Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng (born 14 April 1989) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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or a

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for

Sông Lam Nghệ An Song Lam Nghe An Football Club (), simply known as Song Lam Nghe An or SLNA, is a professional V.League 1 football club playing at the Vinh Stadium in the city of Vinh, Nghe An province, Vietnam. The club was named based on the Lam river. ...

of the

V.League 1 The V.League 1 ( vi, Giải bóng đá vô địch quốc gia, lit=National Football League), also called Night Wolf V.League 1 due to sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, football league in Vietnam, controlled by ...

and a former player for the Vietnam national team. He is widely considered by the Vietnamese press as one of the most promising talents of his generation.

Club career

After the departure of

Lê Công Vinh Lê Công Vinh (born 10 December 1985, in Nghệ An, Vietnam) is a former Vietnamese footballer. He was part of the Vietnam national team from 2004 to 2016 as an attacker. Considered one of the greatest players in Vietnamese football's histor ...

to Hà Nội T&T F.C. in 2009, Trọng Hoàng was given Công Vinh's number 9 and since then, he has become an important part of

. His performance helped SLNA win third place in the 2009 V-League season and

2010 Vietnamese Cup The 2010 Vietnamese Cup was the 18th edition of the Vietnamese Cup. It started on 23 January 2010 and finished on 28 August 2010. The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2011 AFC Cup. First round Byes: Đà Nẵng, Bình Dươn ...

title. In the financial turmoil that affected most V-League clubs after the 2012 season, SLNA was unable to arrange a financial contract with Trọng Hoàng. The contract between Trọng Hoàng and SLNA expired on 2 January 2012.

International career

In 2007, Trọng Hoàng was in Alfred Riedl's plan for the

2007 Southeast Asian Games The 2007 Southeast Asian Games ( th, กีฬาแห่งเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ 2007, Kila haeng echiye tawan oak chiyeng tai 2007), officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games, was a South ...

. However, he was left out because he had to take the final exam for his high school studies. In 2009, Trọng Hoàng was again chosen to play in the

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. Trọng Hoàng scored in the third game of the tournament against

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. However, he was injured when he played against

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

, which prevented him from playing in the semi-final. In the tournament's final, Trọng Hoàng came on as the substitute but the team lost against

in the final and received the silver medal. Despite the loss, the team's performance in the tournament was impressive enough that Trọng Hoàng is one of the few players who were called up to play in the national team. In 2010, he was again chosen to play in the

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, in which he scored two goals against

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

and

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to help Vietnam proceed into the second round for the first time in history. The team lost to

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, but he was then selected to play in the

2010 AFF Suzuki Cup The 2010 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and P&G and officially known as the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, was the 8th edition of the AFF Championship, took place on 1–29 December 2010. Indonesia and Vietnam hosted the group stage from 1 to 8 De ...

. In the first game, Trọng Hoàng scored two goals against

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after he came on at the 72–minute. The team came on to win 7–1.

International statistics

International goals

Vietnam U-23

Vietnam

:''Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first.''

Honour

Club

Sông Lam Nghệ An F.C. Song Lam Nghe An Football Club (), simply known as Song Lam Nghe An or SLNA, is a professional V.League 1 Football team, football club playing at the Vinh Stadium in the city of Vinh, Nghệ An, Nghe An province, Vietnam. The club was named ba ...

* Champions

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* Champions

Vietnamese Super Cup Vietnamese National Football Super Cup ( vi, Siêu cúp bóng đá Việt Nam), also called the Thaco National Football Super Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is Vietnamese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous V.L ...

: 2011 * Champions

Vietnamese National Cup Vietnamese National Football Cup ( vi, Giải Bóng đá Cúp Quốc Gia Việt Nam), now officially recognized as the BaF Meat National Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a Vietnamese football competition. It is one of the most important club compet ...

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* Champions

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* Champions

: 2014, 2015 * Champions

* Runner-up

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* Champions

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International

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AFF Championship The ASEAN Football Federation Championship (less formally the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup for sponsorship reason, is the primary association football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football ...

: : Winners :

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: : Runners-up :

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Vietnam Olympic : Runners-up :

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: Winners :

Individual

2016 AFF Championship The 2016 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016, was the 11th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The whole tourn ...

: Best Eleven *

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Best XI: 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Trong Hoang 1989 births Living people Vietnamese men's footballers Vietnam men's international footballers Song Lam Nghe An FC players Becamex Binh Duong FC players Thanh Hóa FC players V.League 1 players Sportspeople from Nghệ An province Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Vietnam Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam