Nguyễn Hữu Thắng (footballer, born 1972)

Nguyễn Hữu Thắng (born December 1971 [1] in Ha Tinh, Vietnam) is a chairman of Hồ Chí Minh City F.C. a former manager of Sông Lam Nghệ An and the former manager of Vietnam.

Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
Personal information
Full name Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
Date of birth (1972-12-02) 2 December 1972
Place of birth Đức Thọ, Hà Tĩnh, North Vietnam
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1999 Sông Lam Nghệ An 147 (18)
Total 147 (18)
National team
1996–2002 Vietnam 25 (4)
1997–1998 Vietnam Futsal 4 (0)
Teams managed
2005 Sông Lam Nghệ An
2005 U20 Vietnam
2009 Hà Nội
2009–2014 Sông Lam Nghệ An
2016–2017 Vietnam/U23 Vietnam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was a member and captain of the Vietnam in his playing days. He went to Sông Lam Nghệ An as manager in 2005.

Early life

Hữu Thắng was born December 1971 in Đức Thọ, Hà Tĩnh. His family moved from Đức Thọ to live in Vinh. His parent worked at Nghệ An Print Company (his mother died).

Club career

Sông Lam Nghệ An

Hữu Thắng played for Sông Lam Nghệ An as a player. He retired from being a footballer in 2005.[2]

International career

He had capped Vietnam national football team to attend the regional tournament as the 1996 Tiger Cup, 1998 Tiger Cup, 2000 Tiger Cup, the football tournament at 1995 SEA Games, 1997 SEA Games.

Even he has been played for national team at the qualification of FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup.

He also played for Vietnam national futsal team in 1997-1998

Manager

Hữu Thắng served as manager for several clubs before being appointed as manager of Sông Lam Nghệ An in 2010. Sông Lam Nghệ won the National Cup in 2010 and the V-League and the Super Cup in 2011 under his guidance.[2]

In February 2016, it was announced that Hữu Thắng will be the new manager of the Vietnam national team. On the 4 March 2016 he signed a new contract for two-years. [3]

On 24 August 2017, after being unable to bring Vietnamese team over group stage of SEA games 2017, he resigned his post.[4]

He is currently appointed as the Chairman of Ho Chi Minh Football Club.[5]

Honors

Club

Sông Lam Nghệ An

References
  1. HLV Hữu Thắng - Chất “máu lồn” tỏa sáng sau bĩ cực
  2. "Huu Thang as new Vietnam national coach". Hanoi: ASEAN Football Federation. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  3. http://vietnamnews.vn/sports/283157/thang-signs-2-year-deal-with-vff.html
  4. Vietnam – Asia’s Netherlands
  5. https://football-tribe.com/asia/2018/05/24/former-vietnam-nt-headcoach-nguyen-huu-thang-appointed-as-ho-chi-minh-city-fc-chairman/
  6. SLNA vô địch V-League 2011
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