Lê Nguyên Hoàng

Lê Nguyên Hoàng
Personal information
Full name Lê Nguyên Hoàng
Date of birth (2005-02-14) 14 February 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Cửa Lò, Nghệ An, Vietnam
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Sông Lam Nghệ An
Number 3
Youth career
2014–2023 Sông Lam Nghệ An
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Sông Lam Nghệ An 11 (0)
International career‡
2022–2023 Vietnam U17 2 (0)
2023– Vietnam U20 3 (0)
2023– Vietnam U23 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 August 2023

Lê Nguyên Hoàng (born 14 February 2005) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for V.League 1 club Sông Lam Nghệ An and the Vietnam national under-23 team.

Early career

Nguyên Hoàng started playing football at an early age for his local team in Cửa Lò. In 2014, Song Lam Nghe An scouts spotted Nguyên Hoàng in a youth football tournament in Nghệ An and decided to recruit him to the team youth academy.[2] In 2023, he captained the under-19 side of Sông Lam Nghệ An to finish as runners-up in the Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championship as they were defeated by Thanh Hóa U19 in the final. His solid defending during the tournament gained him a spot in the "Best XI".[3]

Club career

Nguyên Hoàng was promoted to Sông Lam Nghệ An's first team for the 2023–24 V.League 1 season. He made his professional debut on 28 October 2023, replacing the injured Hồ Khắc Lương on the 34th minute of a 2–2 V.League 1 draw against their Nghệ-Tĩnh Derby rival Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh.[4]

International career

In March 2022, Nguyên Hoàng was chosen alongside 18 other Vietnam U17 players for a training camp in Germany.[5]

In February 2023, Nguyên Hoàng took part in Vietnam U20 squad in the 2023 AFC U-20 Championship as one of the three starter center backs.[6] He displayed good defending skills a good despite his country failed to pass through the group stage.[7] Against Australia and Qatar made blocked several shots from the opponent and won in most of the aerial duels despite having an average height (1.77m).[8][9]

A few months after, he was named in Vietnam U23 squad for the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship.[10] He appeared in all four games as Vietnam ended up winning the tournament.[11]

Honours

Sông Lam Nghệ An Youth

Vietnam U23

References

  1. ^ "Ai là cầu thủ cao nhất U23 Việt Nam? Chi tiết chiều cao U23 Việt Nam". Sporting News.
  2. ^ "Lê Nguyên Hoàng quyết tâm đưa U19 Sông Lam Nghệ An vượt qua vòng loại". baonghean (in Vietnamese). 25 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Ngọc Mỹ tỏa sáng, Thanh Hóa vô địch U19 quốc gia 2023" (in Vietnamese). VFF. 4 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh vs Sông Lam Nghệ An". vpf.vn. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  5. ^ "DANH SÁCH ĐỘI TUYỂN U17 NAM QUỐC GIA ĐI TẬP HUẤN CHLB ĐỨC 18-3-2022". VFF. 23 March 2022.
  6. ^ "U20 Việt Nam chốt danh sách dự Giải U20 châu Á 2023" (in Vietnamese). Tuổi Trẻ. 25 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Trung vệ tuổi teen vô danh và dấu ấn tại giải U20 châu Á" (in Vietnamese). Báo Giao Thông. 10 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Hai chàng "tí hon" của U20 Việt Nam khiến những "gã khổng lồ" nản lòng" (in Vietnamese). Báo Giao Thông. 5 March 2023.
  9. ^ "U20 Việt Nam dừng bước tại Vòng chung kết U20 châu Á" (in Vietnamese). Nhân Dân. 7 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Đội tuyển U.23 Việt Nam vô địch trên đất Thái Lan: Liệu có khả thi?" (in Vietnamese). Thanh Niên. 16 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Việt Nam vô địch U23 Đông Nam Á lần thứ hai liên tiếp" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress. 26 August 2023.