Michal Nguyễn (, born 4 December 1989) is a retired professional
footballer
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who played as a
center-back. Born in
Czechoslovakia
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, he represented the
Vietnam national football team
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.
Club career
A youth product of
Baník Most, Michal made his senior debut with the team in the
2010–11 Czech 2. Liga
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.
On 24 November 2014, Michal moved to Vietnam, signing for
V.League 1
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side
Becamex Bình Dương. In his first season with the team, he won a treble, including the
V.League 1
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,
Vietnamese Cup
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The Vietnamese Cup was first held in 1992. Cảng S ...
and
Vietnamese Super Cup
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.
International career
In January 2013, Michal received his first call up to the
Vietnam national team. He made his international debut on 6 February, in a 1–2 defeat against
United Arab Emirates
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, as part of the
2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
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In the initial scheme, ten pl ...
.
Personal life
Michal was born in the Czechoslovakia to a Vietnamese father and a Czech mother.
Honours
Becamex Bình Dương
*
V.League 1
The V.League 1 (), also called LPBank V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football league in Vietnam, controlled by the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF). It is contested by 14 clubs who play each ...
:
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
*
Vietnamese Cup
Vietnamese National Football Cup (), commonly recognized and branded as the National Cup (), is a Vietnamese football competition. It is one of the most important club competitions in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese Cup was first held in 1992. Cảng S ...
:
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
*
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 ...
: 2015
See also
*
List of Vietnam footballers born outside Vietnam
This is a list of footballers who has represented the Vietnam national football team in international football and were ''born outside of Vietnam''.
The following players:
# have one parent or grandparent who was born in Vietnam.
# were born outs ...
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Vietnamese men's footballers
Vietnam men's international footballers
Vietnamese expatriate men's footballers
Vietnamese expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
Vietnamese expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
Czech people of Vietnamese descent
Vietnamese people of Czech descent
Becamex Binh Duong FC players
Sportspeople of Vietnamese descent
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam
V.League 1 players
Men's association football defenders
Michal Nguyen
FK Baník Most 1909 players
21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen
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