Trần Thị Kim Thanh

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Trần. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Kim Thanh.

Trần Thị Kim Thanh

Kim Thanh in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-09-18) 18 September 1993 (age 31)[1][2]
Place of birth	Đức Hòa, Long An, Vietnam
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper[1][2]
Team information
Current team	Thái Nguyên T&T
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2024	Hồ Chí Minh City I[3]	84	(0)
2024–	Thái Nguyên T&T
International career^‡
2014–	Vietnam	54	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2021

Trần Thị Kim Thanh (born 18 September 1993) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Championship club Thái Nguyên T&T and the Vietnam women's national team.

Early life

Trần Thị Kim Thanh was born on 18 September 1993 in Đức Hóa, Long An, Vietnam. Trần's father was a construction worker and her mother was a farmhand on a bean farm. Throughout her childhood, Kim Thanh would help her mother harvesting beans in the fields when she returned home from school. Her father recounts struggling financially while raising his children and not having enough money for food.[4]

At the age of 15, Kim Thanh left school and moved away from her hometown to play football in Ho Chi Minh City.[4]

Club career

Kim Thanh spent 14 years playing for Hồ Chí Minh City I. In March 2024, she joined Thái Nguyên T&T after signing a two-year contract deal.[5]

International career

Kim Thanh received her first national team cap in 2014, but did not become a starter until Đặng Thị Kiều Trinh retired in 2018.[4] In one of her first starts as Vietnam's first choice goalkeeper, she conceded 4 goals against Australia's U20 team in the semifinals of the 2018 AFF Women's Championship.[6] After the match, she doubted her ability to start for Vietnam until being consoled by the coaching staff and team captain Huỳnh Như.[4]

Kim Thanh was Vietnam's starting keeper at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, where she rose to international prominence for her heroic goalkeeping display. Prior to their opening match against the United States, Vietnam were expected to lose by a very large margin, and were compared to the Thailand team that lost 0-13 to the United States at the 2019 edition of the tournament.[7][8] Instead, Kim Thanh kept the scoreline down to a 0-3 loss despite the United States having 26 total shots.[9] She also stopped a penalty from Alex Morgan in the 44th minute.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 01 August 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Vietnam	2015	3	0
	2016	1	0
	2017	1	0
	2018	4	0
	2019	13	0
	2020	4	0
	2021	2	0
	2022	15	0
	2023	8	0
Total		51	0

References

1. "AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 - Press Kit". AFC. p. 19. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
2. Trần Thị Kim Thanh at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
3. "AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 final squads – Group B". AFC. p. 4. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
4. "Thủ môn Kim Thanh: Tuổi thơ quẩn quanh dưới ruộng, không biết ước mơ là gì". Báo điện tử VTC News (in Vietnamese). 9 February 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
5. "CLB Thái Nguyên chính thức chiêu mộ bộ ba cầu thủ nữ TP HCM". Người Lao Động. 15 March 2024.
6. "Vietnam to face Myanmar for third place of women's football tourney". VietNamNet News. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
7. McIntyre, Doug (21 July 2023). "Don't fret if USWNT doesn't blow out Vietnam in World Cup opener". FOX Sports. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
8. O'Connor-Simpson, Matt (20 July 2023). "Can Vietnam avoid 'doing a Thailand'? What the USWNT can expect from their opening World Cup opponents | Goal.com UK". www.goal.com. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
9. "U.S. women's national soccer team starts World Cup with 3-0 win over Vietnam". NBC News. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
10. Allen, Zach (22 July 2023). "Without much offense, Vietnam plays tough against US in Women's World Cup debut". AP News. Retrieved 24 July 2023.