Live broadcast on August 15, according to the reporter Ma Dexing of Sports Weekly, the current leader of the Thai national team, lunpan, officially announced that he would participate in the election of the next chairman of the Thai Football Association.
The chairman of the Thai Football Association holds a two-year term. The current chairman of the Thai Football Association, somyotte, has been elected since 2020. Under his leadership, Thai football has gone from bad to worse. The national character teams at all levels have few results in the intercontinental competition, even the status of the hegemony in Southeast Asian football was not guaranteed, and the Vietnamese team was killed into the top 12 Asian matches in the last World Cup qualifier, while the Thai team failed to participate.
At the Southeast Asian Games in May this year, the sports department of the Thai government made it clear before the competition that if the Thai team could not win the gold medal, the chairman of the Football Association must “finish class” to take responsibility. However, the Thai team not only lost to the Indonesian team in the final, but also was punished by the Thai Football Association because of the fight in the game. Under such circumstances, somyotte had to announce his resignation. Because according to the relevant regulations of FIFA, Somyot’s move was “interfered by the government”, and the Thai Football Association was worried about being banned by FIFA. In this case, the Thai Football Association held a meeting and temporarily rejected somyote’s resignation.
Originally, as the leader of Thailand’s national team, Wu lunpan once stated that he would not participate in the presidential election. Therefore, because of dissatisfaction with the current situation of Thai football, other people in Thai football have come forward to announce their participation in the new presidential election of Thai Football Association. This includes the famous Thai football stadium Cape Cape. Others include Makudi, who previously served as the chairman of the Thai Football Association and somyotte’s predecessor. However, after lobbying from all walks of life, Wu lunpan finally changed his mind and decided to stand up for the election. Due to her influence in Thai football and the public, Wu lunpan will have a chance to become the chairman of the new Thai Football Association after announcing her election.
Wu lunpan, born in 1966, is a Thai ethnic group with her ancestral home in nanxia village, Songkou town, Meixian county, Guangdong province. He graduated from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand and Boston University in the United States. Once known as “Zhu Da school Flower” and “Thailand’s man of the Year”. She used to be a Thai female entrepreneur and politician, and now she is also the chairman of Taigang club. If she can be elected, she will become the first female president in the 108-year history of the Thai Football Association.
(Derison)