Nguyễn Minh Quang
Nguyễn Minh Quang (born 3 February 2001) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for V.League 2 club SHB Đà Nẵng, and the Vietnam national under-23 football team.[2]
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Full name | Nguyễn Minh Quang | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 3 February 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cẩm Xuyên, Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger, striker | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | SHB Đà Nẵng | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 38 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2022 | Hà Tĩnh | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | → Bình Thuận (loan) | 11 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | SHB Đà Nẵng | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2023– | Vietnam U23 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 August 2023 |
Early career
Minh Quang started playing football at his young age. In 2012, during a U11 football tournament organised in his hometown in Hà Tĩnh, Minh Quang showed great potential, which allowed him to join the youth team of Hà Tĩnh FC shortly after.[3] He left Hà Tĩnh after 10 years in 2023 without having any first team appearance due to his lack of skills according to the coaches.[4]
Club career
In 2022, Minh Quang joined Vietnamese Second Division side Bình Thuận on a loan deal. He won a promotion to the V.League 2 with the team. In the 2023 season, Minh Quang scored 8 goals after 11 games, securing his team a safe position to maintain in the league, and finished himself among best goal scorers in the league.[5][6]
In September 2023, Minh Quang joined SHB Đà Nẵng, signing a two-year deal.[7]
International career
Minh Quang was called up to the Vietnam U23 team for the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship.[5][8] He scored a goal in the opening game against Laos and was named as the "Man of the match".[9]
References
- "Nguyễn Minh Quang". VPF. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- Nguyễn Minh Quang at Soccerway
- ""Viên ngọc sáng" của bóng đá Hà Tĩnh" (in Vietnamese). Báo Hà Tĩnh. 14 July 2017.
- "Cầu thủ Hà Tĩnh tạo ấn tượng trên sân phủi HPL S9". baomoi (in Vietnamese). 9 August 2022.
- "5 cầu thủ triển vọng của U23 Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Bongdaplus. 11 August 2023.
- "Nguyễn Minh Quang quê ở đâu? Chiều cao, thành tích thi đấu của tiền đạo U23 Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). The Sporting News. 20 August 2023.
- "'Hiện tượng' của bóng đá Việt Nam ký hợp đồng 2 năm với SHB Đà Nẵng" (in Vietnamese). Bongdaplus. 12 September 2023.
- "Cầu thủ Nguyễn Minh Quang được triệu tập vào tuyển U23 Việt Nam". Lao Động. 8 August 2023.
- "Nguyễn Minh Quang xuất sắc nhất trận U23 Việt Nam". Lao Động. 20 August 2023.