Visconte, 23, may have two A-League Championship and two Premierships to his name but what he really needs to take the next step is minutes on the park.

The left winger spent two-and-half seasons with Brisbane Roar before moving to Western Sydney Wanderers last year and was released at the end of the 2012/13 campaign.

During those three years he made just 27 appearances, and admits the best thing he can do for his future is string together back to back games over the coming months.

Speaking from Thailand he told au.fourfourtwo.com: “I had to look at the next stage of my career and I think this is probably the best thing for me at the moment.

“I’m hopefully going to get a lot of games under my belt which I haven’t been able to do the last couple of years. There’s 14 games left (in the TPL season) and I’m hoping to play as many as possible.”

The move, he said, was a win-win.

“I get exposure in Asia and my contract finishes in time for the A-League season. I’m hoping I can do really well so if the club wants to keep me I can re-sign here or have the option to go back to the A-League.”

The South Australian got his first run with the War Elephants on the weekend, coming on as a substitute and putting in a solid 50 minutes in a 3-1 win over Samut Songkhram.

The newly-promoted outfit currently sits fourth in the TPL and is hungry for more success – one of the factors that attracted the young Aussie to the club. His arrival in the country coincided with the Thailand All-Stars shock 1-0 win over Manchester United.

“For Thailand to bring clubs like that over to their country is a big thing,” he said. “They’ve got Barcelona coming next week as well. Football here is the number one sport and they take a lot of pride in it.

“I can only see (the league) getting stronger. The facilities at the club are brilliant – it’s a very good professional environment – and when you talk to the players all they want is to keep improving.”

Visconte burst onto the scene as a 16-year-old when he and fellow Aussie and now Socceroo Ryan McGowan were signed by Scottish club Hearts in 2006.

Four years later he went on loan to second division Ayr United in search of regular football but the move was hampered by injury. It’s been a struggle for game time ever since.

“It’s been tough for me in the A-League in the last couple of seasons,” Visconte said. “I don’t want to be using excuses but when I was at Brisbane I had good experienced players playing in front of me, like Thomas Broich and Shane Stefanutto.

“I found it tough to get a run in the squad – that happens in football.

“I moved to Wanderers half way through last season and I had Mark Bridge playing in front of me who probably had the season of his career.”

It took him time to get up to full fitness at Wanderers after cooling his heels on the sidelines in Brisbane. But he endeared himself to fans with a brilliantly taken goal against Newcastle Jets which helped wrap up the Premiership for the club in its maiden season.

Visconte said more experienced players may have limited his game time but they have also taught him plenty.

“I like testing myself,” he said. “From a young age I learnt never to give up and just be patient – your time will come.

“I’ve always had good experienced players playing in front of me and I’ve learnt a lot from them.

“You learn to take the bad with the good. And the good thing about football is that I have the best job in the world.

“I’ve won two Championships and two Premierships. Some players play their whole careers – 10 to 15 years – and they don’t win anything. I consider myself lucky in that department.”