Vũ Văn Thanh (born 14 April 1996) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Công An Hà Nội and the Vietnam national team.

Early career

Vũ Văn Thanh was born in Thanh Miện district, Hải Dương province. He won the national under-11 football championship with Hải Dương under-11 team in 2007. In 2007, Vũ Văn Thanh joined the HAGL-Arsenal HMG football academy and played continuously for HAGL's youth teams in domestic and international competitions until 2014.

Club career

In 2015, Vũ Văn Thanh was promoted to the HAGL first team and quickly gain a starter spot at the club. At the 2016 V.League 1, Văn Thanh was awarded the Young Player of the Year award. He was named in the

Team of the season for the

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and

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season. In January 2023, Văn Thanh signed for newly promoted V.League 1 side Hanoi Police. At the end of the season, the club won the

title, with Văn Thanh being an important player in the club's successful campaign. He was therefore named in the league's Team of the season for the third time in his career.

International career

Vũ Văn Thanh played youth international football for the Vietnam at under-19, under-22 and under-23 levels. He was part of the squad that managed to reach the final of the

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after defeating

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in the semi-final. However, they finished runners-up to

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. On 24 March 2016, Thanh made his senior international debut against Chinese Taipei. He scored his first international goal on 6 October 2016 in a 5–2 win against

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Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

;Công An Hà Nội *

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;Vietnam U23 * VFF Cup:

;Vietnam * VFF Cup:

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;Individual * Vietnamese Young Player of the Year: 2016 *

Team of the Season:

, 2023

References

1996 births Living people People from Hải Dương province Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football wingers Men's association football fullbacks V.League 1 players LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC players Cong An Ha Noi FC players Vietnam men's youth international footballers Vietnam men's international footballers Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games 2023 AFC Asian Cup players {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub