Lê Quốc Nhật Nam

Lê Quốc Nhật Nam
Nhật Nam in 2024
Personal information
Full name Lê Quốc Nhật Nam
Date of birth (2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Kỳ Anh, Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Thể Công-Viettel
Number 16
Youth career
2012–2021 Viettel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Thể Công-Viettel 2 (1)
2021–2023 → Huế (loan) 39 (5)
2023–2024 → PVF-CAND (loan) 19 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Vietnam U17 5 (0)
2023–2024 Vietnam U23 8 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Vietnam
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place Phnom Penh 2023 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 March 2024

Lê Quốc Nhật Nam (born 23 March 2001) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 1 club Thể Công-Viettel.[2]

Club career

Nhật Nam was discovered by coach Hồ Sỹ Phúc after his great performances at a youth football tournament in Hà Tĩnh. In 2012, he was admitted to Viettel youth academy after the enrollment period that year. In 2018, he won the Vietnamese National U-17 Football Championship with Viettel U17 as the team's vice captain.[3] In 2020, Nhật Nam played a crucial role on Viettel U21's successful campaign in Vietnamese National U-21 Football Championship, leading the team winning the competition.[4]

In 2021, Nhật Nam joined V.League 2 side Huế on a long-term loan deal.[5] He spent two seasons at the club, before being loaned to PVF-CAND, another team playing at the V.League 2.[6]

International career

Nhật Nam was named by coach Philippe Troussier on Vietnam under-22 squad for the 2023 Southeast Asian Games.[7] He scored a goal during the tournament against Thailand in the group stage from a long range shot.[8]

Honours

Viettel Youth

Vietnam U23

References

  1. ^ "Lê Quốc Nhật Nam". Vietnam Professional Football. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Tiểu sử cầu thủ Lê Quốc Nhật Nam U22 Việt Nam quê ở đâu?". Web Thể Thao. 26 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Hai cầu thủ người Hà Tĩnh cùng Viettel vô địch U17 quốc gia". Báo Hà Tĩnh. 7 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Lê Quốc Nhật Nam: Chờ đợi gì từ 'dị nhân' của HLV Philippe Troussier?". Bóng Đá Plus. 27 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Những cầu thủ Viettel trưởng thành ở Huế". Báo Thừa Thiên Huế. 26 February 2022.
  6. ^ "PVF CAND chiêu mộ tiền vệ được ví là "báu vật" của HLV Troussier". Dân Việt. 2 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Lê Quốc Nhật Nam của CLB Huế được HLV Philippe Troussier triệu tập". Thừa Thiên Huế Online. 3 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Điều ít biết về cầu thủ Việt Nam cao 1,68m xé lưới Thái Lan". Dân Trí. 13 March 2023.