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Buriram United Dominate Football Association Of Thailand Awards 2017

The FAT held their 2017 awards ceremony last week and as expected Buriram United as champions featured prominently. However, there were some surprises. The award for Best Player In Thai League 1 went to Buriram’s Jakkaphan. His teammate Pansa won the FAT Best Player Award. Best Foreign Player went to Brazilian Coelho. Young Player Of…

Buriram Times Meets Up With Buriram United’s New Striker

The Buriram Times held their staff Christmas party at Oli Wine Bar on Christmas Eve and it was a pleasant surprise to run into Buriram’s new Brazilian striker Edgar. He was delighted  to sit and chat and he is obviously excited at the prospect of playing for Buriram United. If he is as good a…

Buriram Sign Vietnamese Forward Hoang Vu Samson

After much speculation, Buriram United fill their ASEAN player quota with Vietnamese striker Hoang Vu Samson from Hanoi FC. The naturalized Vietnamese citizen, who is Nigerian by birth, is comfortable playing in a number of attacking roles. His versatility will be crucial in helping Buriram United reach peak levels of performance while competing both on…

Thai-Swedish Goalkeeper Kevin Sangsamanan Joins Buriram United

Buriram United have signed Thai-Swedish goalkeeper Kevin Sangsamanan, the club announced on Wednesday. In a brief announcement , Buriram United unveiled the signing of Kevin by a photo of the 20-year-old with chairman Newin Chidchob. Kevin has been marked as the replacement of club legend, Siwarak Tedsungnoen who turned 33 last summer. Last season, the talented goalkeeper…

Gilberto Macena Signs For Chiang Rai

Former Buriram favourite Gilberto Macena has signed for Chiang Rai United, coached by Alexandre Gama. Gilberto formed the other half of Buriram’s deadly duo with Diogo and is still remembered fondly here in Buriram. The Buriram Times forged a special link with him when he gave a frank interview about his great sadness on leaving…

The Coach Situation At Buriram United For 2018

It was widely believed in Buriram that coach Bozidar Bandovic would be leaving Thunder Castle before the start of this season. However, as often happens at Buriram, it is difficult to separate fact from fiction. Bozidar is in fact contracted at Buriram until November 2018 so that would explain why  the announcement of a new…

Buriram United Sign Brazilian Striker For 2018 Season

Buriram have signed Edgar Bruno Da Silva to replace Coelho who has returned to his parent club in Belgium. Known simply as Edgar, he is 30 years old and stands 1.91m tall (6ft 3ins) so will provide a physical presence in the penalty area. Edgar has played in Brazil, Portugal, Serbia, Turkey, Quatar and most…

French Muay Thai Fighter Has Dent In His Forehead Following Phuket Bout

Now we have probably all heard the expression packing one hell of a wallop but this is just insane. A French Muay Thai fighter had to be rushed to hospital after a bout in Phuket after having his head dented during the match. It was reported however that brave “Jeremy” continued to fight on after…

Buriram United Champions League Fixtures

The final Group G place in the Asian Champions League will be taken by the winners of Japan’s Emperor’s Cup. The semi-finalists are (league position in brackets):- Vissel Kobe (9),  Cerezo Osaka (3),  Yokohama FM (5) and Kashiwa Reysol (4). Fixtures:- Wednesday February 14  Guangzhou Evergrande (China) A. Wednesday February 21  Jeju United (South Korea) …

Tough Champions League Draw For Buriram United