Duangphet Phromthep ( th, ดวงเพชร พรหมเทพ; 3 July 200514 February 2023) was the Thai captain of the ''Wild Boars'' football team that was

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from Tham Luang Nang Non cave in 2018. He won a football scholarship to England in 2022. He died by suicide in 2023.

Life

Duangphet was born on 3 July 2005 to mother Chanta Jai-Ngiem, and known as Dom. He grew up in Chiang Rai. He was the captain of the ''Wild Boars''

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team that became trapped in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave on 23 June 2018, prompting the seventeen-day Tham Luang cave rescue. In 2022, Duangphet won a Zico Foundation scholarship to

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, England.

Death

On 12 February 2023, Duangphet was found unconscious in his room at

. He was taken to Kettering General Hospital, where he died on 14 February. He was 17 years old at the time of his death.

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described the circumstances of death as unsuspicious. Following his death, Duangphet's family made a public appeal to Zico Foundation leader and former footballer Kiatisuk Senamuang for funds to repatriate his body to Thailand. After a cremation in the United Kingdom, Kiatisuk Senamuang delivered Duangphet's ashes to his parents at Suvarnabhumi Airport on 4 March 2023. A Buddhist ceremony was held for Duangphet in the Wat Phra That Doi Wao temple in Chiang Rai province. An

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concluded that he had died by suicide. The reason for his death is unknown.

References

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