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Vũ Minh Tuấn

Vũ Minh Tuấn[a] (born 19 September 1990) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays for V.League 2 club Quảng Ninh.

Vũ Minh Tuấn
Vu Minh Tuan playing for Than Quang Ninh in 2014
Personal information
Full name Vũ Minh Tuấn
Date of birth (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth Cẩm Phả, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Quảng Ninh
Number 8
Youth career
2005–2008 Than Quảng Ninh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2017 Than Quảng Ninh 144 (55)
2018 FLC Thanh Hóa 24 (4)
2019–2021 Viettel 44 (5)
2022–2023 Hà Nội 12 (0)
2023–2025 Quy Nhơn Bình Định 43 (6)
2025– Quảng Ninh 10 (1)
International career‡
2013–2014 Vietnam U23 19 (6)
2014–2017 Vietnam 15 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 June 2017

Vũ Minh Tuấn began his career with Than Quang Ninh and progressed through the ranks. He scored 64 goals in 167 games as a midfielder for the club. In 2018, he signed for Thanh Hóa, but left a year later to join Viettel. He helped Viettel win the V.League 1, the club's first league title in 22 years. Minh Tuấn joined Hà Nội for free in early 2022. He remained at the team for two seasons, and signed for Bình Định in 2023.

Club career

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Born and raised in Cẩm Phả, his father was a former footballer, spending most his career at Than Quảng Ninh. As the result, Minh Tuấn also played for the youth ranks of Than Quảng Ninh.

In 2008, at the age of 18, Minh Tuấn was named to the first team of the Than Quảng Ninh to participate in the National First Division that year. In 2012, he was one of the contributors to Than Quảng Ninh U21's bronze medal at the National U-21 Championship.

In the 2013 V.League 2, Minh Tuấn scored 5 goals for the team, contrubuted to help the team finish second in the V.League 2, winning a them a promotion to V.League 1.

In 2018, Minh Tuấn signed for FLC Thanh Hóa and helped the team finish second in the 2018 V.League 1. He left the team after one season, joining V.League fellow Viettel. He was part of the Viettel squad that won the 2020 V.League 1, the club's first league title in 22 years.

At the start of the 2022 season, Minh Tuấn joined Hà Nội as a free agent. He played for the team during two seasons before joining Bình Định in 2023.

Internationa career

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In 2013, Minh Tuấn was called up to the Vietnam U23 team to take part in the 2013 SEA Games.

In 2014, Minh Tuấn received his first call up to the Vietnam national team for the final match of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Hong Kong. He was also named in the squad for the 2014 AFF Championship and was considered by head coach Toshiya Miura as an important newcomer of the team.

Career statistics

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International

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As of match played 5 September 2017[2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Vietnam 201462
201520
201642
201730
Total154
As of match played 5 September 2017
Vietnam score listed first, score column indicates score after each Tuấn goal[2]
List of international goals scored by Vũ Minh Tuấn
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
125 November 2014Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam5 Laos1–03–02014 AFF Championship
228 November 2014Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam6 Philippines2–03–12014 AFF Championship
39 October 2016Maguwoharjo Stadium, Sleman, Indonesia9 Indonesia2–02–2Friendly
47 December 2016Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam12 Indonesia2–12–22016 AFF Championship

Honours

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Notes

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  1. ↑ In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Vũ, but is often simplified to Vu in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Tuấn.

References

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  1. ↑ "Vũ Minh Tuấn". vpf.vn.
  2. 1 2 "Minh Tuấn, Vũ". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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