Tristan Do

Tristan Do
Personal information
Full name Tristan Somchai Do
Date of birth (1993-01-31) January 31, 1993
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
Muangthong United
Number 19
Youth career
2010 RC Strasbourg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Lorient 0 (0)
2012SAS Epinal (loan) 19 (2)
2013–2014 Gazélec Ajaccio 18 (4)
2014–2015 BEC Tero Sasana 35 (1)
2016– Muangthong United 8 (0)
National team
2015–2016 Thailand U23 8 (2)
2015– Thailand 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 September 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2016

Tristan Somchai Do (Thai: ทริสตอง สมชาย โด) is a Thai-French professional footballer who plays as a Right back for Thai Premier League club Muangthong United and the Thailand national team.

Personal life

Do was born in Paris. His father is of Thai descent and his mother is French.[1] Do is fluent in French but has only a very limited command of Thai.[2] Do's paternal grandfather was born in Vietnam and moved to Thailand at a young age, thus making him theoretically eligible to play for Vietnam.[3][4] He has cousins that live in Singapore.[1]

Club Career

In 2014, Do joined BEC Tero, a Thai club in the Thai Premier League.[1] After an year with BEC Tero Do joined Muangthong United in 2016.[5][4]

Statistics

As of 03 April 2016[6]
Season Club League Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2014 BEC Tero Sasana Thai Premier League 601070
2015 2910030321
2016 Muangthong United Thai Premier League 60000060
Total 4110040451

International career

Do is eligible to play for France, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Vietnam Football Federation has contacted Do to play for them, but Do chose to play for Thailand, the country of his father's birth.[1] In 2015, Do had appeared in friendly matches for Thailand U23. Do is part of Thailand U23's squad in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[1] Do was called up to the Thailand squad for the first time for the friendly match against Afghanistan and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Iraq. In September 2015, Do debuted for Thailand against Afghanistan. Subsequently, he played against Iraq in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

International

As of 24 March 2016[7]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Thailand 201550
201610
Total60

under-23

Honours

Club

BEC Tero Sasana

International

Thailand U-23

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kelvin Leong (31 May 2015). "French born Tristan Do revels in SEA Games debut for Thailand". ESPN FC. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. Noveanto, Eric (4 June 2015). "Tristan Do: I’m fully committed to Thailand". Football Channel Asia. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. "Tristan Do: Nhân tố gốc Việt của U23 Thái Lan". Thể Thao Văn Hóa (in Vietnamese). 22 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 "POWER DEFENDER: Tristan Do joins Muangthong United". Muangthong United official site. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. "Thai defender Tristan Do joins Muangthong United″". Football Channel Asia. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  6. "Tristan Do". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  7. "Tristan Do". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

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