Nguyễn Việt Thắng

Nguyễn Việt Thắng
	Việt Thắng in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Nguyễn Việt Thắng
Date of birth	13 September 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Tân An, Long An, Vietnam
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2001	Hồ Chí Minh City Police
2002–2003	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
2005–2009	Đồng Tâm Long An
2005	→ Porto B (loan)
2010–2011	XM The Vissai Ninh Bình
2011–2013	Becamex Bình Dương
2012	→ Thanh Hóa (loan)
2012–2013	→ Đồng Tâm Long An (loan)
2013–2014	Đồng Tâm Long An
International career
2001–2003	Vietnam U23
2001–2012	Vietnam
Managerial career
2014–2019	PVF
2019–2021	SHB Đà Nẵng (assistant)
2022	Cần Thơ
2022–2024	Vietnam (assistant)
2023–2024	Vietnam U23 (assistant)
2024–2025	Phù Đổng Ninh Bình
2025–	Trường Tươi Bình Phước
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Vietnam
AFF Championship
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nguyễn Việt Thắng (born 13 September 1981) is a Vietnamese professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of V.League 2 side Trường Tươi Bình Phước.^[1]

Club career

Thắng was one of the talent of Vietnam football after being found Ho Chi Minh City Police F.C. In 2002, he moved to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai after spending 3 years playing for the club.^[2]

In 2003, he was believed to participate in a match-fixing scandal with another Hoàng Anh Gia Lai player in 2003 ASEAN Club Championship.^[3] Vietnam Football Federation decided to ban him from all domestic league for 3 years. In 2006, he came back and played for Đồng Tâm Long An F.C.^[4]

During the time he was banned by the Vietnam Football Federation in 2005, he was sent to F.C. Porto B for training so that he could prepare for his returning to play in V-League.^[5]

International career

Việt Thắng was chosen to play for the national team in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification along with other stars such as Lê Huỳnh Đức. However, two years later, because of the ban from the federation, he could not play for the national team for 3 years.^[6]

In 2007, Việt Thắng returned to the national team but he missed the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. In 2008, he was chosen to play in 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup. He is the partner of striker Le Cong Vinh in the starting line-up at the tournament. He finished the tournament with one goal and one assist.^{[citation needed]}

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	December 15, 2008	Shenyang, China	China U23	3–2	Loss	Friendly
2.	November 16, 2008	Hanoi, Vietnam	Thailand	2–2	Draw	T&T Cup 2008
3.	December 10, 2008	Phuket, Thailand	Laos	4–0	Won	2008 AFF Suzuki Cup