The first-and-only Thai footballer in German top flight

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00:00At the time when Thailand was rarely noticed on the football radar,

00:03Wuthia La Harkun emerged as the first Thai player to play in the European League.

00:08Famous by the nickname Heng, Wuthia is no doubt one of Thailand's legendary footballers of all time.

00:14He mostly played in the midfield throughout his career.

00:16Between 1979 and 1981, Wuthia played for Hertha Berlin before moving to FC Saarbrücken from 1982 to 1984.

00:25This made him the first Thai player to play in the European League

00:29and the only one to play in German top flight Bundesliga.

00:32Not only that, Wuthia also became the first Thai player to play in Japan's top tier league.

00:37Before moving to Germany, he had played for Yanman Diesel in 1978.

00:44As for the national team, he played over 100 matches for the War Elephants,

00:48winning multiple trophies including the Southeast Asian Games titles in 1977 and 1985 before retiring in 1987.