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Michal Nguyễn (, born 4 December 1989) is a retired professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a center-back. Born in
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
, he represented the
Vietnam national football team The Vietnam national football team () represents Vietnam in men's senior international association football and is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), the governing body of football in Vietnam. The team's nickname is the Golde ...
.


Club career

A youth product of Baník Most, Michal made his senior debut with the team in the
2010–11 Czech 2. Liga The 2010–11 Czech 2. Liga was the 18th season of the 2. česká fotbalová liga, the second tier of the Czech football league. The season began on 30 July 2010 and ended on 11 June 2011. The winter break was scheduled between 6 November 2010 a ...
. On 24 November 2014, Michal moved to Vietnam, signing for
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 ...
side Becamex Bình Dương. In his first season with the team, he won a treble, including the
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 ...
,
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 ...
and
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 ...
.


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
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, as part of the
2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification The 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification was a qualification process organized by the AFC to determine the participating teams for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. The 2015 AFC Asian Cup, hosted by Australia, featured 16 teams. 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 ...
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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 ...


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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 {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub