Lương Xuân Trường (born 28 April 1995) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh, and the Vietnam national team. Xuân Trường is a product of HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy and was promoted to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai first team in 2015, he was also given the captain arm band. Xuân Trường is praised for his vision, passing and free-kick ability.

Early life

Lương Xuân Trường was born on 28 April 1995 in

Tuyên Quang Tuyên Quang () is a city in Vietnam, and is the capital of Tuyên Quang Province. History The French post at Tuyên Quang was defended for four months against 12,000 troops of the Yunnan Army and the Black Flag Army by two companies of the ...

in a family of 2 children, Lương Xuân Trường is the second child, above him is an older sister. His father Lương Bách Chiến who works in Tuyên Quang Power Company is a former amateur footballer in the army team, he's also the manager of Tuyên Quang Power Company's male football team. Xuân Trường started play football around the age of 5, trained by his father. He represented Tuyên Quang Province at several youth football competitions.

Club career

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai

HAGL - Arsenal JMG Academy

In 2007, when playing for Tuyên Quang U-13 team at a youth football competition in

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, Xuân Trường's team happened to be at the same hotel with HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy's coaches who were there searching for candidates for the academy. Xuân Trường decided to take the trial and he got accepted into the academy. In November 2012, Xuân Trường along with

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, Nguyễn Tuấn Anh, Trần Hữu Đông Triều were four of the players from the academy received the invitation to train with

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U-17 team. In the letter, Arsenal's performance supervisor,

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stated that coach

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was impressed with the academy's players when they beat Arsenal U-17 team in January.

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai first team

Xuân Trường was promoted to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai first team along with other academy's player from the first selection in 2015 when the club revolutionized their first team, most of their first team players were released, only a few was kept to guide young player from the academy. Xuân Trường was promoted to first team along with other academy's player from the first selection, he was also given the captain arm band. Xuân Trường made his

debut on 4 January 2015 at the opening game of the season against Sanna Khanh Hoa. He score his first league goal in this game as Hoàng Anh Gia Lai won the game 4–2. In February, Xuân Trường suffered an injury in the seventh-round game against XSKT Can Tho which kept him out for 4 months, he made his come back on June in the thirteenth-round game against

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Incheon United

On 28 December 2015, Xuân Trường joined

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on 2 years loan deal with the alleged transfer fee of US$300,000. He became the first

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player to play in

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. He made his debut game on 23 May 2016 versus

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, he was named in the starting eleven of

, played 60 minutes and was replaced. After that

lost by 1 goal to nil.

Gangwon FC

On 21 December 2016, Xuân Trường moved from

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on a year loan deal.

Buriram United

On 8 February 2019, Xuân Trường moved from Hoàng Anh Gia Lai to

Buriram United Buriram United Football Club () is a Thai professional football club based in Buriram. The club has played at the top level of Thai football for the majority of their existence and competes in the Thai League 1. The club was founded in 1970 as P ...

on 1-year loan deal. On 9 April 2019, Xuân Trường made his first assist for Buriram almost immediately after being substituted in an

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game against Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C. On 11 May 2019, he scored his first goal for Buriram United with a free kick in Toyota Thai League 2019 9-round match against Nakhon Ratchasima. then he joined the Vietnamese national football team.

Haiphong FC

On 3 January 2023,

Haiphong FC Haiphong Football Club (), simply known as Hải Phòng, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Haiphong. Haiphong is one of the most successful football teams in Vietnam with 13 major titles, including 10 North Vietnam national t ...

completed the signing of Xuân Trường on a free transfer. He penned a two-year contract. Upon joining the club, Trường was given the number 8 shirt.

Hong Linh Ha Tinh

On 1 March 2024, in search for game time, Xuân Trường joined

fellow Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh on loan.

International career

Youth

Lương Xuân Trường began his international career for Vietnam with the national youth football team and earned caps at under-19 and under-23 levels. He was named captain of the under-19 team at the

2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship The 2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was held from 9 to 22 September 2013, hosted by Indonesia. 11 members of the ASEAN Football Federation were divided into two groups. Australia, originally drawn in Group A, withdrew on 8 September 2013, citin ...

. Under Trường's leadership, the team recorded impressive victories to advance to the final of the tournament. However, he missed out on the final due to injury as his team lost to the host Indonesia U19 in the penalty shootout. Xuân Trường represented U-19 team in all of their competitions throughout 2013 to 2014 such as:

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where his team came out as Group F winner after they shockingly beat Australia U-19 (5-1),

2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship The 2014 AFF U19 Youth Championship or AFF U-19 Nutifood Cup 2014 held from 5 to 13 September 2014, hosted by Vietnam. 5 members of the ASEAN Football Federation have registered to take part in the competition, these being hosts Vietnam, Thailand ...

where they finished second, and

2014 AFC U-19 Championship The 2014 AFC U-20 Asian Cup, AFC U-19 Championship was the 38th edition of the biennial international youth association football, football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 19 and below. Myanmar were a ...

. In February 2015, Xuân Trường was called up to Vietnam U-23 training camp for

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but he was returned to his club later as the injury he suffered prior the training camp was much more serious than expected.

Senior

On 24 March 2016, Lương Xuân Trường made his debut for the Vietnam senior team in a 2018 World Cup qualifier against

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. He played the full 90 minutes in a 4–1 win. He scored his first international goal in a friendly against

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on 6 October 2016. On 13 November 2016, Xuân Trường was named in Vietnam's squad for the

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. On 20 November, he started as a central midfielder in the team's first AFF Championship fixture ~ a 2–1 victory over

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. Vietnam were eliminated in the semi-finals of the competition following an aggregate score of 4–3 defeat to

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Vietnam score listed first, score column indicates score after each Trường goal.''

Honours

Vietnam *

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

VFF Cup The Vietnam Football Federation Vietnam International Friendly Cup or VFF Vietnam International Friendly Cup is a football tournament organised in Vietnam. Every year the tournament is regularly held at the Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

Vietnam U23 *

Individual * Vietnamese Silver Ball:

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Goal of the Month: May 2019 * Most favorite players:

References

External links

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Interview and Highlightsdocumentary on Lương Xuân TrườngDiary in South Korea
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