Keo Sokngon

Keo Sokngon (born April 30, 1988 in Kratié, Cambodia[1]) is a retired Cambodian footballer who is currently serving as team manager of Phnom Penh Crown in the Cambodian League . He played as a striker or midfielder for his club and the Cambodia national football team. His younger brother, Keo Sokpheng, is also a footballer.

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Keo. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by their given name.
Keo Sokngon
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-04-30) April 30, 1988
Place of birth Kratié, Cambodia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Striker, Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Retired
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Phnom Penh Crown 67 (45)
2011–2012 Samut Sakhon 20 (9)
2012–2015 Boeung Ket Angkor
2015–2017 Phnom Penh Crown 33 (9)
National team
2012 Cambodia U-22 6 (1)
2008–2013 Cambodia U-23 11 (4)
2008–2017 Cambodia 15 (2)
Teams managed
2018– Phnom Penh Crown FC (team manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Sokngon was born to a Chinese Cambodian father and a Vietnamese 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.[1]

After returning to Cambodia, Sokngon joined Phnom Penh Crown. 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 Cambodia national under-23 football team participate at 2009 Southeast Asian Games Football Tournament. He spent one season with Samut Sakhon in Thailand 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 (formerly known as Boeung Ket Rubber Field FC) and won the league at that time. On 23 June 2015, he signed with Phnom Penh Crown once again as well as his younger brother, Keo Sokpheng.[2][3][4]

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's new team manager along with a number of new coaching staffs including head coach Leonardo Vitorino, assistant coach Sum Vanna, goalkeeping coach Fernando Vitorino and general manager Ly Heang.

International goals
Scores and results list Cambodia's goal tally first.[5]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 April 2009Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Macau2–02–12010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
2.5 October 2012Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Timor-Leste1–51–52012 AFF Championship qualification

Honours

Club
Phnom Penh Crown
  • Cambodian League: 2008, 2010, 2015
  • Hun Sen Cup: 2008, 2009
Boeung Ket Rubber Field
  • Cambodian League: 2012

Individual

References
  1. “Sao” Việt ở tuyển Campuchia, Thứ Hai, 20/09/2010, Lao Dong newspaper
  2. Noveanto, Eric (27 June 2015). "Cambodia's Phnom Penh Crown announce Keo Brothers capture". Football Channel Asia. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. In Sopheng (25 June 2015). "Crown bolster squad with Keo brothers". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. Andy Brouwer (24 June 2015). "New Faces Arrive". Phnom Penh Crown. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  5. "Sokngon, Keo". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 April 2017.


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