Nuengrutai Srathongvian
 Srathongvian in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 January 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kamphaeng Saen, Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Thailand women (Interim head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992–2001 | Police Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009 | Asian Graduate College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Thailand women (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Thailand women U14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Thailand women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Thailand women U16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Thailand women U19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Thailand women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ratchaburi Mitr Phol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Thailand (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Thailand women (Interim) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nuengrutai Srathongvian (Thai: หนึ่งฤทัย สระทองเวียน; RTGS: Nuengrithai Sarathongwian; born 1 January 1972), also known as "Coach Nueng" (Thai: โค้ชหนึ่ง), is a Thai former footballer and field hockey player and who is the currently interim head coach of Thailand women.
Sporting career
[edit]While attending Kasetsart University, Srathongvian began playing field hockey, as there were few football matches played for year one students. She represented the Thailand women's national field hockey team, winning the gold medal as hosts at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai. She later went on to represent the Thailand women's national football team, appearing for the team in the football tournament at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. Hosts Thailand finished last in their group with one point. In club football, she played for Police Club.[1]
Managerial career
[edit]Srathongvian previously coached the Asian Graduate College. In 2013, she was appointed as the assistant coach for the women's national team, under head coach Jatuporn Pramualban. In 2014, she replaced Pramualban as head coach following his retirement, becoming the first woman to hold the position.[2] She led the team at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, finishing the tournament in fifth place after defeating hosts and regional rivals Vietnam. Therefore, the team qualified for the 2015 edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup. It was the first appearance of a Thai team of either gender at an 11-a-side World Cup.
Thailand were drawn into Group B and finished third, having lost 0–4 to Norway and 0–4 to Germany. However, the team won 3–2 against the Ivory Coast, which was their first ever World Cup win.[3]
In September 2015, Srathongvian resigned after Thailand was eliminated in the 2016 Olympics qualifying phase.[4] However, Srathongvian returned to the position in October 2017 following the resignation of Spencer Prior.[5] The team managed to finish fourth at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Jordan, thus qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.
Srathongvian has also coached various Thai women's youth selections, including the under-14, under-16 (at the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship) and under-19 (at the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship) teams.[6][7][8] In 2019 Ratchaburi sign a contract with Nuengrutai as a head coach make her become the first women who coaching a men team.[9]
In 2019 Ratchaburi Mitr Phol signed a contract with Srathongvian, making her the first woman to coach a men's football team in Thailand.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Srathongvian was born in the Thai village of Sra Pattana in Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "ชีวิตพลิก 9 ตลบ กว่าจะเป็นโค้ชประวัติศาสตร์บอลไทย" [Life flipped 9 times to join history as the Thai football coach] (in Thai). Siamsport. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "คอลัมน์ลีกไทย: โค้ชหนึ่ง หนึ่งฤทัย สระทองเวียน แม่ทัพบอลหญิงคนใหม่". Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ ""โค้ชหนึ่ง" หนึ่งฤทัย สระทองเวียน: "เป๊ป กวาร์ดิโอล่า" คือ ไอดอล" ["Coach Nueng" Nuengrutai Srathongvian: "Pep Guardiola is an idol"] (in Thai). ThePeople. 29 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "โค้ชหนึ่งประกาศลาออกเซ่นสาวไทยพ่ายเหงียน". Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "สมาคมฟุตบอลฯ แต่งตั้ง "โค้ชหนึ่ง" คุมฟุตบอลหญิงทีมชาติไทย". 2 October 2017.
- ^ "'โค้ชหนึ่ง' เร้าชบาแก้วยู-19 ทำงานหนัก หากหวังเทียบชั้นระดับโลก". 15 October 2017.
- ^ "All Competitions | AFC". Archived from the original on 31 August 2017.
- ^ "โค้ชหนึ่งยกขุมกำลังสาวไทยเป็นต่อคู่แข่งในศึกอซ.ยู-14". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- ^ a b "โค้ชหญิงในประวัติศาสตร์! ราชบุรี ตั้ง "โค้ชหนึ่ง" เป็นกุนซือคนใหม่". 21 October 2019.
External links
[edit]- Nuengrutai Srathongvian coach profile at Soccerway
- Nuengrutai Srathongvian at WorldFootball.net
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Nakhon Pathom province
- Kasetsart University alumni
- Thai women's footballers
- Thailand women's international footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Thailand
- Thai female field hockey players
- Female field hockey goalkeepers
- SEA Games gold medalists for Thailand
- Competitors at the 1995 SEA Games
- SEA Games medalists in field hockey
- Thai football managers
- Female association football managers
- Thailand women's national football team managers
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup managers