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Nguyễn Hồng Sơn

Nguyễn Hồng Sơn

Vietnamese footballer

Not to be confused with Nguyễn Hồng Sơn (footballer, born 2000).

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.

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In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Hồng Sơn.

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

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Honour

 Vietnam

The Cong

Personal awards

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