Elkan Baggott

[2] Elkan William Tio Baggott[3] was born on 23 October 2002[4] in Bangkok, Thailand, to an Indonesian mother and an English father.

[6] Having joined Ipswich Town on a two-year scholarship in 2019,[7] Baggott made his senior debut for the club on 6 October 2020, in a 2–0 victory over Gillingham in the EFL Trophy.

[11] On 22 March 2021, Baggott joined National League side King's Lynn Town on a youth loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.

[21] Despite having had a difficult start to his loan spell, he continued to turn his form around, impressing manager Matt Taylor with both his mobility and physicality.

[27] He received a call to join the senior Indonesia national football team in May 2021 but rejected it due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

[28] On 22 October 2021, the Chief of PSSI, Mochamad Iriawan, stated that Baggott had refused to play for Indonesia after rejecting multiple call-ups.

[29] Baggott immediately sent a letter to PSSI explaining his absence and his willingness to accept the next call-up, citing the fact that the COVID-19 situation in the United Kingdom and Indonesia have been much better.

[32] On 12 December 2021, Baggott made his senior team competitive debut against Laos in the AFF Suzuki Cup, played in Singapore, in which Indonesia won the match 5–1.

[34] Baggott again represented the senior national team for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round competition in Kuwait from 8 to 14 June.

[35] Baggott was named in the provisional Indonesia squad for the 2022 AFF Championship but chose instead to stay with Gillingham during the busy December–January period of fixtures and with the Kent side bottom of League Two at the time of his call up.