Lưu Ngọc Mai

Lưu Ngọc Mai

Personal information
Full name	Lưu Ngọc Mai
Date of birth	(1974-05-10) 10 May 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Saigon, South Vietnam
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Hồ Chí Minh City (Assistant coach)
Youth career
1998	Ho Chi Minh City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2005	Hồ Chí Minh City	82	(67)
International career
1998–2003	Vietnam	61	(57)
Managerial career
2006–	Hồ Chí Minh City (Assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luu Ngoc Mai (born 10 May 1974) is a former Vietnamese footballer.

Personal life

She was born on 10 May 1974, in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City today). She is the youngest child in a family of 13 siblings.[1] She belongs to the first generation of Ho Chi Minh City women's football. At Vietnamese Golden Ball 2001, Luu Ngoc Mai went down in history as the only female player to be awarded the Bronze Ball together with male players. After winning the gold medal with the Vietnamese women's football team SEA Games 2003, she decided to retire at the age of 30.[2]

Achievements

Club:

• Champion Vietnamese Women's Football Championship 2002

National team

• Gold medal in women's football SEA Games 2001, SEA Games 2003
• Bronze medal of women's football SEA Games 1997

Individual

• Women's Golden Ball 2001
• Women's Silver Ball 2003
• 2001 Bronze Ball (for both male and female players)
• Top scorer Vietnamese Women's Football Championship 1999 (with Nguyen Khoa Dieu Sinh (Hanoi))
• Top scorer Vietnamese Women's Football Championship 2001 (with Nguyen Thi Ha (Hanoi))
• Top scorer Vietnamese Women's Football Championship 2002
• Top scorer SEA Games 2001 with 7 goals.
• Top scorer SEA Games 2003 with 4 goals.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 July 1997	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Myanmar	3–1	3–1	Toh Puan Datuk Seri Saadiah Sardon Trophy
2.	30 July 1997		Myanmar	1–0	3–2
3.	11 November 1999	Iloilo City, Philippines	Chinese Taipei	1–0	1–4	1999 AFC Women's Championship
4.	5 September 2001	Petaling Jaya, Malaysia	Indonesia	3–0	6–0	2001 Southeast Asian Games
5.				5–0
6.				6–0
7.	7 September 2001		Singapore	3–0	5–0
8.				4–0
9.	12 September 2001		Myanmar	1–0	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)
10.	14 September 2001		Thailand	3–0	4–0
11.	11 June 2003	Nakhon Sawan, Thailand	Uzbekistan	1–0	4–2	2003 AFC Women's Championship
12.				2–0
13.				3–0
14.				4–1
15.	13 June 2003		India	1–0	2–1
16.	2 December 2003	Hải Phòng, Vietnam	Indonesia	1–0	6–0	2003 Southeast Asian Games
17.				2–0
18.				3–0
19.				4–0
20.	8 December 2003		Thailand	1–0	3–1
21.	4 October 2004	Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam	Philippines	4–0	5–0	2004 AFF Women's Championship

References

1. "Cựu tiền đạo Lưu Ngọc Mai & ký ức SEA Games: Từ bóng tối bước ra ánh sáng". bongdaplus. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
2. "Sao thể thao ngày ấy - Kỳ 19: Đi học ở tuổi 40". Báo Thanh Niên Online. June 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.