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Full name | Ekanit Panya[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 October 1999||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Chiang Rai, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Thailand U16 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Thailand U23 | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Thailand | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*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]
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]
After 12 years at Chiangrai United, Ekanit moved to Muangthong United on a permanent transfer.
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]
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.[10] In 2022, he was called up for the 2022 AFF Championship by Head Coach Alexandré Pölking.[11]
Ekanit was called up for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup but later withdrew to focus for the club. His decision received a lot of criticism and outrage anger from Thai fans.[12]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chiangrai United | 2015 | Thai League 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
2016 | Thai League 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
Chiangrai City F.C. (loan) | 2017 | Thai League 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
Total | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||
Chiangmai F.C. (loan) | 2018 | Thai League 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | Thai League 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Chiangrai United | 2019 | Thai League 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
2020-21 | Thai League 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
2021-22 | Thai League 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Total | 41 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 6 | ||
Chiangmai United (loan) | 2021-22 | Thai League 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
Total | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
Muangthong United | 2022-23 | Thai League 1 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
Total | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | ||
Urawa Red Diamonds (loan) | 2023 | J1 League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
2024 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
Career Total | 135 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 18 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Thailand | 2019 | 5 | 1 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 5 | 0 | |
2023 | 7 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 20 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 15 October 2019 | Thammasat Stadium, Pathum Thani, Thailand | United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Ekanit Panya – goals for Thailand U23 | |||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
1. | 7 June 2019 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | Indonesia | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2019 Merlion Cup | |
2. | 9 May 2022 | Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Định, Vietnam | Singapore | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2021 Southeast Asian Games | |
3. | 4–0 |
Ekanit Panya – goals for Thailand U21 | |||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
1. | 17 July 2018 | Boonyachinda Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | Hong Kong | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Ekanit Panya – goals for Thailand U19 | |||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
1. | 17 March 2017 | Diamond Hill, Hong Kong | Singapore | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2017 Jockey Club Tournament | |
2. | 4 September 2017 | Yangon, Myanmar | East Timor | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship | |
3. | 15 September 2017 | Malaysia | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||
4. | 6 November 2017 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Mongolia | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification | |
5. | 23 March 2018 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2018 Dubai Cup |
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