Miranda Nild
Personal information
Full name Miranda Nild[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-01) 1 April 1997
Place of birth Alameda, California, U.S.[2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Mustang SC[4]
2012 Castro Valley High School[4]
2012 Chonburi Sports School[4]
2013–2015 Danville SC[4]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 California Golden Bears 73 (13)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Gintra Universitetas
2020–2021 OL Reign 2 (0)
2021 → Kristianstad (loan) 15 (3)
2022 Selfoss 15 (6)
2023– Oakland Soul SC
International career‡
2017–2022 Thailand 20 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2019[5]

Miranda Nild (born 1 April 1997), known in Thailand as Suchawadee Nildhamrong (Thai: สุชาวดี นิลธำรงค์; RTGS: Suchaodi Ninthamrong),[5] is an American-born Thai former professional footballer who played as a forward for the Thailand women's national team.

Early life

Nild is the daughter of Selma and Jerry Nild and sister to her brother Wesley. She attended Castro Valley High School in Castro Valley, California. There, she played soccer under head coach Paul McCallion and was a member of the Varsity golf team during her freshman and sophomore years.[6] In 2013, Nild led her team with 31 goals and 9 assists, helping her receive an All-East Bay First Team selection. In 2014, she led her team with 38 goals, helping her receive another All-East Bay First Team selection and First Team All-WACC Foothill Division selection. Nild also played club soccer under Patrick Uriz with Mustang Soccer and was a member of the 2010 State ODP team.[6]

College career

Nild joined the California Golden Bears in 2015, majoring in American Studies.[6] As a freshman, she made 18 appearances out of a total of 22 contests.[6] She made the first two starts of her career in back-to-back road games versus California Polytechnic State University and versus the University of Colorado Boulder. Nild scored her first collegiate goal in a 2–0 victory against San Francisco on 18 September 2015.[6] During her sophomore year, Nild played in all 21 matches, starting all but 2. She scored twice in the season in the span of 4 games, starting with a goal at Texas Tech University and ending with another versus The University of California, Davis.[6] She was named as a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.[6] As a junior, she made a total of 17 appearances, making 14 starts. Nild led the team with seven goals, including three game-winners, and one assist, for a total of 15 points.[6] She scored in 4 consecutive games dating from 27 August to 15 September, making it the longest goal-scoring streak by any Golden Bear since the 2014 season. Nild recorded her first collegiate assist on Abi Kim's equalizer in the 80th minute versus Santa Clara University.[6] She scored the Golden Bears' only goal in the NCAA Tournament versus Santa Clara University. Nild was voted the team's Offensive MVP for the season. As a senior, she made 17 appearances, starting all but 1. Nild recorded 3 goals and 3 assists.[6]

Club career

Nild signed with Gintra Universitetas in July 2019.[7]

International career

Nild has a Thai father and an American mother.[8] In April 2017, she received her first senior call-up for Thailand.[9] On 3 April, she scored on her debut in a 6–0 victory against Palestine.[10] In March 2018, she was named in the squad for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[11][12] She scored twice in a 6–1 win over Jordan on 9 April and played a role in all three goals against the Philippines on 12 April. Thailand, with one defeat and two wins, finished second in the group and qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[13] In June 2018, she was named in the squad for the 2018 AFF Women's Championship.[14] On 4 July, she made her first appearance in the tournament, scoring four goals in an 11–0 victory against Cambodia.[15] She finished the tournament with six goals in 5 appearances, helping Thailand claim their third AFF title in a row.[16][17] In August 2018, she was named in the squad for the 2018 Asian Games.[18] She made two appearances in the tournament, scoring a goal in a 3–2 loss to Vietnam.[19] In February 2019, she was named in the squad for the 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup.[20] She finished the tournament with one goal in four appearances.

International goals

Results list Thailand's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 April 2017Al-Ram, Palestine Palestine
4–0
6–0
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2.7 April 2017 Chinese Taipei
1–0
1–0
3.9 April 2018Amman, Jordan Jordan
1–0
6–1
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
4.
5–1
5.4 July 2018Palembang, Indonesia Cambodia
1–0
11–0
2018 AFF Women's Championship
6.
2–0
7.
7–0
8.
9–0
9.6 July 2018 Malaysia
4–0
8–0
10.19 August 2018 Vietnam
1–1
2–3
2018 Asian Games
11.27 February 2019Larnaca, Cyprus Hungary
4–0
4–0
2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
12.19 August 2019Chonburi, Thailand Timor-Leste
6–0
9–0
2019 AFF Women's Championship
13.
9–0
14.2 December 2019Manila, Philippines Indonesia
5–0
5–1
2019 Southeast Asian Games

Honors

International

References

  1. ↑ "Student Procession Participants: Undergraduate Degree Candidates" (PDF). Class of 2019 Commencement. Berkeley, California: University of California, Berkeley. 18 May 2019. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Castro Valley Sports Hall of Fame – Class of 2020: Miranda Nild" (DOCX). Castro Valley Sports Foundation. 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "FA Thailand". Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "ก่อนจะเป็นชบาแก้ว : เส้นทางลูกหนัง ของ "มิรันด้า" สุชาวดี นิลธำรงค์". fathailand.org. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  5. 1 2 "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 List of Players – Thailand" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2019. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Miranda Nild – Women's Soccer". University of California Golden Bears Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  7. ↑ Mgmt, Upper V. Athlete (29 July 2019). "BREAKING: From the 2019 @FIFAWWC to @UWCL! Upper V Athlete and Thailand Women's National Team striker @mnild_8 has signed with Lithuanian champs #FCGintra. Nild, a former standout with @CalWSoc joins her new club as it prepares for the Champions League Qualification Round.pic.twitter.com/Wd8bLEEZVg".
  8. ↑ "USWNT vs. Thailand: Live score, updates, highlights from USA's World Cup match". Sciencetells. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Nild joins Thailand for World Cup qualifiers". University of California Official Athletic Site. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "สุชาวดี นิลธำรงค์ : มันเป็นความทรงจำที่ยอดเยี่ยมมาก" (in Thai). Football Association of Thailand. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Thailand name squad for Jordan 2018 challenge". Asian Football Confederation. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Suchawadee and Thailand have World Cup in their sights". Asian Football Confederation. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Nuengrutai rejoices as Thailand celebrate Women's World Cup return". Asian Football Confederation. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "ประกาศรายชื่อ 23 แข้งชบาแก้ว ชุดลุยศึกชิงแชมป์อาเซียน" (in Thai). Football Association of Thailand. 27 June 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "ชบาแก้วถล่มกัมพูชา 11–0 ศึกชิงแชมป์อาเซียนนัดที่สอง" (in Thai). Football Association of Thailand. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  16. ↑ "Going Global". University of California Official Athletic Site. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "Thailand beat Australia for fourth title, Vietnam finish third". Asian Football Confederation. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "สมาคมฯประกาศรายชื่อ 20 แข้ง ทัพชบาแก้ว ลุยศึกเอเชียนเกมส์ ครั้งที่ 18" (in Thai). Football Association of Thailand. 13 August 2018. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  19. ↑ ""ชบาแก้ว" พ่าย เวียดนาม 2–3 นัดสุดท้ายรอบแบ่งกลุ่มเอเชียนเกมส์" (in Thai). Football Association of Thailand. 19 August 2018. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  20. ↑ "ประกาศ : รายชื่อ 24 แข้งชบาแก้ว ชุดลุยศึก ไซปรัส คัพ 2019" (in Thai). Football Association of Thailand. 23 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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