Taipei Times
Date: Nov 04, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The Taiwan national soccer squad yesterday arrived in Doha, the capital of Qatar, for a
English-Taiwanese soccer player Tim Chow holds up his newly issued Republic of China passport in London on Thursday. Photo: CNA
week-long training camp to prepare for the side’s Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup match against Turkmenistan on Nov. 14, with manager Gary White announcing a 24-man squad which included two English-Taiwanese players, Tim Chow and Will Donkin.
Although Chow, a midfielder with Scottish Premiership side Ross County, did not show up, 17-year-old Donkin took a flight from London to join the squad.
A member of the English Premier League club Crystal Palace’s under-18 squad, Donkin was born in London to an English father and Taiwanese mother.
The players are to train in Qatar until Nov. 12, when they are due to fly to Turkmenistan for the crucial Asian Cup qualifier, which they need to win to advance from the group stage. [FULL STORY]
