Nguyễn Bảo Long

Nguyễn Bảo Long

Bảo Long in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Nguyễn Bảo Long
Date of birth	(2005-08-23) 23 August 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth	Việt Yên, Bắc Giang, Vietnam
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	PVF-CAND
Number	12
Youth career
2016–2023	PVF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2022	PVF	9	(0)
2023–	PVF-CAND	24	(0)
International career^‡
2022–2023	Vietnam U17	4	(0)
2022–	Vietnam U20	18	(1)
2024–	Vietnam U23	1	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Vietnam AFF U-19 Youth Championship Indonesia 2022 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2024

Nguyễn Bảo Long (born 23 August 2005) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a left back for V.League 2 club PVF-CAND and the Vietnam national under-20 team.[2]

Early career

Born in Bắc Giang, Bao Long has joined the PVF Football Academy in 2016 through the enrollment program. Starting his career as an attacker and later a left midfielder, Bảo Long was converted to a left back by his youth team coach due to his lack of skills to play above.[3] He won the Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championship in 2021.[4]

Club career

Bảo Long participated in the 2021 and 2022 Vietnamese Football League Second Division with PVF.[3]

In 2023, Bảo Long was promoted to PVF Football Academy's first team PVF-CAND. On 16 April 2023, he made his V.League 2 debut in PVF-CAND's goalless draw against Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu.[5]

International career

In March 2022, Bảo Long was named in Vietnam U17 squad for a training camp in Germany.[6] Later in the year, he was called up to Vietnam national under-19 team for the AFF U-19 Youth Championship. Bảo Long appeared in 6 matches and was a key member in helping Vietnam finish in third place.[7][8]

In 2023, Bảo Long participated in the 2023 AFC U-20 Championship with Vietnam national under-20s.[9] He didn't appear in any game as Vietnam failed to reach the quarter-finals despite having won two out of their three matches.[10]

Honours

PVF Football Academy

• Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championship: 2021

PVF-CAND

• V.League 2 runner-up: 2023
• Vietnamese National Cup third place : 2023

Vietnam U19

• AFF U-19 Youth Championship third place: 2022
• International Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup: 2022

References

1. "Nguyễn Bảo Long". VPF. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
2. Nguyễn Bảo Long at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
3. "Trò chuyện cùng học viên sinh năm 2005 Nguyễn Bảo Long" (in Vietnamese). PVF. 18 June 2021.
4. "PVF vô địch Vòng chung kết U19 quốc gia 2021" (in Vietnamese). Hồ Chí Minh City news site. 15 April 2021.
5. "PVF-CAND vs. Bà Ria Vũng Tàu - 16 April 2023". soccerway. 16 April 2023.
6. "DANH SÁCH ĐỘI TUYỂN U17 NAM QUỐC GIA ĐI TẬP HUẤN CHLB ĐỨC 18-3-2022". VFF. 23 March 2022.
7. "Áo số 12 ai cũng đẹp: Sau Phan Tuấn Tài, thêm 1 cầu thủ U10 gây sốt". yan.vn (in Vietnamese). 3 July 2022.
8. "Sao mai 17 tuổi 'lọt vào mắt xanh' của HLV Gong Oh Kyun" (in Vietnamese). Thể Thao 247. 8 August 2022.
9. "U20 Việt Nam chốt danh sách dự Giải U20 châu Á 2023" (in Vietnamese). Tuổi Trẻ. 25 February 2023.
10. "U20 Việt Nam dừng bước tại Vòng chung kết U20 châu Á" (in Vietnamese). Nhân Dân. 7 March 2023.