 1993	Singapore	{{fb\|LAO}}	2	4–1	1993 Southeast Asian Games
48.	June 20, 1993	Singapore	{{fb\|MYA\|1974}}	1	4–3	1993 Southeast Asian Games
49.	March 2, 1997	Bangkok	{{fb\|KOR}}	1	1–3	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
50.	October 12, 1997	Jakarta	{{fb\|CAM}}	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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd67c3d7c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116210038/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd67c3d7c|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 16, 2017|publisher=bfi.org.uk|access-date=January 11, 2017|title=Piyapong Pue-on Filmography}}

Honours

=Player=

Lucky-Goldstar FC{{cite news|url=http://m.fcseoul.com/mobile/news_tv/fcnews_view.jsp?seq=2278&tcd=news&pg=63|title='태국 축구영웅' 피아퐁 아들과 함께 FC서울 방문|language=ko|date=October 13, 2010|access-date=January 23, 2017|publisher=FC Seoul official website}}

K League (1): 1985

Pahang FA

Malaysian League (1) : 1987

Individual

K League Top Scorer Award (1): 1985{{cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/seas-biggest-football-exports-piyapong-fandi-a-barcelona-legend?page=0%2C5|title=SEA's Biggest Football Exports - From Piyapong to Fandi & a Barcelona legend|date=19 July 2017|access-date=9 December 2018|publisher=FourFourTwo}}
K League Top Assists Award (1): 1985
K League Best XI (1): 1985

=Manager=

Royal Thai Air Force

Thai Premier League (2): 1997, 1999{{cite web |title=เดอะตุ๊กเผยรอคุยบอร์ดท่าเรือศุกร์นี้ก่อนตัดสินใจ |url=https://www.goal.com/th/news/4280/ฟุตบอลไทย/2012/10/31/3490706/เดอะตุ๊กเผยรอคุยบอร์ดท่าเรือศุกร์นี้ก่อนตัดสินใจ |website=Goal |access-date=8 September 2019 |language=th}}

=Individual=

Asian Player of the Month: February 1997{{cite web |title=Thai hero Piyapong takes award |url=http://www.asian-football.com/afc/pub/april97/frame.r2.html |website=Asian Football Confederation |date=8 July 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970708000554fw_/http://www.asian-football.com/afc/pub/april97/frame.r2.html |archive-date=8 July 1997 |url-status=dead}}
Asian Coach of the Month: January 1998{{cite web |title=Youngster takes top award |url=http://www.asian-football.com/afc/pub/March98/frame.r3.html |website=Asian Football Confederation |date=14 May 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980514221444/http://www.asian-football.com/afc/pub/March98/frame.r3.html |archive-date=1998-05-14 }}