Nguyễn Hữu Thắng (born 19 May 2000) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for V.League 1 side Viettel.

Club career

Born in Thừa Thiên Huế, Hữu Thắng is a youth product of Hà Nội's based team Viettel FC. He was part of the Viettel U-21 side that won the Vietnamese National U-21 Championship in 2020 and was chosen as the best player of the tournament. In 2019, he was loaned to his hometown club Huế and made his professional debut during the

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. He scored 7 goals after 12 games for the club. In 2020, he remained in

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, joining Bình Định on loan. He scored 6 goals and had 9 assists during the 2020 season, helping the club winning the

title. After his successful loan spells, Hữu Thắng was registered in Viettel's squad for the

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. On 9 October 2022, he scored his first goal for the club against Hải Phòng.

International career

In 2016, Hữu Thắng took part in the AFF U-16 Youth Championship with Vietnam U16 and scored 4 goals as his team reached the final, but lost to

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in the penalty shootout. He later featured in the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship. In the decisive group stage game against

, Hữu Thắng scored a brace to help his team win 3–2, qualifying them to the quarter-finals, where they were defeared by Iran. In 2018, Hữu Thắng was named in Vietnam U19 squad for the

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. He appeared in all three group stage matches but Vietnam failed to reach the knockout stage after three defeats.

Playing style

Hữu Thắng is a tricky left-footed player with high tactical awareness and the ability to make breakout dribbles during the match. His playstyle resembles Nguyễn Quang Hải (born 1997).

Honours

Club

Bình Định *

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Individual

* Vietnamese National U-21 Championship best player: 2020

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Huu Thang Living people 2000 births Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Vietnam men's youth international footballers V.League 1 players V.League 2 players The Cong-Viettel FC players People from Thừa Thiên-Huế province 21st-century Vietnamese people