Nuengrutai Srathongvian
{{short description|Thai footballer and field hockey player}}
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| name = Nuengrutai Srathongvian
| image = Nuengruethai Sathongwien 7.jpg
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| caption = Srathongvian in 2015
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|1|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kamphaeng Saen, Thailand
| currentclub = Thailand women U20 (manager)
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| position = Midfielder
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| years1 = 1992–2001
| clubs1 = Police Club
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| nationalteam1 = Thailand
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| manageryears1 = 2009
| managerclubs1 = Asian Graduate College
| manageryears2 = 2013–2014
| managerclubs2 = Thailand women (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2014
| managerclubs3 = Thailand women U14
| manageryears4 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs4 = Thailand women
| manageryears5 = 2015
| managerclubs5 = Thailand women U16
| manageryears6 = 2017
| managerclubs6 = Thailand women U19
| manageryears7 = 2017–2019
| managerclubs7 = Thailand women
| manageryears8 = 2019
| managerclubs8 = Ratchaburi Mitr Phol
| manageryears9 = 2021–2023
| managerclubs9 = Thailand (assistant)
| manageryears10 = 2024–2025
| managerclubs10 = Thailand women (Interim)
| manageryears11 = 2025–
| managerclubs11 = Thailand women U20
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| position = Goalkeeper
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{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|1995 Chiang Mai|Team}}
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Nuengrutai Srathongvian ({{langx|th|หนึ่งฤทัย สระทองเวียน}}; {{RTGS|Nuengrithai Sarathongwian}}; born 1 January 1972), also known as "Coach Nueng" ({{langx|th|โค้ชหนึ่ง}}), is a Thai football manager and former footballer and field hockey player who is currently the manager of the Thailand women's national under-20 football team.
Sporting career
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.
Managerial career
Srathongvian previously coached the {{ill|Asian Graduate College|th|วิทยาลัยบัณฑิตเอเซีย}}. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.siamsport.co.th/Column/140408_154.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707075525/https://www.siamsport.co.th/Column/140408_154.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2014|title=คอลัมน์ลีกไทย: โค้ชหนึ่ง หนึ่งฤทัย สระทองเวียน แม่ทัพบอลหญิงคนใหม่|accessdate=30 May 2019}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://thepeople.co/nuengruthai-srathongvian-thailands-women-national-head-coach/ |title="โค้ชหนึ่ง" หนึ่งฤทัย สระทองเวียน: "เป๊ป กวาร์ดิโอล่า" คือ ไอดอล |trans-title="Coach Nueng" Nuengrutai Srathongvian: "Pep Guardiola is an idol" |publisher=ThePeople |date=29 March 2019 |access-date=30 May 2019 |language=Thai |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530134610/https://thepeople.co/nuengruthai-srathongvian-thailands-women-national-head-coach/ |archive-date=30 May 2019}}
In September 2015, Srathongvian resigned after Thailand was eliminated in the 2016 Olympics qualifying phase.{{cite web|url=http://www.siamsport.co.th/Sport_Football/150922_249.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126185917/http://www.siamsport.co.th/Sport_Football/150922_249.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 November 2015|title=โค้ชหนึ่งประกาศลาออกเซ่นสาวไทยพ่ายเหงียน|accessdate=30 May 2019}} However, Srathongvian returned to the position in October 2017 following the resignation of Spencer Prior.{{Cite web |url=https://news.thaipbs.or.th/content/266572 |title=สมาคมฟุตบอลฯ แต่งตั้ง "โค้ชหนึ่ง" คุมฟุตบอลหญิงทีมชาติไทย |date=2 October 2017}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thairath.co.th/sport/trcheerthai/1099539 |title='โค้ชหนึ่ง' เร้าชบาแก้วยู-19 ทำงานหนัก หากหวังเทียบชั้นระดับโลก|date=15 October 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=9500&stageid=371&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170831124418/http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=9500&stageid=371&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary|archive-date = 31 August 2017|title = All Competitions | AFC}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.siamsport.co.th/Sport_Football/140411_292.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013135/https://www.siamsport.co.th/Sport_Football/140411_292.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-05 |title=โค้ชหนึ่งยกขุมกำลังสาวไทยเป็นต่อคู่แข่งในศึกอซ.ยู-14}} In 2019 Ratchaburi sign a contract with Nuengrutai as a head coach make her become the first women who coaching a men team.{{Cite web|url=https://mgronline.com/sport/detail/9620000101007|title=โค้ชหญิงในประวัติศาสตร์! ราชบุรี ตั้ง "โค้ชหนึ่ง" เป็นกุนซือคนใหม่|date=21 October 2019}}
In 2019 Ratchaburi Mitr Phol signed a contract with Srathongvian, making her the first woman to coach a men's football team in Thailand.
Personal life
Srathongvian was born in the Thai village of Sra Pattana in Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom.{{cite news |url=https://www.siamsport.co.th/football/thailandnational/view/73486 |title=ชีวิตพลิก 9 ตลบ กว่าจะเป็นโค้ชประวัติศาสตร์บอลไทย |trans-title=Life flipped 9 times to join history as the Thai football coach |publisher=Siamsport |date=6 June 2018 |access-date=30 May 2019 |language=Thai |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530124709/https://www.siamsport.co.th/football/thailandnational/view/73486 |archive-date=30 May 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway coach|nuengrutai-srathongvian/343521}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|nuengrutai-srathongvian}}
{{Thai League T1 managers}}
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