Thailand’s national football team gets a new head coach
Thailand’s national football team will officially introduce its new head coach, Masatada Ishii, 66, next week, after parting ways with Alexandre Polking on Wednesday.
The Japanese coach is a former manager of Thai Premier League team Buri Ram United and his first match, as the national team’s coach, will be a friendly against Japan’s national football team on January 1, 2024 in Tokyo.
Thailand decided to part company with Brazilian-German Polking after a mixed start to the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign. The 3-1 win over Singapore on Tuesday wasn’t enough to save his job, as his team had suffered a 2-1 defeat to China the previous week.
Reports suggest that he will return to Ho Chi Minh City FC, his team for the 2020-2021 season.