French soccer player Billy Ketkeophomphone to compete for his homeland Laos in AFF Suzuki Cup


Billy Ketkeophomphone plays for USL Dunkerque. - Laotian Times

VIENTIANE, Nov 29: A French soccer player of Lao descent has been conferred with honorary Lao citizenship in order to compete for his homeland in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020, Laotian Times.

A ceremony was held on 25 November at the Embassy of Laos in Paris, France, where Lao Ambassador to France, Yong Chanthalangsy, presented a Lao passport to Billy Ketkeophomphone.

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