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Nuengrutai Srathongvian

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Nuengrutai Srathongvian
Srathongvian in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-01-01) 1 January 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Kamphaeng Saen, Thailand
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Thailand women (Interim head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–2001 Police Club
International career
Thailand
Managerial career
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)

Field hockey career
Playing position Goalkeeper
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Thailand
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Thailand
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Chiang Mai Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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

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Srathongvian previously coached the Asian Graduate College [th]. 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

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Srathongvian was born in the Thai village of Sra Pattana in Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "คอลัมน์ลีกไทย: โค้ชหนึ่ง หนึ่งฤทัย สระทองเวียน แม่ทัพบอลหญิงคนใหม่". Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. ^ ""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.
  4. ^ "โค้ชหนึ่งประกาศลาออกเซ่นสาวไทยพ่ายเหงียน". Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. ^ "สมาคมฟุตบอลฯ แต่งตั้ง "โค้ชหนึ่ง" คุมฟุตบอลหญิงทีมชาติไทย". 2 October 2017.
  6. ^ "'โค้ชหนึ่ง' เร้าชบาแก้วยู-19 ทำงานหนัก หากหวังเทียบชั้นระดับโลก". 15 October 2017.
  7. ^ "All Competitions | AFC". Archived from the original on 31 August 2017.
  8. ^ "โค้ชหนึ่งยกขุมกำลังสาวไทยเป็นต่อคู่แข่งในศึกอซ.ยู-14". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  9. ^ a b "โค้ชหญิงในประวัติศาสตร์! ราชบุรี ตั้ง "โค้ชหนึ่ง" เป็นกุนซือคนใหม่". 21 October 2019.
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