Phan Tuấn Tài (born 7 January 2001) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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for V.League 1 club Viettel and the Vietnam national team.

Club career

Tuấn Tài made his debut for Viettel in a

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game.

International career

Tuấn Tài was urgently included in Vietnam U23 squad for the

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due to several Covid-19 cases in the team. He started in the final match against Thailand U23 and managed to help his team keep a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory to win the tournament. His performances at the

gained him a spot in coach

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's 20 men squad for the

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. In the gold medal match, Tuấn Tài assisted

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, who scored the winning goal against Thailand to help Vietnam winning their second Southeast Asian Games men's football gold medal in their history. During the

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, Tuấn Tài had 1 goal and 1 assist, helping Vietnam reach the quarter-finals.

International goals

U-23

Honours

Vietnam U23 *

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* SEA Games: Gold medal :

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; Bronze medal:

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Vietnam * VFF Cup:

References

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* 2001 births Living people People from Đắk Lắk province Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football defenders The Cong-Viettel FC players Daklak FC players V.League 2 players V.League 1 players Vietnam men's youth international footballers Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Vietnam 2023 AFC Asian Cup players {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub