Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nguyễn Sỹ Sơn | ||
Date of birth | 9 October 1970 | ||
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 Nguyễn Sỹ Sơn, 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
[edit]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 a Colonel ranked officer of the Vietnam People's Army,.
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.
In June 2024, he become a player in the reality show "Call Me By Fire". After he loses in Performance 3.
International goals
[edit]# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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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
[edit]- ASEAN Football Championship
- Runner Up: 1998 Tiger Cup
- Third Place: 1996 Tiger Cup
- Fourth Place: 2000 Tiger Cup
- SEA Games
- V-League
- Champion: 1990 & 1998
- Vietnamese Super Cup
- Champion: 1998
Personal awards
- Vietnamese Golden Ball: 1998 & 2001
- Top scorer V-League: 1990
- MVP: 1998 Tiger Cup
- Best player in Asia: August 1998
References
[edit]- Nguyễn Hồng Sơn at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Vietnamese men's footballers
- Vietnam men's international footballers
- Footballers from Hanoi
- SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam
- SEA Games medalists in football
- The Cong-Viettel FC players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Competitors at the 1995 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 1997 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 1999 SEA Games
- Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Vietnam
- Vietnamese football biography stubs