Lê Huỳnh Đức (born 20 April 1972) is a Vietnamese football manager and former footballer. He last managed V.League 1 club Becamex Bình Dương. Huỳnh Đức is a former member of the

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, with whom he earned 60

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(a national record), as well as being its top scorer. He became the first Vietnamese footballer to be signed to a club outside of Vietnam when he signed on for a year's stint with Chongqing Lifan. In 2009, he became both the youngest coach to win the V-League's "Best Coach of the Month" award, and the first coach to win the award in three consecutive months. His coaching style is best known for its toughness and discipline, which is credited with helping SHB Đà Nẵng emerge as champions in the 2009 V-League season.Le Huynh Duc - the young talented manager
. Vietnamese Ministry of Culture and Information. August 14, 2009.

Career

Player

Lê Huỳnh Đức began his career as a professional football player in 1991, playing with the 7th Military Region's football club in

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. The following year he moved to the Ho Chi Minh City Police, where he had his most productive stint, staying with the club until 2000. He also began playing with Vietnam's national football team during this time, joining in 1995 and playing through until 2000, returning in 2002 and 2004. He earned a record 60 caps with the national team, as well as being its top scorer. In 2001, he made Vietnamese football history by becoming the first Vietnamese footballer signed to play abroad when he joined Chongqing Lifan, a

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club. He returned to Vietnam the following year, signing on with Ngan Hang Dong A for a two-year stay. In 2004, he made his final move to SHB Da Nang, where he stayed until his promotion to manager in 2008.

Coach/Manager

Lê Huỳnh Đức began coaching during his time with East Asian Bank football club, where he also worked as assistant manager. He continued in this role with SHB Da Nang until his promotion to Manager in 2008. The next year, he was nominated as assistant manager of Vietnam's national football team by Manager Calisto. Huỳnh Đức once again made history when he was named the V-League's Best Coach of the Month in March 2009, becoming the youngest coach to win the award. He received the same award in April and May of the same year, becoming the first coach ever to win the award for three consecutive months. His coaching is credited with helping SHB Da Nang emerge as champions in the 2009 V-League and at the

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in the same year.

International goals

Vietnam

Honours

Player

Club

Ho Chi Minh City Police

* V.League 1 : Winners :

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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: Winners :

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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Manager

Club

SHB Da Nang

* V.League 1 : Winners :

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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: Winners : 2009, 2012 *

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: Winners : 2009 * BTV Cup : Winners : 2008

Personal honours

*Top goalscorer V.League 1:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

*The only player to participate in 3

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football competition in a row (1995, 1997, 1999). *The only player to participate in 5 Tiger Cups (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004). *Vietnamese Golden Ball : 1995, 1997, 2002 *Vietnamese Silver Ball : 1998, 1999, 2000 *Tiger Cup all-time topscorer with 14 goals AFF Football Championship * Asean Football Championship 3rd place overall top goalscorer *Manager of month in V-League 2009 *Manager of Month in January and February in V-League 2010

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Le, Huynh Duc 1972 births Living people Expatriate men's footballers in China Footballers from Ho Chi Minh City Vietnamese men's footballers Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players SHB Da Nang FC players Vietnam men's international footballers Vietnamese expatriate men's footballers Vietnamese expatriate sportspeople in China Vietnamese football managers Men's association football forwards SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 1995 SEA Games Competitors at the 1997 SEA Games Competitors at the 1999 SEA Games Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Vietnam