Nguyễn Thanh Bình (born 2 November 2000) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Vietnam national team.

Club career

Bình started his career in the Viettel youth academy. In 2020, he helped Viettel's U-21 team win the U-21 national championship. He also won the

V.League 2 V.League 2 or Vietnamese National Football First League, ( vi, Giải Bóng đá Hạng Nhất Quốc Gia Việt Nam), also called LS V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier professional association football league in Vietnam c ...

championship with Bình Định in the same year. Bình made his professional debut for Viettel on 16 January 2021, in a

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match against

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. He has since become a regular starter for Viettel, helping the club finish fourth in the

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and

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seasons.

International career

On 7 September 2021, Thanh Bình made his debut for the national team, against Australia in

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, in a match that ended 1–0 loss. He was heavily criticized by fans after making the mistake of letting China score a goal in injury time, making Vietnam lose 2–3 on 7 October 2021. On 29 March 2022, he scored his first goal for Vietnam with a header, against Japan, making Vietnam get a historic draw to end the

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campaign with 4 points.

Career statistics

International

International goals

Honours

Bình Định *

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Vietnam U23 * Southeast Asian Games:

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Vietnam * VFF Cup:

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* 2000 births Living people Vietnamese men's footballers Vietnam men's international footballers Vietnam men's youth international footballers People from Thái Bình province Men's association football defenders V.League 1 players The Cong-Viettel FC players Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football 2023 AFC Asian Cup players {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub