Head coach · Founder
CoachPat.
Patrick Kanyuka. UEFA B coach. Former QPR, Swindon Town and CFR Cluj defender. Football life in Thailand.
LicenceUEFA BCoach Pat · Future Cross Academy
The story
Canning Town to Thailand.
Born in Kinshasa and raised in Canning Town, East London, Pat came through Leyton Orient's youth system before turning professional at Queens Park Rangers. A 6ft 4in centre-back, he played across England, in Romania with CFR Cluj, and in Asia with Roi Et United and Shan United.
Off the pitch he founded Waltham Cross FC in 2021, runs the Future Cross youth tournaments and the Patkans sportswear brand, and supports young people through the Hope Community Foundation. Future Cross Academy brings all of it to Pattaya.
Playing career
Twelve clubs. Five countries.
Including an FA Cup third-round tie against Everton with Tamworth.
From public records. Coach to confirm before launch.
- 2005-08Queens Park RangersEngland
- 2008-09Swindon TownEngland
- 2009-10Northampton TownEngland
- 2010-11CFR ClujRomania
- 2010Unirea Alba Iulia (loan)Romania
- 2011Lincoln CityEngland
- 2011-12TamworthEngland
- 2012Staines TownEngland
- 2012-13Maidenhead UnitedEngland
- 2013-14Roi Et UnitedThailand
- 2015LimerickIreland
- 2016-19Shan UnitedMyanmar