{{short description|Cambodian footballer (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Thierry Bin | image = | caption = | fullname = Thierry Chanthacheary Bin<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/thierry-blin/250870/|title=Cambodia - Bin Thierry Chanthacheary - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|6|1|df=y}}<ref>{{FIFA player|389076}}</ref> | birth_place = Villepinte, France<ref name="Soccerway">{{soccerway|thierry-blin/250870}}</ref> | height = {{convert|1.75|m|abbr=on}} | currentclub = Life Sihanoukville | clubnumber = 93 | position = Defensive midfielder, centre back | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2008 | youthclubs1 = RC Strasbourg | years1 = 2008–2009 | clubs1 = Brétigny | caps1 = 15 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2010–2012 | clubs2 = Saint-Jean-le-Blanc | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2012 | clubs3 = Aubervilliers | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2012–2016 | clubs4 = Phnom Penh Crown | caps4 = 54 | goals4 = 9 | years5 = 2017 | clubs5 = Krabi | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2017 | clubs6 = → Electricite du Cambodge (loan) | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2018–2019 | clubs7 = Terengganu | caps7 = 35 | goals7 = 1 | clubs8 = Sukhothai | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | years8 = 2020 | clubs9 = Perak | caps9 = 8 | goals9 = 1 | years9 = 2020 | years10 = 2021–2023 | clubs10 = Visakha | caps10 = 39 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2023– | clubs11 = Svay Rieng | caps11 = 32 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2025– | clubs12 = → Life Sihanoukville (loan) | caps12 = 15 | goals12 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2007 | nationalteam1 = France U17 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2013 | nationalteam2 = Cambodia U23 | nationalcaps2 = 8 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2014– | nationalteam3 = Cambodia | nationalcaps3 = 51 | nationalgoals3 = 3 | pcupdate = 3 May 2026 | ntupdate = 26 March 2024 }}
'''Thierry Chanthacheary Bin''' (born 1 June 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre back for Cambodian Premier League club Life Sihanoukville on loan from Svay Rieng. Born in France, he plays for the Cambodia national team.<ref name="Soccerway"/><ref>[https://www.humansofcambodia.com/thierry-chantha-bin-a-football-odyssey-from-france-to-cambodia Thierry Chantha Bin: A Football Odyssey from France to Cambodia] - www.humansofcambodia.com</ref>
== Early life == Thierry Bin was born in the Paris suburb of Villepinte to Cambodian parents.<ref name="Play Abroad">{{cite web |date=11 February 2013 |title=Thierry Chantha Bin, the rising star of Cambodian football |url=http://www.anvaya.info/index.php/en/ct-menu-item-5/107-thierry-chantha-bin-the-rising-star-of-cambodian-football |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141010/http://www.anvaya.info/index.php/en/ct-menu-item-5/107-thierry-chantha-bin-the-rising-star-of-cambodian-football |archivedate=2 April 2015 |accessdate=17 March 2015 |work=Anvaya}}</ref> He acquired French nationality on 6 September 2002, through the collective effect of his parents' naturalization.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JORF n° 0210 du 8 septembre 2002 - Légifrance |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/2002/09/08/0210 |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |page=14907 |language=fr |format=PDF}}</ref>
==Club career== ===Phnom Penh Crown=== After spending his early years in French football, Thierry returned to his country of origin and signed for Phnom Penh Crown FC, where he would spend the next 4 years and winning 2 league titles.
===Krabi=== For 2017 season, Thierry Bin left Phnom Penh Crown and signed a three-year contract with Thai League 2 side Krabi.<ref>{{cite web|title=OFFICIAL : กระบี่เซ็นแข้งลูกครึ่งกัมพูชา-ฝรั่งเศสประเดิมโควต้าอาเซียน|url=http://www.goal.com/th/news/4280/ฟุตบอลไทย/2016/12/31/31014572/OFFICIAL-กระบี่เซ็นแข้งลูกครึ่งกัมพูชา|publisher=Goal.com|date=31 December 2016|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref>
===Terengganu=== On 5 December 2017, Thierry Bin signed a contract with newly promoted Malaysia Super League club Terengganu.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chantha Bin, Hyeon Woo sertai TFC1|url=http://www.kosmo.com.my/sukan/chantha-bin-hyeon-woo-sertai-tfc1-1.56714|publisher=www.kosmo.com.my|date=5 December 2017|access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref>
===Sukhothai=== On 4 December 2019, Thierry Bin announced he will be joining Thai League 1 side Sukhothai.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livesportasia.com/football/thai-league-1/patrick-vieira-of-cambodia-will-play-in-thai-league-next-year-lsa1541 |title="Patrick Vieira of Cambodia" will play in Thai League next year |website=www.livesportasia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204034242/http://www.livesportasia.com/football/thai-league-1/patrick-vieira-of-cambodia-will-play-in-thai-league-next-year-lsa1541 |archive-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>
===Perak=== Thierry Bin is now a player for Perak FA playing in the Malaysian Super League
==International career== Thierry Bin expressed his desire to play for Cambodia early on but he could not make his official debut due to FIFA's guidelines on citizenship. Hence he mostly played in unofficial friendlies instead.<ref name="Play Abroad"/> In 2013, he was selected for the Cambodia national football team to play at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.<ref>{{cite web|title=French-born Thierry Chantha Bin in Cambodia SEA Games squad |url=https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/french-born-thierry-chantha-bin-cambodia-sea-games-013000671--spt.html |author=Bhas Kunju |work=Goal.com |date=7 September 2013 |accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref>
He played his first national team match on 17 March 2015 in a 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Macau.<ref name="Soccerway"/> He also scored the first goal of the match in the 28th minute.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150317011018/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275167/match=300311258/index.html FIFA Match Report, Macau vs Cambodia 2015]</ref>
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Cambodia's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/58539/Thierry_Bin.html|title=Bin, Thierry|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=20 November 2017}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 17 March 2015 || Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau || {{fb|MAC}} || {{center|'''1'''–0}} || {{center|1–1}} || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 2. || 29 August 2015 || Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand || {{fb|LAO}} || {{center|'''1'''–1}} || {{center|1–2}} || Friendly |- | 3. || 9 October 2016 || Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia || {{fb|SRI}} || {{center|'''2'''–0}} || {{center|4–0}} || Friendly |}
==Personal life== He is close friends with Boris Kok and Kouch Dani, two other French Cambodians playing for Phnom Penh Crown.<ref name="Play Abroad"/>
==Honours==
'''Phnom Penh Crown''' *Cambodian League: 2014, 2015 '''Perak FA''' *Unity Shield: 2020 '''Visakha''' *Hun Sen Cup: 2021, 2022 '''Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng''' *Hun Sen Cup: 2023-24 *Cambodian League: 2023-24, 2024-2025, 2025-2026
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