Jonathan Khemdee, Thai defender who threw away SEA Video games medals

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The defender for the U-22 Thailand nationwide group, Jonathan Khemdee, was within the highlight after throwing a silver medal and a memento doll into the stands after the 2023 SEA Video games remaining.

It’s identified that Khemdee “thrown away” his medals and souvenirs after Thailand U-22 misplaced 2-5 to Indonesia U-22. Due to this defeat, the Conflict Elephant Crew did not win the 2023 SEA Video games gold medal.

Khemdee’s motion instantly drew harsh criticism from followers of the Thai and Cambodian nationwide groups. In response to studies The Khmer InstancesCambodian Info Minister, Chum Kosal, mentioned that Khemdee didn’t worth Cambodia because the host and requested the Thai soccer federation to ‘educate’ Khemdee.


“Khemdee can’t management his feelings as an expert participant and doesn’t respect the host nation (Cambodia),” mentioned Kosal, quoted on Tuesday (23/5/2023).

Responding to this, Khemdee defined that he didn’t intend to throw away the medal. Khemdee mentioned he meant to offer medals and memento dolls to the Thai nationwide group supporters who got here.

So, who’s Khemdee?

In response to Transfermarkt, Khemdee is likely one of the gamers for the mid-table membership of the Thai League (Thai League), Ratchaburi FC, who simply joined on January 17, 2023. Reportedly, the participant who was born on Might 9, 2002 signed a contract with Ratchaburi FC till Might 31, 2026.

Earlier than becoming a member of Ratchaburi FC, it turned out that Khemdee had performed with quite a lot of Danish golf equipment, akin to Odense BK and Naestved BK in 2019 till the tip of 2022. In response to the identical report, Khemdee returned to Thailand from Odense BK on a free switch.

In the meantime, Transfermarkt famous that it turned out that Khemdee had simply joined the Thailand U-22 nationwide group on 8 Might 2023. Beforehand, Khemdee had joined the Thailand U-23 nationwide group since 25 October 2021.

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