Chan Vathanaka
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File:Vathanaka.jpg Chan Vathanaka with Cambodia National Team in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chan Vathanaka | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Kampot, Cambodia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward / Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Fujieda MYFC (on loan from Boeung Ket Angkor) | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010 | Preah Khan Reach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Preah Khan Reach | 17 | (10) |
| 2012– | Boeung Ket Angkor | 90 | (116) |
| 2017– | → Fujieda MYFC (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Cambodia U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Cambodia U23 | 25 | (7) |
| 2013– | Cambodia | 32 | (11) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 February 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2017 | |||
Chan Vathanaka (Khmer: ចាន់ វឌ្ឍនាកា; born 23 January 1994), simply known as CV11 is a Cambodian professional footballer who plays as a Forward and Midfielder for J3 League club Fujieda MYFC and the Cambodia national team. He has been hailed as the Cambodian Ronaldo in the Cambodia National Football Team.
Club career
Preah Khan Reach
Vathanaka to Senior team Preah Khan Reach in year 2011-2012
Boeung Ket Angkor
Vathanaka sign contract Boeung Ket Angkor in 2012
Season 2015 On 1 August 2015 Vathanaka scored all six goals in a 6-0 win over Asia Europe United. Impressively this was not even his best accomplishment in a 12-2 over Kirivong Sok Sen Chey on 11 July 2015 Vathanaka scored eight goals, the highest tally for a Cambodian-born player in the league as well as giving him 16 goals in the first 8 games of the 2015 season.[1]
In the semifinals of the 2015 Mekong Club Championship Vathanaka scored all three goals in a 3-2 win over Becamex Bình Dương, putting Boeung Ket Angkor in the final.[2] Although Boeung Ket Angkor lost in the final to Buriram United, Vathanaka finished the tournament as the highest goalscorer with 5 goals and was also named best player.
Vathanaka finished the 2015 league season with 35 goals, a total of 55 goals in all competitions include national and club, the most of any Southeast Asian player.[3]
Season 2016 In his first start of the 2016 season Vathanaka scored a hat-trick in under 5 minutes as Boeung Ket Angkor beat CMAC FC 6-0.[4]
In a match against Svay Rieng on 21 May 2016 Vathanaka scored goals in the 85th, 89th, and 90+3rd minute as his team came from behind to win 3-1. The first goal, an audacious left-foot volley from a cross was touted of one of the goals of the 2016 season.[5]
Vathanaka finished the 2016 Cambodian League as the top scorer for the second consecutive year with 22 goals, as his team Boeung Ket Angkor dramatically won the title on the last match day by a single point.[6]
Fujieda MYFC
Fujieda MYFC in the J3 League signed Vathanaka on loan from Boeung Ket Angkor for the 2017 season.
International career
He made his senior international debut on 22 March 2013 in a 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification match against Turkmenistan.[7]
Vathanaka played an important part in Cambodia's campaign in the 2018 World Cup qualification, in the first qualifying game he came off the bench to score two goals, the second a thunderous free-kick, in a 3-0 home win over Macau.[8] On 28 July 2016 Vathanaka scored a goal by his free kicked between the match Cambodia and Singapore in a friendly match.Cambodia won their match with Singapore again after Jakarta Anniversary Tournament in 1972.
He was in the squad of Cambodia play 2016 AFF Championship he scored 2 goals against Malaysia.
Club statistics
Updated to 23 February 2017.[9]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | Total | |||||
| 2017 | Fujieda MYFC | J3 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
International
- As of 13 June 2017[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | |||
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 14 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 11 |
International goals
Senior
| Chan Vathanaka – goals for Cambodia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
| 1. | 8 October 2014 | Taipei City, Chinese Taipei |  Chinese Taipei |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly Match | |
| 2. | 2–0 | ||||||
| 3. | 12 March 2015 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |  Macau |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) | |
| 4. | 2–0 | ||||||
| 5. | 28 July 2016 |  Singapore |
1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly Match | ||
| 6. | 1 September 2016 | Mong Kok, Hong Kong |  Hong Kong |
2–3 | 2–4 | ||
| 7. | 21 October 2016 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |  East Timor |
2–0 | 3–2 | 2016 AFF Championship qualification | |
| 8. | 3–2 | ||||||
| 9. | 20 November 2016 | Yangon, Myanmar |  Malaysia |
1–0 | 2–3 | 2016 AFF Championship | |
| 10. | 2–1 | ||||||
| 11. | 22 March 2017 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |  India |
2–3 | 2–3 | Friendly Match | |
Under-23
| Chan Vathanaka – goals for Cambodia U23 | |||||||
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| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
| 1. | 22 March 2015 | Jurong West, Singapore | Singapore |
1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly | |
| 2. | 2–1 | ||||||
| 3. | 31 March 2015 | Bangkok, Thailand |  Philippines |
1–0 | 3–1 | 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification | |
| 4. | 2–0 | ||||||
| 5. | 3 June 2015 | Kallang, Singapore | Philippines |
3–1 | 3–1 | 2015 Southeast Asian Games | |
| 6. | 8 June 2015 | Kallang, Singapore | Singapore |
1–2 | 3–1 | ||
| 7. | 10 June 2015 | Kallang, Singapore |  Myanmar |
3–1 | 3–3 | ||
Awards
Individual
- 2012 Cambodia best young player of the year
- 2013 Hun Sen Cup Golden Boot
- 2014 Cambodian League Most Valuable Player
- 2015 Cambodian League Most Valuable Player
- 2015 Cambodian League Golden Boot
- 2015 Mekong Club Championship: Most Valuable Player
- 2016 Cambodian League Most Valuable Player
- 2016 Cambodian League Golden Boot
- 2017 FFC Best Player of The Year
Club
- Boeung Ket Angkor
- Cambodian League: 2016
- Cambodian League: 2015 Runner-up
- 2015 Mekong Club Championship: Runner up
Personal life
Since October 2015 Vathanaka has celebrated goals by kissing a tattoo on his right arm. The tattoo is a memorial to his parents and family.[11] Vathanaka also has a passion for karaoke and music, while he was injured in September 2015 he spent 7 hours singing and recording songs with Cambodian singer Meas Soksophea.[3]
In January 2016 Vathanaka became a goodwill ambassador for the cellphone company SEATEL.[12]
References
- ^ Noveanto, Eric (29 July 2015). "Vathanaka's six-goal Boeung Ket Angkor marvel in Cambodian league". Football Channel Asia. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ Noveanto, Eric (7 December 2015). "Vathanaka's hat-trick hands Boeung Ket 3-2 win over Binh Duong". Football Channel Asia. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ a b Tien, Edward (2 November 2015). "Five facts about Cambodia's talisman Chan Vathanaka". Football Channel Asia. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ Vorajee, Ismail (6 March 2016). "Vathanaka Nets Three in CMAC Mauling". Khmer Times. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ Vorajee, Ismail (24 May 2016). "Cambodian C-League Round 8: Vathanaka stars as Boeung Ket keep pressure on leaders Army". Football Channel Asia. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Chan Vathanaka crowned 2016 Cambodian League's top scorer". Football Channel Asia. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "AFC CHALLENGE CUP 2014". the-afc.com. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ H S Manjunath and Sreng Meng Srun (13 March 2015). "Cambodia storms past Macau 3-0 in World Cup qualifier". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 259 out of 289)
- ^ Vathanaka.html "Chan Vathanaka". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ Pu Sam (18 January 2016). "Why does Vathanka kissing the hand behind after goal". Sabay News (in Khmer). Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ Mony Phearum (11 January 2016). "Chan Vathanaka to become an official goodwill ambassador for SEATEL". Sabay News (in Khmer). Retrieved 17 March 2016.
External links
- Profile at Fujieda MYFC
- Chan Vathanaka – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Chan Vathanaka at soccerway.com
- Use dmy dates from March 2013
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Cambodian footballers
- Cambodia international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Preah Khan Reach players
- Boeung Ket Rubber Field players
- Fujieda MYFC Province
- J3 League players
- Cambodian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- Cambodian expatriates in Japan