This is the reason parents named Beckham Putra, the scorer for Thailand

The Indonesian national football team won the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia. The 5-2 score locked Indonesia’s victory against Thailand in the final. Of the 5 goals, one of them was contributed by an attacking midfielder named Beckham Putra.

Investigate a calibaration, the name Beckham Putra originated when they were born their parents idolized Manchester United player David Beckham.

“Indeed, I named the child (Beckham Putra) after a football player, because I like David Beckham,” said Budi Nugraha, father of Beckham Putra while at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Thursday (18/5/2023) evening.

Budi Nugraha said that when he was young, Beckham Putra showed his talent for playing football. At that time, Beckham was only 7 years old. “Yes, he saw his older brother, Gian Zola, also a football player. At the age of 7, he already had talent,” he said.

Budi is grateful that Beckham Putra has made the Indonesian nation proud. Moreover, the wait for a football champion at the SEA Games event has been 32 years. “Alhamdulillah, after 32 years we have been waiting for a long time not to get a gold title, finally Indonesia can win back the title,” he said.

“And on it was recorded the name of my son and Beckham for making history scoring goals in the victory of the national team,” he continued.

Budi and his entourage from Bandung deliberately came to Soekarno-Hatta Airport to welcome the return of Garuda Muda Indonesia retainers from the 2023 SEA Games.

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