Keo Sokngon (born 30 April 1988) is a retired Cambodian

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who is currently serving as team manager of

Phnom Penh Crown Phnom Penh Crown Football Club (PPCFC; km, ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់ភ្នំពេញក្រោន, ) is a Cambodian professional football club based in Sangkat Toul Sangke II, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh, competing in the C ...

in the Cambodian League . He played as a striker or

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for his club and the

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. His younger brother,

Keo Sokpheng Keo Sokpheng ( km, កែវ សុខផេង; born on 3 March 1992) is a Cambodian footballer. He was born in Kratié in Cambodia.

, is also a footballer.

Biography

Sokngon was born to a

Chinese Cambodian Chinese Cambodians (or Sino-Khmers) are Cambodian citizens of Chinese ancestry or Chinese of full or partial Khmer ancestry. The Khmer term ''Khmer Kat Chen'' () is used for people of mixed Chinese and Khmer descent; ''Chen Khmer'' () means Cambo ...

father and a

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mother, who was born in Tây Ninh Province. Keo Sokngon moved to Vietnam to live with his family when he was 3 years old and learnt Vietnamese from his mother.“Sao” Việt ở tuyển Campuchia
Thứ Hai, 20/09/2010, Lao Dong newspaper After returning to Cambodia, Sokngon joined

. As a striker, he scored 12 goals in 2009, significantly contributing to the 2009 Cambodian League championship of Phnom Penh Crown. Soon after, he was called to

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participate at 2009 Southeast Asian Games Football Tournament. He spent one season with

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where he received the best player award of the division. When he came back to Cambodia, he signed a contract with the newcomer of the league,

Boeung Ket Angkor Boeung Ket Football Club ( km, ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់បឹងកេត, ) is a Cambodian professional football club based in Phnom Penh. It currently plays in the Cambodian Premier League, the top tier of football in the cou ...

(formerly known as Boeung Ket Rubber Field FC) and won the league at that time. On 23 June 2015, he signed with

once again as well as his younger brother,

Keo Sokpheng Keo Sokpheng ( km, កែវ សុខផេង; born on 3 March 1992) is a Cambodian footballer. He was born in Kratié in Cambodia.

. After the 2017 Cambodian League season Sokngon was forced to step away from and eventually retire from Football prematurely due to a long term knee injury. Before the beginning of the 2019 Cambodian League season he was announced as

Phnom Penh Crown FC Phnom Penh Crown Football Club (PPCFC; km, ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់ភ្នំពេញក្រោន, ) is a Cambodian professional football club based in Sangkat Toul Sangke II, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh, competing in the C ...

's new team manager along with a number of new coaching staffs including head coach

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, assistant coach Sum Vanna, goalkeeping coach Fernando Vitorino and general manager Ly Heang.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Cambodia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Player

;Phnom Penh Crown * Cambodian League: 2008, 2010, 2015 *

Hun Sen Cup The Hun Sen Cup ( km, ពានរង្វាន់សម្តេចហ៊ុន សែន) is a Cambodian knockout football cup competition held annually by the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC). Thirty-five teams participate in the compe ...

: 2008, 2009 ;Boeung Ket Rubber Field * Cambodian League: 2012

Manager

Phnom Penh Crown * Cambodian League Cup: 2022 * Cambodian Super Cup: 2022

Individual

* 2011 Regional League Division 2 Most Valuable Player * 2012 Cambodian League Most Valuable Player

References

External links

* * 1992 births Living people Cambodian footballers Cambodia international footballers Cambodian sportspeople of Chinese descent Cambodian people of Vietnamese descent Sportspeople of Vietnamese descent People from Kratié province Boeung Ket Rubber Field players Association football forwards Phnom Penh Crown FC players {{Cambodia-footy-bio-stub