Trần Anh Khoa

Trần Anh Khoa

Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-07-28)28 July 1991
Place of birth	Đà Nẵng, Vietnam
Date of death	4 December 2024(2024-12-04) (aged 33)
Place of death	Đà Nẵng, Vietnam
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2005–2012	SHB Đà Nẵng
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	SHB Đà Nẵng	22	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Trần Anh Khoa (28 July 1991 – 4 December 2024) was a Vietnamese footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[1]

Career

Born in Đà Nẵng, Anh Khoa was a youth product of SHB Đà Nẵng. He was promoted to the first team in 2013, playing in the V.League 1.[2] He made his debut for the team in the 2012 Vietnamese Super Cup final, coming in as a late substitute as his team won the title.[3]

Injury and retirement

In a match of 2015 V.League 1 on 13 September 2015 between SHB Đà Nẵng and Sông Lam Nghệ An, Anh Khoa was dribbling into the box at the 21st minute when Quế Ngọc Hải committed a dangerous and reckless tackle to stop him. Ngọc Hải was only shown a yellow card by the referee but Anh Khoa had to be substituted and suffered serious injury to his knee ligaments and leg bone because of the tackle.[4] Ngọc Hải was later suspended for six months for all football-related activities, and was ordered to pay the roughly 800 million đồng for Anh Khoa's medical expenses. Anh Khoa was expected to remain injured for 12 to 18 months and had to travel to Singapore for surgery. Doctors said that there was only a 50% chance of Anh Khoa recovering enough to play professional football again. After many operations, he retired from professional football in 2017.[5]

After his retirement, Anh Khoa remained at SHB Đà Nẵng, coaching the team's youth categories.[2]

Personal life and death

Anh Khoa married his longtime girlfriend in 2018, but the couple later divorced.[2][6]

Anh Khoa died by suicide at his home in Da Nang, on 4 December 2024, at the age of 33.[7][8][9]

Honours

SHB Đà Nẵng

• Vietnamese Super Cup: 2012

References

1. Trần Anh Khoa at Soccerway
2. "Trần Anh Khoa: 'Vì hết tiền nên tôi giải nghệ'". Vnexpress. 29 March 2021.
3. "Vĩnh biệt Trần Anh Khoa, một sự nghiệp dang dở". Bongdaplus. 4 December 2024.
4. "Cầu thủ Đà Nẵng ngồi xe lăn sau trận đấu SLNA (Da Nang player in wheelchair after the match with SLNA)" (in Vietnamese). VN Express. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
5. "Anh Khoa nghỉ một năm, chỉ có 50% cơ hội trở lại sân cỏ (Anh Khoa out for a year, only 50% chance to return to the pitch)" (in Vietnamese). VN Express. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
6. "Cầu thủ Anh Khoa tự tử - 'Đứa em hiền lành không có ngày nào vui'". Tin Tức Online. 4 December 2024.
7. "Bàng hoàng trước sự ra đi của cựu cầu thủ Trần Anh Khoa". Webthethao. 4 December 2024.
8. "Bàng hoàng trước sự ra đi đột ngột của HLV trẻ Trần Anh Khoa". Bongdaplus. 4 December 2024.
9. "Cựu cầu thủ Đà Nẵng, Trần Anh Khoa tự vẫn". Tuổi Trẻ. 4 December 2024.