Rangsan Viwatchaichok (Thai: รังสรรค์ วิวัฒน์ชัยโชค; RTGS: Rangsan Wiwatchaichok), born 22 January 1979) is a Thai professional football manager and retired player who plays as a defensive midfielder or a left back.[1]
Rangsan currently holds the record for the most all-time appearances in Thai League 1, with 439 appearances. He is known for his set pieces freekick back in his playing career.[2]
International career
Rangsan has played 29 games for the senior Thailand national team since 2004, and he has scored one goal in the process.[3]
Managerial career
BEC Tero Sasana
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.[4]
On 9 August 2015, Rangsan was promoted to be the interim manager of BEC Tero Sasana after the removal of Kenny Shiels.[5]
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.[6] 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 of Saraburi from the competition.
Suphanburi
On 17 April 2017, Rangsan was appointed as assistant manager of Suphanburi under manager Adebayo Gbadebo.
Police Tero
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.[7]
Port
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.
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 July 2009 | Nonthaburi, Thailand |  Pakistan |
2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
Honours
Player
- BEC Tero Sasana
- Krung Thai Bank
- Buriram United
Manager
- Police Tero
- Thai League 2 runner-up: 2019
Individual
- Thai League 1 Coach of the Month: October 2022, December 2023
References
- ^ มุดมุ้ง “อ้น-รังสรรค์” พี่ติ๊กวงการลูกหนัง / หญิงตอด
- ^ "Rangsan Viwatchaichok". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Rangsan Viwatchaichok". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ เทโรฯสั่งปลดเรเน่แล้วดันโชคทวีคุมแทน Archived 2013-07-15 at the Wayback Machine Siamsport. Retrieved 11 July 2013
- ^ BREAKING ! มังกรไฟแขวนชิลส์ตั้งกัปตันอ้นคุมดวลท่าเรือ Goal. Retrieved 9 August 2015
- ^ บีอีซี เทโรศาสน ตั้ง "รังสรรค์" คุมทีม 3 นัดหนีตกชั้นแทน "คาจูดา" Thaipbs. Retrieved 2 December 2015
- ^ "รังสรรค์ วิวัฒน์ชัยโชค" กุนซือคู่บุญ โปลิศ เทโร
External links
- Rangsan Viwatchaichok at Soccerway
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