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Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok

Captain of football team rescued from Thai cave in 2018 dies in UK

Duangpetch Promthep
Duangpetch Promthep introduces himself during a news conference in Chiang Rai, Thailand in July 2018. Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Duangpetch Promthep, one of the 12 boys from the Wild Boars football club who were rescued from a flooded Thai cave in 2018, has died in the UK.

Duangpetch, who had moved to the UK to attend a college’s football academy, died on Tuesday, said the Zico Foundation, which had supported his scholarship abroad. His death was also confirmed by Brooke House college in Leicester.

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