Nguyễn Văn Tùng (born 2 June 2001) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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club Hà Nội and the Vietnam national team.

Club career

Early career

Nguyễn Văn Tùng initiated his football journey at the Gia Lam Sports Center of the Hà Nội football academy. After a brief stint with the U16 Hanoi team, his career faced a two-year interruption due to injury. In 2019, he returned to the U19 Hanoi squad, scoring 6 goals in 5 matches and helping the team clinch the U19 National Championship.

Hanoi FC

On 26 June 2022, Nguyễn Văn Tùng was named on the substitutes bench for a match against Nam Dinh FC in the

. He made his competitive debut for the club on 3 July in a V.League 1 match against

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. Van Tung was replaced by

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in the 86th minute as Hanoi lost 2–1. He scored his first goal for the club at the

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quarter-finals against

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which ended 5–0 for Hanoi. On 27 May 2023, Van Tung scored his first V.League 1 goal in a 1–1 away draw at

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International career

Nguyen Van Tung was called up to the senior Vietnam squad for the first time to face

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in June 2023. He made his Vietnam senior team debut on 15 June 2023 against the former at the

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

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

;Vietnam U19 ;Vietnam U23

Honours

;Hanoi FC *

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;Vietnam U23 *

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* SEA Games Gold medal:

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; Bronze medal:

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;Individual * Southeast Asian Games Top Goalscorer:

References

External links

* * 2001 births Living people Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Hanoi Hanoi FC players V.League 1 players Vietnam men's international footballers SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games 2023 AFC Asian Cup players {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub