Lê Thụy Hải (1 January 1946 – 7 May 2021) was a Vietnamese

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player and manager.

Playing career

Lê Thụy Hải played for Tổng Cục Đường Sắt between 1965 and 1980, and also played for the Vietnam national team.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player in 1980, Lê Thụy Hải began his coaching career in 1995 with Tổng Cục Đường Sắt as an assistant coach. He later managed Binh Duong, leading them to 3 national championships. He also managed clubs including

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, Ninh Bình and

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Later life and death

He died on 7 May 2021, aged 76, due to pancreatic cancer.

Honours

As player

Tổng Cục Đường Sắt * Vietnam National A1 League:

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As manager

Thanh Hóa *

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: 2001 Becamex Bình Dương *

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Vietnamese Super Cup Vietnamese National Football Super Cup (), 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.League 1 season and the holders of th ...

: 2007, 2008

As technical director

Becamex Bình Dương *

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: 2014, 2015 *

Mekong Club Championship The Toyota Mekong Club Championship was an ASEAN Football Federation, ASEAN club competition for men's association football clubs. Five teams entered as respective domestic league winners from ''Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam''. ...

References

1946 births 2021 deaths Footballers from Hanoi Vietnamese men's footballers Vietnam men's international footballers Vietnamese football managers Becamex Binh Duong FC managers SHB Da Nang FC managers Thanh Hóa FC (1962) managers The Cong-Viettel FC managers Vissai Ninh Bình FC managers Haiphong FC managers Association football coaches Men's association football midfielders Deaths from pancreatic cancer {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub