Nguyễn Quốc Việt

Nguyễn Quốc Việt
Quốc Việt in 2024
Personal information
Full name Nguyễn Quốc Việt
Date of birth (2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Thủy Nguyên, Hải Phòng, Vietnam
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Phù Đổng Ninh Bình
Number 7
Youth career
2016 Hải Dương
2016–2020 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
2020–2022 Nutifood
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022PVF (loan) 4 (1)
2022 Nutifood 9 (4)
2023–2024 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 40 (2)
2024– Phù Đổng Ninh Bình 4 (1)
International career
2022–2023 Vietnam U20 19 (9)
2022– Vietnam U23 22 (5)
2024– Vietnam 0 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Vietnam
AFF U-23 Championship
Winner Cambodia 2022
Winner Thailand 2023
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
Third place Indonesia 2022 Team
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place Phnom Penh 2023 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 September 2023

Nguyễn Quốc Việt (born May 4, 2003) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a striker for V.League 2 club Phù Đổng Ninh Bình, and the Vietnam national under-23 team.

Early career

Born in Hải Phòng, Quốc Việt started his youth career at Hải Dương, playing for the Tran Hung Dao Middle School football team. In 2016, the team won the National U13 Cup organised in Đắk Lắk,[2] with Quốc Việt being scouted by Guillaume Graechen and admitted directly to Hoang Anh Gia Lai – Arsenal JMG Academy after the final.[3]

With Hoàng Anh Gia Lai, Quốc Việt finished as runner-up in Vietnamese National U-19 Championship for two consecutive seasons (2019 and 2020). Quốc Việt finished in both editions as top scorer by scoring respectively 2 and 3 goals during the final tournament.[3] In 2020, he joined Nutifood JMG Academy [vi], a partner club of Hoàng Anh Gia Lai and played with the U17 team in the Vietnamese National U-17 Championship. Quốc Việt won the golden shoe by scoring 9 goals throughout the tournament, and lead his team to the final, where they were defeated by U17 Sông Lam Nghệ An.[4]

At the age of 18, Quốc Việt participated in the 2021 Vietnamese National U-21 Championship. Despite his young age, Quốc Việt continued winning the top scorer title with 4 goals scored in the final tournamement, including the only goal that helped Nutifood beat U21 Hà Nội 1–0 in the final.[5]

Club career

PVF

In August 2021, Quốc Việt was loaned to PVF,[6] who play in Vietnam National Championship Division 2. However, the 2021 season has been canceled by the Vietnam Football Federation due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. The loan was extended until the 2022 season, with Quốc Việt making his debut for PVF against SHB Đà Nẵng Youth.[7] At the end of the championship, PVF only finished seventh out of eight teams in their group, having scored only 8 goals in total.[8]

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai

In June 2022, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai's manager Kiatisuk Senamuang expressed his wish to integrate Quốc Việt to the team. The player had previously played for Nutifood and PVF earlier that season, making the move impossible at the moment because FIFA rules forbid a player from playing for more than 2 clubs in the same season.[9] Quốc Việt remained at Nutifood until the end of the season and played in the 2022 Vietnamese Football League Third Division.

On 6 December 2022, it was confirmed that Quốc Việt will join Hoang Anh Gia Lai from the 2023 season.[10] On 5 April 2023, he scored his first professional goal on Hoang Anh Gia Lai's 4–1 V.League 1 win against Viettel.[11] This was his only league goal during the season. In the following season, Quốc Việt scored one goal, in the 1–0 win against Becamex Bình Dương in the avant-dernier matchday, thus help Hoàng Anh Gia Lai avoided relegation.[12]

Phù Đổng Ninh Bình

On 15 October 2024, Quốc Việt was transferred to V.League 2 club Phù Đổng Ninh Bình.[13] Dân Việt reported that Phù Đổng Ninh Bình paid Hoàng Anh Gia Lai around 26 billion VND (around €950,000) to sign Quốc Việt, Nguyễn Đức Việt and Lê Minh Bình.[14]

International career

Youth

Quốc Việt's celebration after scoring against China U21 in 2024.

In January 2022, Quốc Việt was named in Vietnam U23's squad to participate in the 2022 AFF U-23 Youth Championship in Cambodia.[15] Quốc Việt took part in Vietnam's victory against Thailand U23 and Singapore U23 in the group stage before being ruled out of the squad for the rest of the tournament for being tested positive to Covid-19.[16] Vietnam were later crowned as champions after defeating Thailand U23 in the final.[17]

Quốc Việt participated in the 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship. He scored 4 goals in the group stage, helping Vietnam U19 finishing as group winner. In the semi-final, Quốc Việt and his teammates lost against Malaysia U19. Quốc Việt scored the equalizer goal in the third place match against Thailand U19, which leads the match in the penalty shootout, where Vietnam U19 won 5–3 and secured the bronze medal.[18] With 5 goals scored, Quốc Việt received the top scorer award.[19]

During the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup, Quốc Việt scored twice in the group stage in Vietnam's victory Australia and Qatar. Despite winning two out of three of their group stage matches, Vietnam failed to qualified for the quarter-finals.[20]

Quốc Việt was named by coach Philippe Troussier on Vietnam U22 squad for the 2023 Southeast Asian Games.[21] Quốc Việt scored one goal during the tournament and won the bronze medal with Vietnam.

A few months after, he took part in the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship with Vietnam U23, scoring one goal in the semi-final game against Malaysia U23 in a 4–1 victory. He missed a penalty during the final against Indonesia U23 which resulted the game in a goalless draw after 120 minutes. Nevertheless, Vietnam U23 defeated Indonesia U23 in the penalty shootouts and won the title for the second time.[22]

In April 2024, Quốc Việt was named in Vietnam U23's 23-men squad for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.[23] However, he caught a viral fever at the beginning of the tournament, which eventually made him absent for the entire tournament.[24]

Senior

In October 2024, Quốc Việt received his first call up to the Vietnam national team for the friendly game against India.[25]

Playing style

Quốc Việt possesses the skills of a modern goalscorer with a great pace, technique, positioning and finishing ability with his feet as well as with his head. He is called the "King of youth competitions" by Vietnamese media with a series of individual and team titles that he won in youth competitions.[3][9][26] His style is similar to Anderson Talisca.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 November 2024[27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 2023 V.League 1 13 1 2 1 15 2
2023–24 V.League 1 23 1 0 0 23 1
2024–25 V.League 1 4 0 0 0 4 0
Total 40 2 2 1 0 0 42 3
Phù Đổng Ninh Bình 2024–25 V.League 2 5 1 0 0 5 1
Total career 45 3 2 1 0 0 47 4

Honours

Nutifood JMG Academy

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Youth

Vietnam U23

Vietnam U19

Individual

References

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