Nguyễn Gia Từ (born 17 December 1989) is a Vietnamese

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who last played as a

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for

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club Vissai Ninh Bình. He made 14 appearances for the Vietnam national team. In December 2014, he was one of nine Ninh Binh players found guilty of

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and banned for life from all football-related activities. He also received a two-year suspended prison sentence.

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1989 births Living people Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football defenders V.League 1 players Vissai Ninh Bình FC players Vietnam men's international footballers Sportspeople from Hà Tĩnh province Vietnamese sportspeople convicted of crimes 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub