Nopphon Lakhonphon

Nopphon Lakhonphon
Personal information
Full name	Nopphon Lakhonphon
Date of birth	19 July 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Buriram, Thailand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Nakhon Si United (on loan from Buriram United)
Number	23
Youth career
2012–2019	Buriram United
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–	Buriram United
2019	→ Lampang (loan)
2020–2021	→ Nakhon Pathom United (loan)
2024–	→ Nakhon Si United (loan)
International career
2018	Thailand U19
2022–2023	Thailand U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2024

Nopphon Lakhonphon (Thai: นพพล ละครพล, born 19 July 2000) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Thai League 2 club Nakhon Si United, on loan from Buriram United.^[1]

Club career

At the age of twelve, he entered trials and was selected for the youth academy of Buriram United. He attended secondary school at Phattharaborphit School (near the Buriram United Academy), and played for the school and the youth club.^[2] The team won the U-19 Thailand Championship ("Coke Cup") in 2017, where Nopphon was named Best Goalkeeper.^[3]

Nopphon had an appearance with Buriram's senior team as early as age fifteen, when he was brought on at the 86th minute in a friendly match against the Laos National Team.^[4] That year, he was included in Buriram United's roster for the second leg of the Thai League, making him the youngest player in the country's top league.^[5] Nopphon regularly appeared for the Buriram United B Team in 2017, when the Thai League began allowing clubs to field secondary teams in the Thai League 4. He was loaned to Lampang for the 2019 season. He was in goal 33 times for the second division club from Lampang. Immediately afterwards, he was loaned to Nakhon Pathom United from Nakhon Pathom, who had recently been promoted to the second division, in early 2020. With Nakhon Pathom he was third in the table and thus qualified for the promotion games to the first division. For Nakhon Pathom he completed 29 second division games. He returned to Buriram at the end of May 2021. At the end of the 2021/22 season he celebrated the Thai championship with Buriram.

International career

In May 2018, he was called up to the U19 National Team for the 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship.^[6] However, he was heavily criticized for his performance in October's 2018 AFC U-19 Championship, where Thailand conceded an equalizing goal at the 87th minute and ultimately lost 3–7 to Qatar in the quarterfinals, missing their chance at the U-20 World Cup.^[7]

In March 2019, He was called up to the U23 National Team for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification and 2019 Merlion Cup,^[8]^[9] but was dropped for the 2019 SEA Games.^[10] In 2022, he was called up to the U23 team for the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

Honours

Buriram United

References

^ Nopphon Lakhonphon at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ "ผู้เล่นคนสุดท้าย ที่จะใช้ใน(เลกแรก)"ที2 2019" มาจาก'บุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด'อีกคน..." Lampang FootballClub Facebook page (in Thai). Lampang Football Club. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^ "จับตาดาวเด่น M-150 แชมเปี้ยนชิพ : นพพล ละครพล". Goal.com (in Thai). 4 April 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^ "วินาทีสำคัญ!บุรีรัมย์ส่งเด็กสร้างวัย15เฝ้าเสาเกมอุ่นถล่มลาว". Goal.com (in Thai). 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^ "เด��กสุดไทยลีก!บุรีรัมย์ส่งโกลวัย15ขวบลุยเลกสอง". FourFourTwo. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^ "ช้างศึกยู-19 เตรียมให้โอกาส "นพพล" พิสูจน์ฝีเท้า". Siam Sport (in Thai). 6 May 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^ "นพพล: ผมไม่เคยท้อ แม้จะเคยเป็น แพะรับบาป ทีมชาติไทย ชวดลุยบอลโลก - บทความฟุตบอลไทย". SMM Sport (in Thai). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.^{[dead link]}
^ PPTV Online (22 March 2019). "เผยชื่อ 11 ตัวจริง และความพร้อมของ 23 ตัวผู้เล่น "ช้างศึก U23" ชุดชิงแชมป์เอเชีย". PPTVHD36 (in Thai). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^ "ช้างศึก U23 ประกาศชื่อ 23 ผู้เล่นทำศึก "Merlion Cup"". Kom Chad Luek (in Thai). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^ "นพพลหลุดคนเดียว!ตัวหลักครบประกาศโผ24แข้งทีมชาติไทยชุดลุยซีเกมส์". Siam Sport (in Thai). 6 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

External links

Nopphon Lakhonphon at Soccerway
Nopphon Lakhonphon – AFC competition record

[1] Nopphon Lakhonphon at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[2] "ผู้เล่นคนสุดท้าย ที่จะใช้ใน(เลกแรก)"ที2 2019" มาจาก'บุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด'อีกคน..." Lampang FootballClub Facebook page (in Thai). Lampang Football Club. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

[3] "จับตาดาวเด่น M-150 แชมเปี้ยนชิพ : นพพล ละครพล". Goal.com (in Thai). 4 April 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

[4] "วินาทีสำคัญ!บุรีรัมย์ส่งเด็กสร้างวัย15เฝ้าเสาเกมอุ่นถล่มลาว". Goal.com (in Thai). 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

[5] "เด��กสุดไทยลีก!บุรีรัมย์ส่งโกลวัย15ขวบลุยเลกสอง". FourFourTwo. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

[6] "ช้างศึกยู-19 เตรียมให้โอกาส "นพพล" พิสูจน์ฝีเท้า". Siam Sport (in Thai). 6 May 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

[7] "นพพล: ผมไม่เคยท้อ แม้จะเคยเป็น แพะรับบาป ทีมชาติไทย ชวดลุยบอลโลก - บทความฟุตบอลไทย". SMM Sport (in Thai). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.^{[dead link]}

[8] PPTV Online (22 March 2019). "เผยชื่อ 11 ตัวจริง และความพร้อมของ 23 ตัวผู้เล่น "ช้างศึก U23" ชุดชิงแชมป์เอเชีย". PPTVHD36 (in Thai). Retrieved 22 November 2019.

[9] "ช้างศึก U23 ประกาศชื่อ 23 ผู้เล่นทำศึก "Merlion Cup"". Kom Chad Luek (in Thai). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

[10] "นพพลหลุดคนเดียว!ตัวหลักครบประกาศโผ24แข้งทีมชาติไทยชุดลุยซีเกมส์". Siam Sport (in Thai). 6 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

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