Ekanit Panya
Personal information
Full name Ekanit Panya[1]
Date of birth (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999[1]
Place of birth Chiang Rai, Thailand
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Urawa Red Diamonds
Number 27
Youth career
2010–2015 Chiangrai United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2022 Chiangrai United 54 (7)
2017 → Chiangrai City (loan) 20 (3)
2018–2019 → Chiangmai (loan) 43 (11)
2022 → Chiangmai United (loan) 13 (2)
2022– Muangthong United 28 (3)
2023– → Urawa Red Diamonds (loan) 5 (0)
International career‡
2016–2018 Thailand U19 12 (5)
2017–2020 Thailand U21 5 (1)
2018–2022 Thailand U23 11 (3)
2019– Thailand 20 (1)
Medal record
Thailand under-19
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
WinnerAFF U-18 Youth Championship 2017Football
Thailand
Asean Football Championship
WinnerAFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 20222022
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2024

Ekanit Panya (Thai: เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา, born 21 October 1999) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for J1 League club Urawa Reds, on loan from Thai League 1 club Muangthong United, and the Thailand national team.[2][3]

Club career

Chiangrai United

Ekanit spent his entire youth career at Chiangrai United before being promoted to the senior team in 2015. He won the Thai League 1 title with Chiangrai United in the 2019 season.[4]

Muangthong United

After 12 years at Chiangrai United, Ekanit moved to Muangthong United on a permanent transfer.

Loan to Urawa Red Diamonds

On 24 July 2023, Ekanit was loaned to 2022 AFC Champions League champions, Urawa Red Diamonds until the end of the year.[5] In the 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage match on 4 October 2022, Ekanit came on as a substitute and in the 85th minute where he scored his first goal on his debut for the club to secured a massive 6–0 home win against Vietnamese side, Hanoi.[6]

On 20 October, Ekanit played the first match in J1 League against Kashiwa Reysol by substitution from the bench to the field in the 73rd minute of this match.[7]

Ekanit became the first Thai player in FIFA Club World Cup history after he was registered by Urawa Red Diamonds to participate in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup.[8]

International career

In September 2017, he won the 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship with the Thailand U-19 team.[9]

He was called up to the senior squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification second round in September 2019.

In 2022, he was called up for the 2022 AFF Championship by Head Coach Alexandré Pölking.

Panya was called up for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup but later withdrew to focus for the club and want to improve with coach in Japan club. His decision received a lot of criticism and outrage anger from Thai fans.

Statistics

Club

As of match played 9 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chiangrai United 2015 Thai League 1 810000000081
2016 Thai League 1 400000000040
Total 12100000000121
Chiangrai City F.C. (loan) 2017 Thai League 4 20300000000203
Total 20300000000203
Chiangmai F.C. (loan) 2018 Thai League 1 000000000000
2019 Thai League 1 16010000000170
Total 16010000000170
Chiangrai United 2019 Thai League 1 12510004110156
2020-21 Thai League 1 18030006000270
2021-22 Thai League 1 11010000010130
Total 415500010120556
Chiangmai United (loan) 2021-22 Thai League 1 13200000000132
Total 13200000000132
Muangthong United 2022-23 Thai League 1 28332210000335
Total 28332210000335
Urawa Red Diamonds (loan) 2023 J1 League 5000204100111
2024 J1 League 000000000000
Total 5000204100111
Career Total 1351492411422016118

    International

    As of 1 January 2024[10]
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Thailand 201951
    202120
    202250
    202370
    202410
    Total201

    International Goals

    Senior

    Scores and results list Thailand's goal tally first.
    No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.15 October 2019Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani, Thailand United Arab Emirates2–12–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

    U23

    Ekanit Panya – goals for Thailand U23
    #DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.7 June 2019Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Indonesia2–02–12019 Merlion Cup
    2.9 May 2022Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Định, Vietnam Singapore3–05–02021 Southeast Asian Games
    3.4–0

    U21

    Ekanit Panya – goals for Thailand U21
    #DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.17 July 2018Boonyachinda Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Hong Kong1–01–0Friendly

    U19

    Ekanit Panya – goals for Thailand U19
    #DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.17 March 2017Diamond Hill, Hong Kong Singapore1–21–32017 Jockey Club Tournament
    2.4 September 2017Yangon, Myanmar Timor-Leste1–03–02017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship
    3.15 September 2017 Malaysia1–02–0
    4.6 November 2017Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Mongolia2–52–52018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
    5.23 March 2018Dubai, United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia1–01–22018 Dubai Cup

    Honours

    Chiangrai United

    Urawa Red Diamonds

    Thailand U-19

    Thailand U-23

    Thailand

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Urawa Reds" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
    2. ↑ วันของเด็ก!! เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา สุดยอดเด็กแห่ง ไทยลีก เจ้าของ2สถิติที่ยากจะทำลาย
    3. ↑ ทีมชาติไทย : เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา กระหายพิสูจน์ตัวเองหลังได้โอกาสกลับมาติดทีมชาติอีกครั้ง
    4. ↑ เปิดประวัติ "เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา" เด็กเชียงรายผู้เคยจารึกประวัติศาสตร์ไทยลีก
    5. ↑ "Talented Ekanit set to play for J-League giants Urawa". Bangkok Post. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
    6. ↑ "เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา เดบิวต์ดั่งฝัน! ซัดปิดกล่อง อุราวะ เรดส์ ถล่ม ฮานอย ศึกเอซีแอล". Siamsport (in Thai). 4 October 2023.
    7. ↑ エカニット パンヤ選手 ムアントン ユナイテッドより期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ
    8. ↑ "Ekanit Panya is first Thai player in FIFA Club World Cup". SNE Sports Co. December 7, 2023.
    9. ↑ "เอกนิษฐ์ ปัญญา... เด็กระเบิดจากแดนล้านนา". 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
    10. ↑ Ekanit Panya at National-Football-Teams.com
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