Nguyễn Hoàng Đức (born 11 January 1998) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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and the Vietnam national team.

Early career

Hoàng Đức started playing football from the second grade for his school team. In 2008, a manager of the

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football academy in

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discovered him during a youth tournament and signed him to the academy. He integrated without much difficulties into the team and was formed to become a

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. Throughout the years in the academy, he was highly appreciated by the managers for his outstanding playing technique and his will to strive for excellence. He was regularly assigned by the managers to be the team captain during youth tournaments. In 2016, Hoàng Đức lead Viettel to the Vietnamese National U-19 Championship final before they lost against

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in the final and was named as the "Player of the tournament".

Club career

In 2017, he was promoted to the first team squad, playing in the

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. With his impressive height, his unique skillful left-foot and his high workrate in the field, coach Nguyễn Hải Biên repositioned Hoàng Đức to play in different midfield positions. In 2018, Hoàng Đức started 17 of the 18 games in various positions, scoring 9 goals and providing 3 assists to help Viettel win the

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, thus promoting to the

in 2019. He was also voted the player of the season. In 2020, Hoàng Đức was part of the Viettel squad that win the 2020 V.League 1, being a crucial starter. Later, he and Viettel failed to win the 2020 National Super Cup, after losing to

with a score of 0-1. In the

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, he played all 6 games and scored 1 goal as Viettel failed to advance to the next stage. In the 2023 V.League 1 season, as the key playmaker of Viettel, Hoàng Đức scored 5 goals and had 5 assists, helping Viettel finish third in the league. Therefore he was named as the league's Player of the Season.

International career

In 2017, Hoàng Đức was called up to the Vietnam U-20 team to participate in the

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. He missed an open goal chance in the opening game against

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which ended in a goalless draw. Vietnam later lost in the remaining matches and was eliminated from the group stage. On 14 September 2019, he made his debut for Vietnam national team in the

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game against the

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, coming in as a substitute in the 81th minute. Later, when Vietnam reached the third round of the qualifiers, he established himself as an important starter in the team with his impressive capacities in both defending and attacking. On 12 December 2021, Hoàng Đức scored first goal for Vietnam in the 3–0 win against

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as part of the

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. In 2022, Hoàng Đức had won his first

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. In 2024, he was named in Vietnam's 26-men squad for the

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but was later removed from the squad to fully recover from his ankle injury.

Career statistics

International

International goals

U-23

:''Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first. Only results against national teams were counted''

Vietnam

:''Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first. Only results against national teams were counted''

Honours

Viettel *

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Vietnam * VFF Cup:

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Individual

Player of the Season:

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* Vietnamese Bronze Ball:

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Best XI:

Player of the Season:

Team of the Season:

References

1998 births Living people Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders The Cong-Viettel FC players V.League 1 players People from Hải Dương province Vietnam men's international footballers SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub