Nguyễn Thanh Nhân (born 25 October 2000) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a left-back for V.League 1 club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai and the Vietnam national team.

Club career

A graduate from

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, Thanh Nhân was promoted to the first team in 2022 to become Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy's back-up at the left-back position. He made his first league debut on 7 February 2022 in the 1–1 draw Topenland Bình Định. On 28 April 2022, Thanh Nhân had his first

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appearance in the 0–2 defeat against Japanese side Yokohama F. Marinos, replacing

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in the 54th minute.

International career

In February 2022, due to numerous COVID-19 cases within the Vietnam U23 squad, Thanh Nhân and 9 other players were additionally called up to the team for the

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in Cambodia. He played two matches in total during the tournament, including the 1–0 against Thailand in group stage and the semi-final victory against Timor Leste, in which he scored the winning penalty to help U23 Vietnam won 5–3 in the penalty shoot-out. His teammates secured the title by defeating Thailand 1–0 again in the final. In June 2022, Gong Oh-kyun named Thanh Nhân in the Vietnam U23's squad for the

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in Uzbekistan. Thanh Nhân played in the 3 matches during the tournament and had an assist in the group stage match against Malaysia with a cross to help

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headed the opener. Thanh Nhân made his senior level debut on 25 September 2022 against Singapore in the

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. He substituted Phan Tuấn Tài in the 46th minute and scored his first international goal just 5 minutes after. The match ended in a 4–0 win for Vietnam.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nhàn goal.''

Honours

Vietnam U23 *

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Vietnam * VFF Cup:

Individual *

Team of the Tournament:

References

2000 births Living people Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks V.League 1 players Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC players People from An Giang Province Vietnam men's international footballers {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub