Totchtawan Sripan

Totchtawan Sripan

Personal information
Full name	Totchtawan Sripan
Birth name	Tawan Sripan
Date of birth	(1971-12-13) 13 December 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Saraburi, Thailand
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bangkok United (head coach)
Youth career
1983–1985	Kaeng Khoi School
1986–1988	Saraburi Technical College
1989–1992	Rajamangala College Nonthaburi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	Raj-Vithi	15	(1)
1995–1997	Bangkok Bank of Commerce	51	(11)
1998–2003	Sembawang Rangers	180	(29)
2004–2006	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	49	(13)
2007–2009	BEC Tero Sasana	60	(6)
Total		355	(60)
International career‡
1993–2009	Thailand	110	(19)
Managerial career
2009	BEC Tero Sasana (player-manager)
2010	BEC Tero Sasana
2010–2015	Saraburi
2015	Police United
2016–2018	Muangthong United
2018	Police Tero
2018–2019	Suphanburi
2019–2020	Thailand (assistant)
2020–2022	Bangkok United
2022–2023	Bangkok United (caretaker)
2023–	Bangkok United
Medal record Thailand national football team Sea Games Sea Games 1993 Football Sea Games 1995 Football Sea Games 1997 Football Sea Games 1999 Football
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:08, 26 September 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 December 2009

Totchtawan Sripan (Thai: ธชตวัน ศรีปาน) (born 13 December 1971) is a Thai professional football manager and former player. He is currently head coach of Thai League 1 club Bangkok United.^[1]

Totchtawan became one of the greatest midfielders in Thailand with his creative passing and set-piece taking. He won the award from Cheerthai.com, the main website for Thai football in 2001, for the best player of that year. His most voted memorable goals for the Thailand national team came from a friendly match against Manchester United in 2001 and a 30-yard free-kick against Netherlands in a friendly match in Bangkok in 2007, which Thailand lost 1–3.

Totchtawan announced his retirement after Thailand national football team failed to qualify for the World cup 2010. Thereafter, he was appointed as Thailand assistant coach by the Football Association of Thailand for cooperation working with Peter Reid who was appointed Thailand chief coach in August.

In November 2008, Tawan stood down from his duties as the assistant coach with the Thai national team, due to some players being unhappy with his other commitments to his club side BEC Tero Sasana (Tawan was still actively playing). Tawan's role as assistant coach to Reid saw the national team win one game and lose one game: beating North Korea in the opening game of the T&T Cup and losing away to Saudi Arabia.

During his career, playing for clubs in Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore, he played as central midfielder or attacking midfielder. Totchtawan was a longstanding member of the Thailand national team, playing from 1992 to 2009.

May 2009, After parting way with Christophe Larrouilh in the middle of the season, BEC Tero Sasana decided to promote Tawan Sripan to be the player-coach of the club. Sripan managed the club to finish in the fourth place of the table and reach the final of 2009 FA Cup. BEC Tero lost in the final against Thai Port by the penalty shoot-out after the 1–1 draw at the end of the extra-time.

In December 2010, Totchtawan joined his hometown club Saraburi when the club was still in the Regional League Division 2, the third level division. He spent his first year by promoting his club from the Division 2 to Division 1. His debut was the game in Division 1 Promotion stage against Rangsit University which Saraburi won 2–0. Saraburi promoted to Division 1 by finishing third place in group A of the qualification. Saraburi stayed in Thai second division for four years before the historic promotion. Saraburi promoted to Thai Premier League after the finished as the runner-up in the end of 2014 season.

Totchtawan continued his head coach role in 2015 Thai Premier League. However, Saruburi could collect only one point after six games of the season. Totchtawan decided to resign from his position on 8 April 2015.

On 11 May 2015, around a month after the club head coach Attaphol Buspakom had died of sepsis, Police United of Division 1 announced the appointment of Totchtawan Sripan. He managed the club for the rest of the season. Police United won 2015 Thai Division 1 League and promoted to Thai Premier League. Totchtawan later left Police United due to the club financial crisis.

On 21 January 2016, Muangthong United appointed Totchtawan Sripan as the club head coach. He is the first Thai head coach of the club after six years. Totchtawan made the official managerial debut on 2 February 2016 in AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 2 against Johor Darul Ta'zim from Malaysia. Muangthong won the match by the penalty shoot-out after the 0–0 draw at the end of extra-time. Muangthong United was knocked out of the AFC competition in the next round after lost 0–3 to Shanghai SIPG from China. Totchtawan Sripan eventually won a double, becoming champions of the Thai League and League Cup in his first season at Muangthong.

On 22 January 2017, Totchatawan guided Muangthong United to lift 2017 Thailand Champions Cup trophy with a 5–0 win over Sukhothai. His Muangthong United later lost 1–3 to Japanese club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2017 Toyota Premier Cup.

In 2017 AFC Champions League group stage, Totchtawan created the impressive run with Muangthong United by a point in the opening game against Brisbane Roar before the historic first win in the competition over Japanese J1 League champion Kashima Antlers at Supachalasai Stadium in the second match. His crews obtained another point from Ulsan Hyundai's home before the win in returning game at SCG Stadium. After six games, Muangthong is on the second of the group with 11 points pass through to knockout stage. In the end of seasons 2017, Totchtawan get Thai League 1 Coach of the Year award for the best performance in 2017 AFC Champions League.

On March 11, 2018. After shocked 1–6 away loss to PT Prachuap. He immediately resigns from Muangthong's managerial position, firstly not approved by the club, but later in mutual consent.^[2]

On 15 June 2024, he led Bangkok United to win the first Thai FA Cup title in their history, after a 4–1 win on penalties over DP Kanchanaburi in the final.^[3]

List of international goals scored by Totchtawan Sripan

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	December 10, 1995	Chiang Mai, Thailand	Vietnam	3-1	Win	1995 Southeast Asian Games
2	December 16, 1995	Chiang Mai, Thailand	Vietnam	4-0	Win	1995 Southeast Asian Games
3	December 16, 1995	Chiang Mai, Thailand	Vietnam	4-0	Win	1995 Southeast Asian Games
4	October 7, 1997	Jakarta, Indonesia	Brunei	7-0	Win	1997 Southeast Asian Games
5	October 7, 1997	Jakarta, Indonesia	Brunei	7-0	Win	1997 Southeast Asian Games
6	December 12, 1997	Jakarta, Indonesia	Cambodia	4-0	Win	1997 Southeast Asian Games
7	December 2, 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Hong Kong	5-0	Win	1998 Asian Games
8	August 1, 1999	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	Laos	1-0	Win	1999 Southeast Asian Games
9	August 8, 1999	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	Myanmar	7-0	Win	1999 Southeast Asian Games
10	August 12, 1999	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	Singapore	2-0	Win	1999 Southeast Asian Games
11	November 16, 2000	Bangkok, Thailand	Malaysia	2-0	Win	2000 Tiger Cup
12	February 10, 2001	Bangkok, Thailand	Sweden	1-4	Lost	2001 King's Cup
13	February 12, 2001	Bangkok, Thailand	Qatar	1-3	Lost	2001 King's Cup
14	February 14, 2001	Bangkok, Thailand	China	1-5	Lost	2001 King's Cup
15	May 30, 2001	Bangkok, Thailand	Lebanon	2-2	Drew	2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification
16	June 6, 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Netherlands	1-3	Lost	Friendly International
17	July 2, 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Qatar	2-0	Won	Friendly International
18	June 22, 2008	Muscat, Oman	Oman	1-2	Lost	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Correct as of 13 January 2017[4]

As of 4 December 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
BEC Tero Sasana	25 June 2009	15 July 2010	35	16	8	11	65	48	+17	045.71
Saraburi	1 December 2010	8 April 2015	158	60	50	48	222	191	+31	037.97
Police United	11 May 2015	31 December 2015	34	20	7	7	78	28	+50	058.82
Muangthong United	21 January 2016	12 March 2018	107	75	12	20	233	107	+126	070.09
Police Tero	29 June 2018	14 September 2018	12	3	2	7	17	27	−10	025.00
Suphanburi	12 November 2018	2 June 2019	15	3	5	7	14	22	−8	020.00
Bangkok United	5 November 2020	11 March 2022	50	27	12	11	97	46	+51	054.00
Bangkok United	28 December 2022	Present	92	57	20	15	181	85	+96	061.96
Total			503	261	116	126	907	554	+353	051.89

Thailand

• Sea Games: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999
• AFF Championship: 1996, 2000, 2002
• King's Cup: 1994, 2000, 2006
• Indonesian Independence Cup: 1994
• Asian Games fourth place: 1998, 2002

Hoang Anh Gia Lai

• V-League 1: 2004
• Vietnamese Super Cup: 2004

Saraburi

• Regional League Eastern Division: 2010
• Thai Division 1 League second-place promotion: 2014

Police United

• Thai Division 1 League: 2015

Muangthong United

• Thai League 1: 2016
• Thai League Cup: 2016, 2017
• Thailand Champions Cup: 2017
• Mekong Club Championship: 2017

Bangkok United

• Thai FA Cup: 2023–24
• Thailand Champions Cup: 2023

Individual

• Thai League 1 Coach of the Year: 2016, 2023–24
• Thai League 1 Coach of the Month: May 2016, November 2021, August 2023, October 2024

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

• Totchtawan Sripan at National-Football-Teams.com
• A report of a May 2007 game against China