Patiwat Khammai

Patiwat Khammai
	Khammmai playing for Thailand in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Patiwat Khammai
Date of birth	24 December 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Chonburi, Thailand
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Bangkok United;
Number	1
Youth career
2004–2006	Assumption College Thonburi
2006–2009	Chonburi Sports School
2009–2012	Assumption College Thonburi
2013–2015	Muangthong United
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2016	Muangthong United
2015–2016	→ Pattaya United (loan)
2016–2018	Pattaya United
2018–2022	Samut Prakan City
2022–	Bangkok United
2022–2023	→ Muangthong United (loan)
International career‡
2021–	Thailand
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:15, 2 November 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024

Patiwat Khammai (Thai: ปฏิวัติ คำไหม, born 24 December 1994) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Thai League 1 club Bangkok United and the Thailand national team.^[1]

International career

On 12 April 2021, He was named in manager Akira Nishino’s 47-man squad for Thailand’s 2022 World Cup qualification.^[2] He made his senior international debut in the friendly match against Tajikistan on 29 May 2021.^[3]

When Masatada Ishii, whom Patiwat used to work with at Samut Prakan City, took charge of Thailand in late 2023, Patiwat became an undisputed starter in the national team for the first time. He started in a 5-0 friendly defeat against Japan on 1 January 2024, Ishii's first official match with the national team.

Patiwat held on to the number one spot for the upcoming 2023 AFC Asian Cup, starting in three of four matches Thailand played in the tournament, keeping two clean sheets in the match against Kyrgyzstan and Oman, receiving praise for his performances throughout the tournament.

Style of play

Patiwat is often hailed as a contemporary footballer who excels in the role of a goalkeeper, displaying remarkable skills with his feet. He is renowned for adopting a style reminiscent of a sweeper keeper,^[4] proficient at venturing out of his penalty box to actively participate in the build-up play of his team.^[5]