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Pipat Thonkanya
Personal information
Full name	Pipat Thonkanya
Birth name	Anon Thonkanya
Date of birth	4 January 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Udon Thani, Thailand
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1995–1997	Udon Pittayanukoon School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2001	Rajpracha
2002–2004	Bình Định
2005–2006	Đồng Tháp
2006–2007	BEC Tero Sasana
2007–2008	PEA
2008–2009	Thai Port
2009–2010	Persisam Putra
2010–2011	Buriram PEA
2011–2012	Osotspa Saraburi
2012	Suphanburi
2013–2014	PTT Rayong
2014	→ Chiangmai (loan)
2015	Phuket
2016	Udon Thani
2017	Amnat United
2020–2021	Pattaya Discovery United
Total
International career
2000–2011	Thailand
Managerial career
2019–2021	Pattaya Discovery United (player-manager)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pipat Thonkanya (Thai: พิพัฒน์ ต้นกันยา; RTGS: Phiphat Tonkanya) born 4 January 1979 as Anon Thonkanya , in Udon Thani), is a Thai former football player. He was a forward.

In 2009, he played for Persisam Samarinda in the Indonesian Super League. At the half way stage in the 2009 Thai Premier League season, he was joint second in the top goalscorers list with 7 goals. Pipat also had spells at AFC Champions League 2003 runners up BEC Tero Sasana and a spell in Vietnam. He was also instrumental in Buriram PEA winning the 2008 Thai Premier League.

He scored 14 goals for the national team, including 2 goals in the 2007 Asian Cup, and was recently recalled to the national team, thanks to his good performances for Thai Port.

International career

Pipat was a member of the victorious T&T Cup 2008 winning squad. He scored two goals in the 2007 Asian Cup for the national team in a successful campaign where they were eliminated only on goal difference from a tough group containing Australia and eventual winners Iraq. Thonkanya's goals came in the form of a brace against Oman in a 2–0 win (scoring in the 70th and 78th minutes).

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 February 2000	Bangkok, Thailand	Estonia	2–1	Won	King's Cup 2000
2.	25 February 2000	Bangkok, Thailand	Estonia	2–1	Won	King's Cup 2000
3.	27 February 2000	Bangkok, Thailand	Finland	5–1	Won	King's Cup 2000
4.	4 April 2000	Bangkok, Thailand	North Korea	5–3	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5.	28 December 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Kazakhstan	2–2	Draw	King's Cup 2006
6.	30 December 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Vietnam	3–1	Won	King's Cup 2006
7.	14 January 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Philippines	4–0	Won	2007 ASEAN Football Championship
8.	24 January 2007	Hanoi, Vietnam	Vietnam	2–0	Won	2007 ASEAN Football Championship
9.	31 January 2007	Singapore	Singapore	1–2	Lost	2007 ASEAN Football Championship
10.	4 February 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Singapore	1–1	Draw	2007 ASEAN Football Championship
11.	16 June 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	China	1–0	Won	Friendly
12.	12 July 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Oman	2–0	Won	Asian Cup 2007
13.	12 July 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Oman	2–0	Won	Asian Cup 2007