He is a part of Thailand's 26-man squad for the tournament; they play Singapore on Dec 17.
According to a Mindef statement in February 2019, Ben Davis did not report for NS as required and had thus defaulted on his NS commitments.
According to a Ministry of Defence statement in February 2019, Davis did not report for NS as required and had thus defaulted on his NS commitments. It added that he was staying overseas without a valid exit permit. Born in Phuket to a Thai mother and an English father, Davis moved to Singapore with his family when he was five before becoming a citizen four years later.
In Parliament, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen gave three reasons why Mindef rejected his application. The first was that he was playing as an English national, as listed on Fulham’s website. Following Mindef’s statement on Davis in February 2019, six months later he came on as an 89th-minute substitute in Fulham’s 1-0 League Cup defeat by Southampton. He was called up to Thailand’s provisional squad for the 2019 SEA Games a month later as he switched his international football allegiance to his country of birth.
At the international age-group level, he eventually played for Thailand in the 2020 Asian Football Confederation U-23 Championship, 2022 U-23 Asian Cup, and the SEA Games in 2022 where he scored in their 5-0 win over Singapore.
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