Duangpetch Promthep, the former captain of the Wild Boar football team, was one of the 13 people rescued from a flooded cave in the northern province of Chiang Rai in 2018.
in 2018 – has made an appeal for the return of his body to Thailand following the teenager’s death in the United Kingdom.
Thanaporn made the appeal to Kiatisuk Senamuang – a former striker and head coach of Thailand’s national football team – whose non-profit organisation Zico Foundation helped Duangpetch obtain a scholarship to study at the Brooke House College Football Academy in Leicestershire last year.Duangpetch Promthep.
Kiatisuk shared at the press conference that Duangpetch was found unconscious in his dorm room on Sunday by a teacher and was taken to Kettering General Hospital. “I am still thinking about his dream. He wanted to be in the national team. He wanted to be a professional footballer. His voice is still ringing in my ears,” said Kiatisuk.Duangpetch, also known as Dom, was one of the 12 schoolboys rescued from the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in the northern province of Chiang Rai in 2018. The boys, who were members of the Wild Boar Academy, went to explore the cave with their football coach before it was flooded, blocking their way out.
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