Huỳnh Như (born 28 November 1991) is a Vietnamese professional

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player who plays for Hồ Chí Minh City I and the Vietnam women's national team. She is considered as one of the best women players in Vietnam's history, having played a crucial role in the country's historical qualification to the

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. She was also the first Vietnamese female footballer to play abroad while signing for Portuguese club

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in 2022. She won five

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s and she is currently the best goalscorer of all time for the Vietnam women's national team.

Club career

Ho Chi Minh City I

She began her career with the local club Ho Chi Minh City I, making her debut in 2007, where she became an instrument of the club's domination in the semi-professional National League. She played 84 games, scored 62 goals as her club crowned champions on five seasons.

Länk FC Vilaverdense

In August 2022, she wrote history as the first Vietnamese female footballer to go play professional abroad in Europe, by signing for Portuguese club

in the

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Return to Ho Chi Minh City I

In August 2024, after her contract with Länk FC Vilaverdense, Huỳnh Như returned to Ho Chi Minh City I to compete in the

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International career

With 68 current goals for the Vietnamese national team, she is the player with the most goals for the Vietnamese women's national football team.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Individual * Vietnamese Women's Golden Ball: 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 * Vietnamese Women's Silver Ball: 2018, 2023 * Vietnamese Women's Bronze Ball: 2015, 2017 *

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Top scorer: 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022 *

Best of the tournament: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 * Women's Vietnamese Cup Best of the tournament: 2020, 2021 Medal *

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2nd Class: 2022

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* 1991 births Living people Women's association football forwards Vietnamese women's footballers Vietnam women's international footballers Asian Games footballers for Vietnam Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games 21st-century Vietnamese sportswomen Vietnamese expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal Vietnamese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal People from Trà Vinh province 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Long stubs with short prose {{Vietnam-women-footy-bio-stub