Rangsan Viwatchaichok | |
Fullname: | Rangsan Viwatchaichok |
Birth Date: | 22 January 1979 |
Birth Place: | Bangkok, Thailand |
Currentclub: | Port (head coach) |
Position: | Defensive midfielder, left back |
Youthyears1: | 1995–1997 |
Youthclubs1: | Stock Exchange of Thailand |
Years1: | 1999–2001 |
Clubs1: | BEC Tero Sasana |
Caps1: | 45 |
Goals1: | 4 |
Years2: | 2002 |
Clubs2: | Krung Thai Bank |
Caps2: | 8 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2003 |
Clubs3: | Tobacco Monopoly |
Caps3: | 12 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2004 |
Clubs4: | Krung Thai Bank |
Caps4: | 16 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2004–2006 |
Clubs5: | Bangkok Bank |
Caps5: | 58 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Years6: | 2006–2007 |
Clubs6: | Geylang United |
Caps6: | 63 |
Goals6: | 6 |
Years7: | 2008–2011 |
Clubs7: | Buriram United |
Caps7: | 103 |
Goals7: | 18 |
Years8: | 2012–2016 |
Clubs8: | BEC Tero Sasana |
Caps8: | 112 |
Goals8: | 16 |
Years9: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs9: | Suphanburi |
Caps9: | 23 |
Goals9: | 1 |
Years10: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs10: | Police Tero |
Caps10: | 0 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 440 |
Totalgoals: | 49 |
Nationalyears1: | 2004–2012 |
Nationalteam1: | Thailand |
Nationalcaps1: | 29 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Manageryears1: | 2015–2016 |
Managerclubs1: | BEC Tero Sasana (interim) |
Manageryears2: | 2017 |
Managerclubs2: | Suphanburi (assistant) |
Manageryears3: | 2018–2023 |
Managerclubs3: | Police Tero |
Manageryears4: | 2023– |
Managerclubs4: | Port |
Rangsan Viwatchaichok (Thai: รังสรรค์ วิวัฒน์ชัยโชค;), born January 22, 1979), simply known as Aon (Thai: อ้น;) is a Thai professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Thai League 1 club Port.
Rangsan currently holds the record for the all-time most appearance in Thai League 1 with 439 appearances.
Rangsan is known for his set pieces freekick back in his playing career.[1]
Rangsan is a Thai retired professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a left back. He previously played for four other club teams in Thailand and Singapore with Geylang United.
Rangsan has currently played 29 times for the senior Thailand national team, and he has scored one goal in the process.
On 11 July 2013, BEC Tero Sasana sacked René Desaeyere and promoted Choketawee Promrut to be the club interim manager. Rangsan, who was the club captain, was also promoted to be the assistant coach.[2]
On 9 August 2015, Rangsan was promoted to be the interim manager of BEC Tero Sasana after the removal of Kenny Shiels.[3]
He had coached the club for three games before the appointment of Manuel Cajuda on 27 August.
On 1 December 2015, he was promoted to be the interim manager again after the resignation of Manuel Cajuda.[4] Rangsan managed the club in the last three games of 2015 season with the record of 2 wins and 1 loss. The club set to relegate to Division 1 according to the final standing but still remained in top league after the withdraw ofSaraburi from the competition.
On 17 April 2017, Rangsan was appointed as assistant manager of Suphanburi under manager Adebayo Gbadebo.
On 23 April 2018, FOX Sports Asia reported in an article that Rangsan was appointed head coach of Police Tero following the departure of Englishman Scott Cooper. On 29 June, he was demoted to assistant under Totchawan Sripan before getting promoted to manager again on 14 September the same year.
After 5 years at Police Tero, Rangsan was appointed to replace Surapong Kongthep as the manager of Thai League 1 club Port on 8 November 2023.
1 | 18 July 2009 | 2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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1 April 2018 | 29 June 2018 | ||||||
Police Tero | 14 September 2018 | 7 November 2023 | |||||
Port | 7 November 2023 | Present | |||||
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