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Huỳnh Như
	Huỳnh Như in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Huỳnh Như
Date of birth	28 November 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Châu Thành, Trà Vinh, Vietnam
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Hồ Chí Minh City I
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2022	Hồ Chí Minh City I
2022–2024	Länk FC Vilaverdense
2024–	Hồ Chí Minh City I
International career‡
2011–	Vietnam
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023

Huỳnh Như (born 28 November 1991) is a Vietnamese professional football player who plays for Hồ Chí Minh City I and the Vietnam women's national team.

She is considered as one of the best women players in Vietnam's history, having played a crucial role in the country's historical qualification to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was also the first Vietnamese female footballer to play abroad while signing for Portuguese club Länk FC Vilaverdense in 2022. She won five Vietnamese Golden Balls and she is currently the best goalscorer of all time for the Vietnam women's national team.^[5]

Club career

Ho Chi Minh City I

She began her career with the local club Ho Chi Minh City I, making her debut in 2007, where she became an instrument of the club's domination in the semi-professional National League. She played 84 games, scored 62 goals as her club crowned champions on five seasons.

Länk FC Vilaverdense

In August 2022, she wrote history as the first Vietnamese female footballer to go play professional abroad in Europe, by signing for Portuguese club Länk FC Vilaverdense in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino.^[6]

Return to Ho Chi Minh City I

In August 2024, after her contract with Länk FC Vilaverdense, Huỳnh Như returned to Ho Chi Minh City I to compete in the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League.^[7]

International career

With 68 current goals for the Vietnamese national team, she is the player with the most goals for the Vietnamese women's national football team.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 5 February 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ho Chi Minh City	2007–22	Vietnamese Women's Championship	52	45	32	18	–		–		84	62
Ho Chi Minh City	Total		52	45	32	18	–		–		84	62
Länk FC Vilaverdense	2022–23	Campeonato Nacional Feminino	18	5	2	2	2	0	–		22	7
	2023-24	Campeonato Nacional Feminino	9	1	2	0	2	0	-		13	1
	Total		27	6	4	2	4	0	–		35	8
Career total			89	51	6	4	4	0	0	0	119	70

^ Includes Vietnamese Women's National Cup and Taça de Portugal Feminina
^ Includes Taça da Liga Feminina

International

As of match played 01 August 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Vietnam	2011	4	5
	2012	0	0
	2013	11	7
	2014	0	0
	2015	11	6
	2016	10	3
	2017	7	9
	2018	13	6
	2019	16	12
	2020	3	1
	2021	2	2
	2022	18	11
	2023	13	6
Total		108	68

No.	Cap.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1.	16 October 2011	New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos	Singapore	1–0	9–1	2011 AFF Women's Championship
2.					7–1
3.					9–1
4.	2.	18 October 2011		Laos	1–0	4–0
5.	4.	25 October 2011		Laos	2–0	6–0
6.	5.	28 April 2013	Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi, Vietnam	Jordan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
7.	6.	16 May 2013	Amman, Jordan	Jordan	2–0	5–1
8.	6.	16 May 2013	Amman, Jordan	Jordan	5–0	5–1
9.	9.	24 May 2013	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Kyrgyzstan	11–0	12–0	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
10.	9.	24 May 2013	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Kyrgyzstan	12–0	12–0	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
11.	12.	13 December 2013	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Philippines	7–0	7–0	2013 Southeast Asian Games
12.	14.	18 December 2013	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Malaysia	4–0	4–0	2013 Southeast Asian Games
13.	16.	2 May 2015	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Myanmar	1–0	3–2	2015 AFF Women's Championship
14.	16.	2 May 2015		Myanmar	2–2	3–2
15.	17.	4 May 2015		Malaysia	1–0	7–0
16.	17.	4 May 2015		Malaysia	4–0	7–0
17.	24.	18 September 2015	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Myanmar	1–0	4–2	2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
18.	24.	18 September 2015	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Myanmar	4–0	4–2
19.	32.	7 March 2016	Kincho Stadium, Osaka, Japan	Japan	1–1	1–6
20.	35.	30 July 2016	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Thailand	1–0	2–0	2016 AFF Women's Championship
21.	36.	2 August 2016	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Myanmar	1–0	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	2016 AFF Women's Championship
22.	37.	7 April 2017	Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi, Vietnam	Singapore	2–0	8–0	2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
23.					5–0
24.					6–0
25.	38.	9 April 2017		Iran	4–1	6–1
26.	38.	9 April 2017		Iran	6–1	6–1
27.	39.	11 April 2017		Myanmar	2–0	2–0
28.	40.	17 August 2017	UM Arena Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	Philippines	1–0	3–0	2017 Southeast Asian Games
29.	41.	20 August 2017	UM Arena Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	Myanmar	3–1	3–1
30.	43.	24 August 2017	UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	Malaysia	4–0	6–0
31.	50.	3 July 2018	Jakabaring Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia	Indonesia	1–0	6–0	2018 AFF Women's Championship
32.	50.	3 July 2018		Indonesia	5–0	6–0
33.	52.	7 July 2018		Philippines	2–0	5–0
34.	52.	7 July 2018		Philippines	3–0	5–0
35.	53.	9 July 2018		Myanmar	1–0	4–3
36.	53.	9 July 2018		Myanmar	2–0	4–3
37.	59.	3 April 2019	Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	1–0	2–1	2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
38.	60.	6 April 2019	Transportation Institute Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hong Kong	2–0	2–1
39.	61.	9 April 2019	Transportation Institute Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Jordan	1–0	2–0
40.	62.	16 August 2019	IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand	Cambodia	1–0	10–0	2019 AFF Women's Championship
41.	62.	16 August 2019		Cambodia	3–0	10–0
42.	63.	18 August 2019		Indonesia	2–0	7–0
43.					4–0
44.					5–0
45.	65.	25 August 2019		Philippines	1–1	2–1
46.	66.	27 August 2019		Thailand	1–0	1–0
47.	70.	29 November 2019	Biñan Football Stadium, Biñan, Philippines	Indonesia	4–0	6–0	2019 Southeast Asian Games
48.	70.	29 November 2019	Biñan Football Stadium, Biñan, Philippines	Indonesia	5–0	6–0	2019 Southeast Asian Games
49.	75.	11 March 2020	Cẩm Phả Stadium, Cẩm Phả, Vietnam	Australia	1–2	1–2	2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
50.	76.	23 September 2021	Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Maldives	8–0	16–0	2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
51.	77.	29 September 2021	Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Tajikistan	3–0	7–0	2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
52.	80.	27 January 2022	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, India	Myanmar	2–2	2–2	2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
53.	82.	2 February 2022	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, India	Thailand	1–0	2–0	2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
54.	87.	18 May 2022	Cẩm Phả Stadium, Cẩm Phả, Vietnam	Myanmar	1–0	1–0	2021 Southeast Asian Games
55.	88.	21 May 2022	Cẩm Phả Stadium, Cẩm Phả, Vietnam	Thailand	1–0	1–0	2021 Southeast Asian Games
56.	91.	9 May 2022	Biñan Football Stadium, Biñan, Philippines	Laos	2–0	5–0	2022 AFF Women's Championship
57.	91.	9 May 2022		Laos	5–0	5–0
58.	92.	11 July 2022		East Timor	1–0	6–0
59.	92.	11 July 2022		East Timor	4–0	6–0
60.	93.	13 July 2022	Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines	Myanmar	3–0	4–0
61.	95.	17 July 2022		Myanmar	1–1	3–4
62.	95.	17 July 2022		Myanmar	2–1	3–4
63.	96.	5 April 2023	Dasarath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal	Nepal	2–0	5–1	2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
64.	96.	5 April 2023	Dasarath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal	Nepal	4–0	5–1	2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
65.	99.	6 May 2023	RCAF Old Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Myanmar	1–0	3–1	2023 Southeast Asian Games
66.	101.	12 May 2023	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Cambodia	4–0	4–0
67.	102.	15 May 2023	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Myanmar	1–0	2–0
68.	107.	29 October 2023	Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	India	1–0	3–1	2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament