Duterte gets a souvenir football jersey at ASEAN summit

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 08:04:50 +0000

DUTERTE shows his football jersey that he received at the ASEAN summit. (Presidential photo)

NONTHABURI, Thailand – Ten Southeast Asian leaders will bring home some souvenirs, particularly special football jerseys, after attending summit talks in Thailand.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders received blue jerseys with their surnames at the back after forging an agreement with FIFA on football collaboration last Saturday.

During the signing ceremony, President Duterte and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah got jersey No. 10 as heads of states, a number associated with the great football players.

Seven other heads of government of Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, on the other hand, got No. 9 shirts usually worn by strikers. Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo was the only leader with the No. 21 jersey, that indicated his country as host of the 2021 Under-21 World Cup.

The football shirts were handed out by FIFA President Gianni Infantino to the ASEAN leaders onstage. Duterte was the last leader to receive a jersey during the ceremony after his numbered
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