FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - Japan Training - Stadium Rubin, Kazan, Russia - June 26, 2018 Japan coach Akira Nishino during training REUTERS/John Sibley
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Former Japan coach Akira Nishino has been named the new head coach of Thailand to try to lead the country into a first World Cup finals, the Thai football association announced on Monday.
Nishino, who took Japan to the Round of 16 in Russia last year, has been appointed as the long-term successor to Milovan Rajevac following the Serb's dismissal during the country's appearance at the Asian Cup finals earlier this year.
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