{{short description|Thai football manager (born 1997)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Pannarai Pansiri | image = | fullname = Pannarai Pansiri | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|1|9|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bangkok]], Thailand | height = | position = | currentclub = [[Kanchanaburi Power F.C.|Kanchanaburi Power]] (Chief Analyst) | manageryears1 = 2015 | managerclubs1 = [[Loei City F.C.|Loei City]] (youth) | manageryears2 = 2020 | managerclubs2 = [[Bangkok United F.C.|Bangkok United]] (youth) | manageryears3 = 2020–2022 | managerclubs3 = [[Kanchanaburi Power F.C.|Kanchanaburi Power]] | manageryears4 = 2022 | managerclubs4 = [[Muangkan United F.C.|Muangkan United]] (technical director) | manageryears5 = 2022 | managerclubs5 = [[Kanchanaburi Power F.C.|Kanchanaburi Power]] | manageryears6 = 2022–2024 | managerclubs6 = [[Chainat Hornbill F.C.|Chainat Hornbill]] | manageryears7 = 2025 | managerclubs7 = [[Hougang United]] (assistant) | manageryears8 = 2025–2026 | managerclubs8 = [[Hougang United]] }} '''Pannarai Pansiri''' ({{langx|th|พันธุ์นารายณ์ พันธุ์ศิริ}}; born 9 January 1997) is a Thai professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] who is recently the head coach of [[Singapore Premier League]] club [[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]].
==Early life== Pansiri was born on 9 January 1997 in [[Thailand]]. Growing up, he aspired to become a football manager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ballthai.com/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87-%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%8A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%89-%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%93%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9E-%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%81/|title=เปิดเส้นทาง "โค้ชอ๊อตโต้" เฮดโค้ชมากประสบการณ์แห่งทัพ "นักรบภาคตะวันตก"|trans-title=Opening the path of "Coach Otto", the experienced head coach of the "Western Warriors"|language=th|publisher=Ballthai.com|date=28 May 2021|access-date=11 November 2025}}</ref><ref>[https://thaileague.co.th/v1/articles-index/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95-%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%93-%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%A3-%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%9D%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%81-%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%9E%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2/ ‘อ๊อตโต้’ พันธุนารายณ์ พันธุ์ศิริ : เด็กหนุ่มผู้ฝันคุมทีมพรีเมียร์ลีก สู่กุนซืออายนุ้อยที่สุดของลีกอาชีพเมืองไทย]</ref>
==Managerial career== Pansiri started his managerial career as a youth manager of Thai side [[Loei City F.C.|Loei City]] at the age of eighteen in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepeople.co/sports/football/52027|title=Game Changer: 'อ๊อตโต้-พันธุ์นารายณ์' โค้ชฟุตบอลวัย 26 ปี อายุน้อยสุดในลีกอาชีพไทย|trans-title=Game Changer: 'Otto-Phannarai', 26-year-old football coach, the youngest in the Thai professional league|language=th|publisher=The People|date=28 July 2023|access-date=11 November 2025}}</ref> In 2020, he was appointed as a youth manager of Thai side [[Bangkok United F.C.|Bangkok United]]. The same year he was appointed manager of Thai side [[Kanchanaburi Power F.C.|Kanchanaburi Power]].
Following his stint there, he was appointed technical director of Thai side [[Muangkan United F.C.|Muangkan United]] in 2022. The same year, he was appointed manager of Thai side [[Chainat Hornbill F.C.|Chainat Hornbill]]. During the summer of 2025, he was appointed as an assistant manager of Singaporean side [[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]] before being appointed manager of the club that October.
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Hougang United FC}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pansiri, Pannarai}} [[Category:1997 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Thai football managers|Pannarai Pansiri]] [[Category:Expatriate football managers in Singapore]] [[Category:Thai expatriate sportspeople in Singapore]] [[Category:Chainat Hornbill F.C. managers|Pannarai Pansiri]] [[Category:Hougang United FC managers]] [[Category:Singapore Premier League managers]]