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{{Short description|Thai footballer (born 1967)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Sasom Pobprasert
| image          = Sasom Pobprasert.jpg
| caption =
| image_size     = 
| fullname       = Sasom Pobprasert
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Nakhon Sawan province|Nakhon Sawan]], Thailand
| height         = {{height|meters=1.61}}
| currentclub    = [[PT Prachuap F.C.|PT Prachuap]] (head coach)
| clubnumber     = 
| position       = [[Midfielder|Defensive midfielder]] 
| youthyears1    =  
| youthclubs1    =  
| years1         = 1992–1997
| clubs1         = [[Thai Farmers Bank F.C.|Thai Farmers Bank]]
| caps1          = 91
| goals1         = 22
| years2         = 1998–2002
| clubs2         = [[Police Tero F.C.|BEC Tero Sasana]]
| caps2          = 45
| goals2         = 13 
| totalcaps      = 136
| totalgoals     = 35
| nationalyears1 = 1984 
| nationalteam1  = [[Thailand national under-17 football team|Thailand U17]] 
| nationalcaps1  = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1997
| nationalteam2  = [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]]
| nationalcaps2  = 8
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| manageryears1  = 2001
| managerclubs1  = Thailand U14
| manageryears2  = 2003–2004 
| managerclubs2  = [[Thailand national under-17 football team|Thailand U16]]
| manageryears3  = 2004–2005 
| managerclubs3  = [[BEC Tero Sasana FC|BEC Tero Sasana]] 
| manageryears4  = 2009–2011
| managerclubs4  = [[Thai Port F.C.|Thai Port]]
| manageryears5  = 2011
| managerclubs5  = [[Buriram F.C.|Buriram]]
| manageryears6  = 2011
| managerclubs6  = [[Thailand national under-17 football team|Thailand U16]]
| manageryears7  = 2012–2014
| managerclubs7  = [[Bangkok United F.C.|Bangkok United]]
| manageryears8  = 2014 
| managerclubs8  = [[Thailand national under-20 football team|Thailand U19]]
| manageryears9  = 2015–2018
| managerclubs9  = [[Air Force Central F.C.|Air Force Central]]
| manageryears10  = 2019–2023
| managerclubs10  = [[Chonburi F.C.|Chonburi]]
| manageryears11  = 2024–
| managerclubs11  = [[PT Prachuap F.C.|PT Prachuap]]
}}

'''Sasom Pobprasert''' ({{langx|th|สะสม พบประเสริฐ}}; born 10 October 1967) is a Thai professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] and former football [[Football player|player]] he is the current head coach of [[Thai League 1]] club [[PT Prachuap F.C.|PT Prachuap]]. 

He is also a former [[Association football|footballer]] in [[Thailand]] who played as [[midfielder]] for [[Thailand national football team|Thailand national team]], including an appearance in a [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] qualifying match.<ref>{{FIFA player|158098}}</ref> He scored one goal for the national team.

He vary from the player and manager to the football pundit with the mantle of commentator who analysis for the football matches alongside [[TrueVisions]] and [[PPTV (Thailand)|PPTV]] channel.<ref>[https://mainstand.co.th/th/news/1/article/10906 สะสม พบประเสริฐ บอกเป็นคอมเมนเตเตอร์ฟุตบอลต่างประเทศ แต่เอามาใช้ในฟุตบอลไทยไม่ได้ เพราะความเข้มข้นของลีกต่างกัน]</ref>

In 2009, he became the manager of [[Thai Premier League]] side [[Thai Port F.C.|Thai Port]]<ref>[http://www.siamsport.co.th/sport_football/090312_121.html Thai Port F.C. debut their new team manager, Sasom Pobprasert]</ref>  He has made an instant impact at [[PAT Stadium]] and has targeted a top five finish for the 2009 season. He previously managed [[BEC Tero Sasana]] from 2004 until early 2005.

==Managerial career==
===PT Prachuap===
On 31 January 2024, Sasom was appointed head coach of PT Prachuap, replacing compatriot [[Dusit Chalermsan]].

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Sasom Pobprasert
|-
! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
|1. || 16 February 1997 || [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] || {{fb|Sweden}} || 1–3 || Lost || [[King's Cup (Thailand football tournament)|1997 King's Cup]]
|}

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|match played 30 April 2025}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record					
|-	
!{{abbr|P|Matches played}}!!{{abbr|W|Matches won}}!!{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}!!{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}!!{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Thai Port F.C.|Port]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}}
|align="left"|1 January 2009
|align="left"|30 June 2011
{{WDL|2|0|1|1|}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Thailand national under-17 football team|Thailand U16]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}}
|align="left"|1 July 2011
|align="left"|31 July 2011
{{WDL|6|4|2|0|}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Bangkok United F.C.| Bangkok United]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}}
|align="left"|1 January 2012
|align="left"|30 November 2013
{{WDL|32|8|7|17|}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Thailand national under-20 football team|Thailand U19]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}}
|align="left"|1 January 2014
|align="left"|31 December 2014
{{WDL|2|1|0|1|}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Air Force Central F.C.|Air Force Central]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}}
|align="left"|1 January 2015
|align="left"|3 April 2018
{{WDL|11|1|1|9|}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Chonburi F.C.|Chonburi]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}}
|align="left"|3 June 2019
|align="left"|10 April 2023
{{WDL|117|48|22|47|}}
|-
|align="left"|[[PT Prachuap F.C.|PT Prachuap]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}}
|align="left"|31 January 2024
|align="left"|Present
{{WDL|50|19|15|16|}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|220|81|48|91|}}
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Thai Farmers Bank'''
* [[Asian Club Championship]]: [[1993–94 Asian Club Championship|1993-94]], [[1994–95 Asian Club Championship|1994-95]]
* [[Kor Royal Cup]]: 1992, 1993, 1995
* [[Queen's Cup (football)|Queen's Cup]]: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

'''BEC Tero Sasana'''
* [[Thai Premier League]]: [[2000 Thai Premier League|2000]], [[2001–02 Thai League|2001-02]]
* Kor Royal Cup: 2000

===Manager===
'''Thailand U16'''
* [[AFF U-16 Youth Championship]]: [[2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship|2011]]

'''Thai Port'''
* [[Thai FA Cup]]: [[2009 Thai FA Cup|2009]]
* [[Thai League Cup]]: [[2010 Thai League Cup|2010]]

'''Chonburi'''
* Thai FA Cup runners-up: [[2020–21 Thai FA Cup|2020–21]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Thai League 1]] Coach of the Month: [[2021–22 Thai League 1#Monthly awards|September 2021]], [[2022–23 Thai League 1#Monthly awards |September 2022]], [[2023–24 Thai League 1#Monthly awards|April 2024]]

==References==
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{{PT Prachuap F.C. squad}}
{{Thai League 1 managers}}
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[[Category:1967 births]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Nakhon Sawan province|Sasom Pobprasert]]
[[Category:Thai men's footballers|Sasom Pobprasert]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Police Tero F.C. players|Sasom Pobprasert]]
[[Category:Police Tero F.C. managers|Sasom Pobprasert]]
[[Category:Songkhla United F.C. managers|Sasom Pobprasert]]
[[Category:Port F.C. managers|Sasom Pobprasert]]
[[Category:Chonburi F.C. managers|Sasom Pobprasert]]
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[[Category:Thai League 1 managers|Sasom Pobprasert]]


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