Luu Ngoc Mai (born 10 May 1974) is a former Vietnamese footballer.

Personal life

She was born on 10 May 1974, in

Saigon Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

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Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

today). She is the youngest child in a family of 13 siblings. She belongs to the first generation of Ho Chi Minh City women's football. At

Vietnamese Golden Ball Vietnamese Golden Ball (), also referred to as ''Vietnamese Footballer of the Year'', is an annual association football award for the best performances of Vietnamese footballer over the previous year. Presented since 1995 by Sài Gòn Giải Phó ...

2001, Luu Ngoc Mai went down in history as the only female player to be awarded the Bronze Ball together with male players. After winning the gold medal with the Vietnamese women's football team SEA Games 2003, she decided to retire at the age of 30.

Honours

Hồ Chí Minh City *

Vietnamese Women's Football Championship The Vietnamese Women's National League, officially the Women's National League (), also called the Thai Son Bac Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league of women's association football, women's football in Vietnam. The league was establi ...

Champion: 2002 Vietnam *

SEA Games The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as SEA Games is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with su ...

: Gold medal:

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

Individual * Vietnamese Women's Golden Ball: 2001 *

top scorer: 1999, 2001, 2002 *

top scorer: SEA Games 2001, SEA Games 2003

International goals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luu, Ngoc Mai 1974 births Living people Vietnamese women's footballers Vietnam women's international footballers Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Asian Games footballers for Vietnam 21st-century Vietnamese sportswomen SEA Games competitors for Vietnam Women's association football forwards Footballers from Ho Chi Minh City