This 1.94-meter-tall "giant" has British and Indonesian ancestry and is the mainstay of the defense, making great contributions to Indonesia's victory in the 2021 AFC Cup runner-up and qualifying for the 2023 Asian Cup.

Use naturalized and mixed-race players is a trend for ASEAN regional teams recently. Thailand, Malaysia , Indonesia , Philippines , Singapore ... are all excellent teams that make full use of this talent training method.

Especially Indonesia, there is a group of talented young players with obvious "mixed" characteristics and advantages, backcourt player Elkambagot. This 1.94-meter-tall "giant" has British and Indonesian bloodlines. He is the mainstay of the defense and has made great contributions to Indonesia's second place in the 2021 AFC Cup and qualifying for the 2023 Asian Cup.

Recently, Elkan Bagot has just created a very memorable milestone in Europe, and the 2002-born player joined the Ipswich Town Club in Suffolk, east of the UK, with a new contract term of 3 years.

Indonesian young star Elkan Bagot has won the 3-year contract extension of the British League Two club

This Indonesian player will devote his future to Ipswich until the summer of 2025. For this Southeast Asian player representative, it is a great honor to be able to prove his ability in the European football environment. Even at the age of 19, he has proved himself strongly.

Elkan Bagot grew up in the youth training camp in Ipswich Town and quickly promoted to the first team after just 2 years. The British-Asian defender's mature and solid performance was trusted by the coaching staff of the Portman Road team in Ipswich Town, which gave him a long contract.

British and Indonesian mixed-race central defender performed well in the 2021 AFC Cup

renewed his contract with the British League Two team for 3 years, which will be a huge boost to the future growth of this young Indonesian star. Elkan Bagot, born in 2002, can join the U19 Indonesian team to participate in the 2022 Southeast Asian U19 Championship, facing other U19 Asian teams.

In addition, the young star is likely to be called by coach Shin Taeyong to Indonesia to compete in the 2022 AFC Cup with the goal of "revenge" for the Indonesian team's 2021 final loss to Thailand.