KUALA LUMPUR: Ahmad Muhaimin Razak, the FIFAe World Cup eFootball mobile champion, is seen as a gold medal prospect at next year's Thailand Sea Games.
Malaysia Esports Federation president, Naim Al-Amin, said the 19-year-old, better known as "Minbappe," has the potential to end the nation's gold drought in eSports at the Sea Games.
"We see Minbappe as one of our prospects to win a gold medal at the Sea Games.
"The last time we won gold in eSports was through Yew Weng Kean in Hearthstone in 2019 in the Philippines," he said after the launch of the Malaysian eSports Champions Tour League at the National Sports Council today.
Minbappe, representing the FA of Malaysia eRimau squad, last week made history by winning the FIFAe World Cup and taking home a prize of RM80,000.
Meanwhile, Naim said that Malaysia plans to host the Asian qualifiers for next year's eSports World Cup.