Peter Phanthavong
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| Full name | Peter Phanthavong | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 February 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hue Xa, Champasak, Laos | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Ezra | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Ezra | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Ezra | 30 | (27) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Laos U17 | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Laos U20 | 9 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Laos | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Peter Phanthavong (Lao: ປີເຕີ້ ພັນທະວົງ, romanized: Pitoe Phanthavong; born 15 February 2006) is a Laotian association football player who plays as a striker for Lao League 1 side Ezra.[1]
Club career
[edit]Peter born as a Christian in Hue Xa village in Champasak. In 2017, he joined the academy of the Korean-backed team Ezra. At the age of 16, he was promoted to the first team to play in the 2022 Lao League. He appeared in 17 games and scored 7 goals in his first season in professional level.[2]
In the 2024–25 season, he contributed in Ezra's first ever Lao League 1 title, scoring 20 goals in the campaign, thus being the second best goalscorer of the league.[3]
International career
[edit]In 2022, Peter featured in Laos U19 squad at the 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship. He scored 4 goals during the tournament, ranked second in the top scorers list.[4] His team managed to reach the final, where they were defeated by Malaysia.[5]
In 2023, he was part of the Laos U17 team that participated in the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup.[6] He scored 1 goal during the tournament, in the opening game against host team Thailand.[7]
In December 2024, Peter was named in Laos national team squad for the 2024 ASEAN Championship.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 10 June 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laos | 2024 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Laos' goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 December 2024 | Manahan Stadium, Surakarta, Indonesia |  Indonesia |
3–3 | 3–3 | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| 2. | 10 June 2025 | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos |  Nepal |
2–0 | 2–1 | 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
Honours
[edit]Ezra
- Lao League 1: 2024–25
- Prime Minister's Cup: 2024–25
References
[edit]- ^ "Peter Phanthavong". Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ "ປີເຕີ ດາວດວງໃໝ່ປີ 2022 ຍິງໃນລີກ 7, ຍິງໃຫ້ ຢູ 19 ລາວ 4 ແລະ ຢູ 17 ລາວ 3 ປະຕູ" (in Lao). Lao Sport Update. 16 October 2022.
- ^ "First Lao League 1 title for Ezra FC". aseanfootball.org. 26 February 2025.
- ^ "Thần đồng bóng đá Lào lỡ SEA Games một cách bí ẩn trước thềm trận gặp U22 Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Thể Thao & Văn Hóa. 30 April 2023.
- ^ "Malaysia Takes AFF U19 Trophy in Indonesia". Laotian Times. 16 July 2022.
- ^ "ປະກາດລາຍຊື່ນັກກິລາ ທີມຊາດລາວ ອາຍຸບໍ່ເກີນ 17 ປີ 23 ຄົນສຸດທ້າຍ ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມການແຂ່ງຂັນ AFCU17 ຮອບສຸດທ້າຍທີ່ປະເທດໄທ" (in Lao). Lao Football Federation. 11 June 2022.
- ^ "🔥 Peter Phanthavong: Laos' next big thing". Twitter. AFC Asian Cup. 15 June 2023.
- ^ "ປະກາດ ລາຍຊື່ນັກກິລາ ທີມຊາດລາວ ຊຸດໃຫຍ່ ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມ ການແຂ່ງຂັນບານເຕະ ຊີງແຊ້ມອາຊຽນ ມີດຊູບີຊີ ເອເລັກຕິກ 2024 ASEAN MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CUP™ 2024". Laos Football Federation.