Nguyễn Trần Việt Cường

Nguyễn Trần Việt Cường (born 27 December 2000) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for V.League 1 club Becamex Bình Dương.[2][3]

Nguyễn Trần Việt Cường
Việt Cường in 2023
Personal information
Full name Nguyễn Trần Việt Cường
Date of birth (2000-12-27) 27 December 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Tân Uyên, Bình Dương, Vietnam
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger, striker
Team information
Current team
Becamex Bình Dương
Number 7
Youth career
2012–2019 Becamex Bình Dương
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Becamex Bình Dương 73 (7)
International career
2016 Vietnam U16 8 (3)
2021–2022 Vietnam U23 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 August 2023

Club career

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Born in Bình Dương, Việt Cường was a youth product of Becamex Bình Dương. In 2017, he was promoted to the first team of Becamex Bình Dương. On 6 October 2017, Việt Cường made his professional debut in his team's 2–1 win against SHB Đà Nẵng as part of the Vietnamese Cup semi finals. This made him the first player born in the 21st century to appear in a professional match in Vietnam.[4]

On 24 August 2019, Việt Cường scored his first career goal, in Becamex Bình Dương's 1–0 V.League 1 win against Than Quảng Ninh.[5]

International career

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Việt Cương took part in the AFF U-16 Youth Championship with Vietnam U16 and scored 2 goals as his team finished as runner-up.[6] He later participated in the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Nguyễn Trần Việt Cường". Vietnam Professional Football. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Việt Cường, 'phiên bản' giữa Anh Đức và Tiến Linh cộng lại" (in Vietnamese). Bongdaplus. 1 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Nguyễn Trần Việt Cường: Sự trở lại ngọt ngào của kỳ vọng 'Tiến Linh 2.0'" (in Vietnamese). Thanh Niên. 2 April 2023.
  4. ^ "B.Bình Dương là đội đầu tiên của Việt Nam sử dụng cầu thủ sinh năm 2000" (in Vietnamese). Goal.com. 7 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Vòng 22 V-League 2019: Hải Phòng thoát hiểm, Thanh Hóa lâm nguy" (in Vietnamese). Báo Quảng Ngãi. 24 August 2019.
  6. ^ "U16 VN mất chức vô địch dù dẫn trước Australia 3-1". Znews. 23 July 2016.
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