Hồ Văn Cường

Vietnamese footballer
Hồ Văn Cường
Văn Cường in 2020
Personal information
Full name Hồ Văn Cường
Date of birth (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Hoàng Mai, Nghệ An, Vietnam
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Công An Hà Nội
(on loan from Sông Lam Nghệ An)
Number 30
Youth career
2013–2019 PVF
2019–2022 Sông Lam Nghệ An
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Sông Lam Nghệ An 28 (0)
2023– → Công An Hà Nội (loan) 7 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Vietnam U17 3 (0)
2022–2023 Vietnam U20 6 (0)
2022– Vietnam U23 16 (3)
2023– Vietnam 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Vietnam
AFF U-23 Championship
Winner Cambodia 2022
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place Phnom Penh 2023 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 April 2023

Hồ Văn Cường (born 15 January 2003) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a right back for V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội, on loan from Sông Lam Nghệ An, and the Vietnam national team.[2]

Club career

Văn Cường started his football career at PVF Football Academy. In 2019, he was released from PVF because he was considered too small to play football. Văn Cường then joined the youth team of his local Sông Lam Nghệ An. Following his good performances at the Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championship2021, Văn Cường was promoted to Sông Lam Nghệ An first team for the 2022 season.[3] Văn Cường became the main starter right-back of the team right on his first season and helped his club finishing fifth in the league.[4]

International career

Văn Cường was named in the under-23 squad for the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship. He made only one appearance in the group stage before forfeiting the rest of the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Vietnam under-23 ended up winning the tournament.[5]

In 2023, Văn Cường was called up to the under-20 team for the 2023 AFC U-20 Championship and played in all three group matches as his team was eliminated.[6] He later represented Vietnam at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games, scoring twice in the bronze medal match against Myanmar under-22s.[7]

Honours

Vietnam U-23

References

  1. ^ "Hồ Văn Cường". Vietnam Professional Football.
  2. ^ "Hồ Văn Cường - ngôi sao trẻ đầy hứa hẹn của Sông Lam Nghệ An". Dân Việt. 17 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Hồ Văn Cường - Ngôi sao tương lai của SLNA". Dân Việt. 9 April 2022.
  4. ^ ""Om sao mai" trên ghế dự bị". Quân Đội Nhân Dân. 11 March 2023.
  5. ^ "U23 Việt Nam vô địch U23 Đông Nam Á: Nghịch cảnh tạo anh hùng" (in Vietnamese). VOV. 27 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Điểm mặt 23 cầu thủ U20 Việt Nam tham dự vòng chung kết U20 Châu Á". Lao Động. 1 March 2023.
  7. ^ "ĐT U22 Việt Nam chốt danh sách chính thức 20 cầu thủ dự SEA Games 32". Vietnamese Football Federation. 29 April 2023.

External links

  • Hồ Văn Cường at Soccerway
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Cong An Ha Noi FC – current squad