Chanapach Buaphan

Chanapach (or Chonnaphat) Buaphan (, born 22 March 2004) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Thai League 1 club BG Pathum United.

Club career Chanapach comes from the BG Pathum United youth team and was on loan at Rajpracha during the 2021–22 season. He made his debut on 4 September 2021 in an away game against Chainat Hornbill. Here the defender was in the starting XI and played the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw. Overall, he completed 16 league games there while on loan and one game in the Thai League Cup.

In the 2022–23 season, Chanapach was loaned to the Lamphun Warriors. He played four first division games for the club from Lamphun. After the loan, he returned to BG at the end of December 2022.

In January 2025, Chanapach signed a 1-year loan contract to J3 league club Nara Club. But after 6 months, as a result of his health issue abnormalities associated with polycystic kidney disease (a hereditary condition) were detected during a medical check-up. With a further operation required, Nara Club and Chanapach mutually agreed to terminate his contract. He returned to BG Pathum United in June 2025.

International career On 16 February 2022, Chanapach made his first four appearances for the Thailand U-23 national team during the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship in Cambodia. With the selection he lost in the final Vietnam 0–1 and was able to achieve second place.

Honours Club BG Pathum United

Thai League Cup: 2023–24

International Thailand U23 Southeast Asian Games Silver medal: 2021, 2025

Individual AFF U-23 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2022