Suree Sukha

{{short description|Thai retired professional footballer (born 1982)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Suree Sukha

| image = Suree Sukha after THA-OMA.jpg

| image_size = 220

| caption =

| fullname = Suree Sukha

| height = 1.77 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|7|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sakon Nakhon, Thailand

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Right-back / Centre-back

| youthyears1 = 1997–2000

| youthclubs1 = Assumption College Sriracha

| years1 = 2001 | clubs1 = Balestier Khalsa FC | caps1 = 8 | goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2001–2007 | clubs2 = Chonburi | caps2 = 96 | goals2 = 7

| years3 = 2007–2008 | clubs3 = Manchester City | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2008 | clubs4 = → Grasshopper (loan) | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2008–2012 | clubs5 = Chonburi | caps5 = 115 | goals5 = 10

| years6 = 2013–2016 | clubs6 = Buriram United | caps6 = 69 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2017–2018 | clubs7 = Ubon UMT United | caps7 = 40 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2018–2019 | clubs8 = Ratchaburi Mitr Phol | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2020 | clubs9 = Muangkan United | caps9 = 2 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2020 | clubs10 = → Kanchanaburi (loan) | caps10 = 9 | goals10 = 0

| totalcaps = 350

| totalgoals = 19

| nationalyears1 = 1998–1999

| nationalteam1 = Thailand U17

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2000–2001

| nationalteam2 = Thailand U19

| nationalcaps2 = 12

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2002–2005

| nationalteam3 = Thailand U23

| nationalcaps3 = 14

| nationalgoals3 = 1

| nationalyears4 = 2006–2012

| nationalteam4 = Thailand

| nationalcaps4 = 56

| nationalgoals4 = 2

| pcupdate = 23:39, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

}}

Suree Sukha ({{langx|th|สุรีย์ สุขะ}}, born July 27, 1982) is a Thai retired{{Cite web|url=https://www.siamsport.co.th/football/thaipremierleague/view/216861|title="เปรม" สุรีย์ สุขะ ประกาศแขวนสตั๊ดแล้วในวัย 38 ปี|date=9 December 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.smmsport.com/reader/news/323857|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212122612/https://www.smmsport.com/reader/news/323857|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 12, 2020|title = สุรีย์ สุขะ อดีตแบ็กทีมชาติไทย แขวนสตั๊ดในวัย 38 ปี|date = 8 December 2020}} professional footballer who played as a defender.

Personal life

Suree's twin younger brother Surat was also a footballer who played as a midfielder.{{cite web|title=จัดหนัก! อุบลเปิดตัว สุรีย์-สุรัตน์ แฝดบุรีรัมย์ร่วมทัพ|url=https://www.smmsport.com/reader/news/187506|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411001707/https://www.smmsport.com/reader/news/187506|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 11, 2019|language=Thai|date=21 October 2016|publisher=smmsport|access-date=10 April 2019}}

Club career

File:Suree in THA-OMA.jpg]]

Suree formerly played for Manchester City F.C. following a two-week trial with fellow Thai internationals Kiatprawut Saiwaeo and Teerasil Dangda,.{{cite news

| title = Man City take Thai trio on trial

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6915044.stm

| publisher = BBC Sport

| date = 2007-07-25

| access-date = 2007-07-25}} Sukha's contract was set to be signed by the English club, but his work permit application was denied by the British Home Office as players originating from countries outside of the FIFA-ranked top 70 do not qualify according to Home Office guidelines. He also failed to pass on a clause requiring players to have participated in 75% of their country's internationals in the two years previous to the submission of the permit application.{{cite news

| title = Suree's Man City move in doubt

| url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/footballNews/idUKSP6818920070901?feedType=RSS&feedName=footballNews

| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130201045943/http://uk.reuters.com/article/footballNews/idUKSP6818920070901?feedType=RSS&feedName=footballNews

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = February 1, 2013

| work=Reuters

| date = 2007-09-01

| access-date = 2007-09-13}}

After a long wait, Sukha finally signed for Manchester City along with fellow Thai internationals and City trialists Kiatprawut Saiwaeo and Teerasil Dangda on 16 November 2007, on the same day that his former club, Chonburi, announced a partnership agreement with his new club.{{cite news

| title = Three more clubs join global alliance

| url = http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pageid=115&pagegid=%7BDBD12D53%2D8346%2D431D%2DA04F%2D5D0F8664DE80%7D&newsid=507751&siteid=&pageno=&newscategory=1051&frommonth=9&fromyear=2007&tomonth=11&toyear=2007

| publisher = Manchester City F.C. Official Site

| date = 2007-11-16

| access-date = 2007-11-16}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

On 9 May 2008, Sukha was quoted in the Bangkok Post, as stating his future would lie in either China or Australia after his loan spell at Grasshoppers Zurich.{{cite news

| title = Suree wants a way out of Grasshopper Zurich

| url = http://www.bangkokpost.com/Sports/09May2008_sport31.php

| publisher = Bangkok Post website

| date = 2008-05-09

| access-date = 2008-05-09}}

On 9 December 2020, Sukha announced his retirement via a Facebook meeting.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thairath.co.th/sport/thaifootball/thaipremierleague/1991440|title = ปิดตำนานฉลามชล "สุรีย์ สุขะ" ประกาศแขวนสตั๊ดในวัย 38 ปี|date = 9 December 2020}}