Huỳnh Như (born 28 November 1991) is a Vietnamese

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who plays as a

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for Portuguese

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club Länk FC Vilaverdense and the Vietnam national team. She won five

Vietnamese Golden Ball Vietnamese Golden Ball ( vi, Quả bóng vàng Việt Nam), also referred to as ''Vietnamese Footballer of the Year'', is an annual association football award for the best performances of Vietnamese footballer over the previous year. Presented sinc ...

Club career

Ho Chi Minh City I

She began her career with the local club Ho Chi Minh City I, making her debut in 2007, where she became an instrument of the club's domination in the semi-professional National League. She played 84 games, scored 62 goals as her club crowned champions on five seasons.

Länk FC Vilaverdense

In August 2022, she wrote history as the first Vietnamese female footballer to go play professional abroad in Europe, by signing for Portuguese club Länk FC Vilaverdense in the

International career

With current 67 goals for the Vietnamese national team, she is the player with the most goals for the Vietnamese women's national football team.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Individual * Vietnamese Women's Golden Ball: 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 * Vietnamese Women's Silver Ball: 2018 * Vietnamese Women's Bronze Ball: 2015, 2017 * Vietnamese Women's Football Championship Top scorer: 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021 * Vietnamese Women's Football Championship Best of the tournament: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 * Women's Vietnamese Cup Best of the tournament: 2020, 2021 Medal *

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2nd Class: 2022

References

1991 births Living people Women's association football forwards Vietnamese women's footballers Vietnam women's international footballers Asian Games competitors for Vietnam Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games 21st-century Vietnamese women 21st-century Vietnamese people Vietnamese expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal Vietnamese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal People from Trà Vinh province 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{Vietnam-women-footy-bio-stub