In the final match of the ASEAN Cup 2024 between Vietnam and Thailand on January 5, striker Nguyen Xuan Son suffered a serious injury. He was taken to a hospital in Thailand for emergency treatment to determine his condition and treatment direction.
Thai media reported that Madam Pang - President of the Football Association of Thailand coordinated and sent people to support Xuan Son. Not only that, the businesswoman also asked about the health and paid for the medical expenses of the Vietnamese national team striker before he returned home.
Madam Pang's actions scored points in the eyes of Vietnamese fans. Not only that, she was also praised for her friendly attitude, smiling and congratulating Vietnamese fans after the second leg of the 2024 ASEAN Cup final.
Madam Pang, whose real name is Nualphan Lamsam, is currently the President of the Football Association of Thailand after being elected in February 2024. The businesswoman overwhelmingly won the election, becoming the 18th president in history.
Before that, she had made many contributions to the development of Thai football for nearly a decade.
During the 2015-2019 period, she was the head of the women's football delegation attending the 2015 and 2019 World Cups. After that, the businesswoman continued to be the head of the men's football delegation attending the AFF Cup 2020, 2022, 2024.
Domestically, the "iron lady" of Thai football is also known as the President of Port FC club.
Madam Pang was born in 1966, belonging to the 5th generation of the Lamsam family, one of the richest families in the land of the Golden Temple. Lamsam is the founder and operator of one of the leading large banks in Thailand - Kasikorn Bank.
Lamsam is known as a Thai-Chinese family, with the first generation immigrating to Thailand in the 19th century. According to statistics from the Bangkok Post in February 2022, Madam Pang's family owns nearly 117 billion USD in assets.
Each member of the family is a famous face in the banking and insurance industry. According to Forbes, the head of the family - Mr. Banthoon Lamsam holds the 31st position in the list of the richest people in Thailand, with a personal asset value of up to 1 billion USD.
In addition to business, many members of the Lamsam family have also pursued sports careers. Among them are swimmer Robyn Lamsam (born 1977) and cricketer Roy Lamsam (born 1980).
Regarding Madam Pang, she is currently the CEO of Muangthai Insurance Company, President of the Thai Cultural Promotion Fund... In addition, the female billionaire also owns a company specializing in importing branded products from abroad. In 2022, the beautiful businesswoman was in the top 50 most powerful women over 50 years old in Asia voted by Forbes.
Madam Pang has an only daughter, Nuanwan Phanchet. She is the child of Madam Pang and Dr. Vachara Phanchet. The two “went their separate ways” in 2005. She then remarried Colonel Narat Sawetnan in 2014.
Madam Pang's daughter holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Queensland, Australia. She then went on to pursue a master's degree (English program) at Chulalongkorn University, the same university her mother attended.
In 2021, Madam Pang appointed her daughter to the position of Vice President of Port FC.
