Infantino hails Thailand’s path under Nualphan

Nualphan Lamsam, president of the Football Association of Thailand, was at Fifa’s headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, on Wednesday and spoke on a number of matters regarding development of Thai football.

President Fifa Gianni Infantino and secretary general Mattias Grafstrom extended hearty welcome to FAT head.

Taking to Twitter, Infatino wrote: “Happy to meet Ms Nualphan Lamsam, president of the Football Association of Thailand at the Fifa office today (Friday).

“Under her leadership the Thai national team has had great success and we [Fifa] are very pleased with getting young boys and girls in her beautiful country to understand more about football,” he added.

In December last year, Nualphan had also gone to Doha, Qatar, to meet Infantino while presiding over a meeting for the 2024 Fifa Intercontinental Cup final match between Spain’s Real Madrid and Mexico’s Pachuca.

She has also been invited to attend the Club World Cup in the United States from June 14 to July 13 this year.