Nuengrutai Srathongvian (; ; born 1 January 1972), also known as "Coach Nueng" (), is a Thai football manager and former

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and

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player who is currently the manager of the Thailand women's national under-20 football team.

Sporting career

While attending

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, Srathongvian began playing

, 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 The 1995 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Southeast Asian Games, Chiang Mai, 1995 (), were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 9 to 17 December 1995. It was the first time that a non-capital ...

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. She later went on to represent the

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, appearing for the team in the football tournament at the

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. Hosts Thailand finished last in their group with one point. In club football, she played for Police Club.

Managerial career

Srathongvian previously coached the . 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. She led the team at the

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, finishing the tournament in fifth place after defeating hosts and regional rivals

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. Therefore, the team qualified for the 2015 edition of the

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. It was the first appearance of a Thai team of either gender at an 11-a-side World Cup. Thailand were drawn into

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and finished third, having lost 0–4 to

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and 0–4 to

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. However, the team won 3–2 against the

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, which was their first ever World Cup win. In September 2015, Srathongvian resigned after Thailand was eliminated in the 2016 Olympics qualifying phase. However, Srathongvian returned to the position in October 2017 following the resignation of Spencer Prior. The team managed to finish fourth at the

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in Jordan, thus qualifying for the

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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 The 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-16 national teams of ...

) and under-19 (at the

2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-19 national teams o ...

) teams. In 2019 Ratchaburi sign a contract with Nuengrutai as a head coach make her become the first women who coaching a men team. 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 Kamphaeng Saen (, ) is the northwesternmost district (''amphoe'') of Nakhon Pathom province, central Thailand. History Kamphaeng Saen was a moated centre of Dvaravati culture, dating from 410-870 CE, with the foundation of a Buddhist stupa ident ...

Nakhon Pathom Nakhon Pathom (, ) is a city (''thesaban nakhon'') in central Thailand, the former capital of Nakhon Pathom province. One of the most important landmarks is the giant Phra Pathommachedi. The city is also home to Thailand's only Bhikkhuni temple W ...

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