Nguyễn Hồng Sơn

Vietnamese footballer
Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
Hồng Sơn on Thể Thao TP.HCM News in 1997
Personal information
Full name Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
Date of birth (1970-10-09) 9 October 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Hanoi, North Vietnam
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
1982–1987 Thể Công
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–2004 Thể Công 401 (58)
2004–2005 Công Nhân Bia Đỏ 29 (8)
Total 430 (66)
International career
1993–2001 Vietnam 40 (18)
1997–2005 Vietnam Futsal
Managerial career
2005 Thành Nghĩa Quảng Ngãi
2006–2008 Thể Công U15
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nguyễn Hồng Sơn (born 9 October 1970) is a Vietnamese former football player, who played for the Thể Công football club and the Vietnam national football team as an outside right and second striker. He is widely regarded to be one of the greatest Vietnamese players of all time.

Career

Nguyễn Hồng Sơn joined the Army Club (also known as "The Cong") in 1988 and started to wear the national team in 1993. Initially, Hồng Sơn played in the striker position and then switched to wingers. In 1990 Hồng Sơn won the title of top scorer of the national championship. He had won a silver medal at the 18th, 20th and SEA Games SEA Games, 1998 bronze medal in the Tiger 1996 Cup and SEA Games 19. In 1998, after receiving the "Tiger Cup Best Player" award, Nguyễn Hồng Sơn was awarded the title of Asia's best player of the month, August 1998 and "Vietnam Golden Ball" for the first time. In 1999, he took second place at the soccer tournament organized by Pepsi (This tournament includes many players such as David Beckham, Dwight Yorke, Rui Costa, Roberto Carlos, ...) In early 2001, He won The title "Vietnam Golden Ball" for the second time. Late V-League season 2002 Hồng Sơn announced retirement due to injury but in the second phase of the 2003 season, he returned to The Public Football team and then competed for Red Beer Workers. He is also an officer of the Vietnam People's Army, a rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

After retiring from the competition, Nguyễn Hồng Sơn became a football coach leading Thanh Nghia Football Club – Quang Ngai, then the U15 team of Can Cong. At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games, he worked as a vice-coach for the Vietnamese national futsal team.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 April 1993 Singapore  Indonesia 1–0 1–2 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round
2 8 December 1995 Thailand  Cambodia 1–0 4–0 1995 Southeast Asian Games
3 3–0
4 4 August 1996 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam  Chinese Taipei 4–1 4–1 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5 7 September 1996 Jurong Statdium, Jurong, Singapore  Myanmar 4–1 4–1 1996 AFF Championship
6 13 September 1996 National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore  Thailand 2–4 2–4
7 26 August 1998 Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam  Laos 1–0 4–1 1998 AFF Championship
8 30 August 1998  Malaysia 1–0 1–0
9 3 September 1998  Thailand 2–0 3–0
10 12 August 1999 Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei  Indonesia 1–0 1–0 1999 Southeast Asian Games
11 25 August 2000 Vietnam  Sri Lanka 1–1 (pen.) 2–2 Friendly
12 7 November 2000 Tinsulanon Stadium, Songkhla, Thailand  Cambodia 3–0 6–0 2000 AFF Championship
13 16 November 2000 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand  Indonesia 1–1 2–3
14 10 February 2001 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia  Mongolia 1–0 (pen.) 1–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round
15 15 February 2001  Bangladesh 2–0 4–0
16 4–0 (pen.)
17 17 February 2001  Mongolia 2–0 4–0
18 3–0

Honour

 Vietnam

The Cong

Personal awards

References

  • Nguyễn Hồng Sơn at National-Football-Teams.com
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