Forward Suchawadee Nildhamrong has joined Lithuanian club Gintra Universitetas in a move that could see her become the first Thai to appear in the Uefa Women's Champions League.
The 22-year-old Thailand international is based in the US and played for the California Golden Bears in the US college system.
She was part of Thailand's squad for the 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup in France where the Chaba Kaew lost all of their three matches against the US, Sweden and Chile.
Suchawadee, also known as Miranda Nild, is likely to reprsent Gintra Universitetas, the reigning Lithuanian champions, in the Women's Champions League qualifiers.
Her new team are among 40 clubs fighting for places in the knockout stages, which feature will 32 clubs.
Gintra are in the same group as Albania's Vllaznia, Ireland's Wexford Youths and Malta's Birkirkara with only the group toppers progressing to the knockout stages where they will join the likes of Lyon, Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City.
Gintra will play Birkirkara in their first Women's Champions League qualifier on Wednesday.
Suchawadee was born in the US to a Thai father and an American mother.
She has scored 12 goals for the Thailand national team so far and also featured for the nation in the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup and 2018 AFF Women's Championship.
Meanwhile, two-time Women's World Cup champion coach Jill Ellis will say farewell to the US national team on Oct 6 after a match against South Korea, US Soccer said.
The US federation announced the final games of the five-match exhibition series would both be against South Korea on Oct 3 at Charlotte, North Carolina and three days later at Chicago's Soldier Field.
Ellis guided the US women to the 2015 and 2019 world crowns. bangkok post/afp