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Nguyen Quang Hai (April 12, 1997) Nguyen Quang Hai dribbles past Thai players during the SEA Games match between Vietnam and Thailand on November 19, 2019. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong. Hai is without doubt one of the most important players in the national team under South Korean manager Park Hang-seo. He is also regarded as one of the best Vietnamese footballers of his generation. The 23-year-old midfielder’s trophy cabinet includes three V. League titles, one Super Cup and one National Cup that he won with Hanoi FC. In 2018, he helped U23 Vietnam finish second at the AFC U23 Championship by scoring important goals. A few months later, Hai won the AFF Cup with the national team and in 2019, the SEA Games gold medal with the U22 team. It is a widespread belief that the year of a person’s zodiac animal, which comes around once every 12 years, can be challenging for that person. But Hai said he didn’t mind the challenges that he will face this year. "Many people … [Read more...] about Year of the Ox football stars focus on plowing ahead

Italian football giants Juventus are scheduled to open their academy in the southern Vietnamese province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau next week. The Juventus Vietnam Football Academy will be officially inaugurated on August 9, offering professional football courses that meet international standards. This is the very first football school of the Serie A giants in Southeast Asia. The academy will start selecting talents in Ba Ria-Vung Tau on August 10, followed by Ho Chi Minh City on August 11 and 12, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 13, the central city of Da Nang on August 15, Hanoi on August 17, and the north-central province of Ha Tinh on August 19. The targeted learners are football lovers between nine and 12 years old. Gianluca Settanni, head coach of Juventus’s international projects, will join Vietnamese coaches and former footballers, namely Le Thuy Hai, Nguyen Huu Thang, Nguyen Hong Son, Dinh Hong Vinh, and Phan Van Tai Em, during the upcoming selection. The Juventus … [Read more...] about ​Juventus FC to inaugurate first football academy in Vietnam next week

The head coach of the Vietnamese national football team, Park Hang-seo has just received a present from PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc for the Lunar New Year Festival. The head coach of the Vietnamese national football team, Park Hang-seo has just received a present from PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc for the Lunar New Year Festival. Coach Park Hang-seo said that he would come back to work soon and try to work hard to improve the national team’s results. Coach Park Hang-seo arrived in Hanoi on February 3 after a holiday in his home country of South Korea. He was now on a 21-day quarantine period for Covid-19 prevention following regulations from the Vietnamese government. Under the leadership of coach Park Hang-seo, the Vietnamese national football team finished as runners-up at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship, champions of the AFF Cup 2018, qualified in semi-finals of the 18th Asian Games and made the 2019 Asian Cup quarter-finals. … [Read more...] about PM gives Tet present Vietnam football head coach

When the crew arrived in front of the commune’s community house, they saw an empty gravel lot with a makeshift goal and white chalk lines that outline the field. They were greeted shortly by a flock of ethnic women in black dyed dresses, two-pieced blue shirts and cloth headgears that keep their hair neatly in place, with the only non-traditional accessories being the fabric sneakers. Each team consisted of seven women who knew exactly what they were doing and did not mind bumping into each other while taking and passing the ball. Among the spectators of locals are the footballers’ husbands cheering them on and shouting out directions while still holding their babies. 20 minutes flew fast and the women took a halftime break to chat and get some refreshment, some even casually breastfeed their baby. One of the youngest females of the group is La Thi Thao, a 16-year-old girl from Na Ech Commune. “My parents and big brother all play football, so I want to join the … [Read more...] about Female ethnic footballers at Huc Dong

Football Players compete in the match between Sài Gòn FC (in green) and Sông Lam Nghệ An in the third round match of the V.League 1 tournament on January 30. Although the COVID-19 forced a delay of the tournament one official has promised football would soon return. Photo courtesy of VPF HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) Vice President Cao Văn Chóng insists national football competitions will soon resume despite the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing. Việt Nam football was the highlight in 2020 with stadium opened for fans and tournaments ended successfully while elsewhere in the world games were cancelled or played at empty stadiums. The national 2021 season started with two rounds and one game of the third round before it was delayed when COVID-19 spread in the community in January. All competitions of the national teams and clubs such as the 2022 World Cup qualifier, AFF Cup and the AFC tournaments in 2021 were affected. But Chóng said the national … [Read more...] about Football will return despite pandemic