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. He is widely regarded to be one of the greatest Vietnamese players of all time.

Career

Nguyễn Hồng Sơn joined the Army Club (also known as "The Cong") in 1988 and started to wear the national team in 1993. Initially, Hồng Sơn played in the striker position and then switched to wingers. In 1990 Hồng Sơn won the title of top scorer of the national championship. He had won a silver medal at the 18th, 20th and SEA Games SEA Games, 1998 bronze medal in the Tiger 1996 Cup and SEA Games 19. In 1998, after receiving the "Tiger Cup Best Player" award, Nguyễn Hồng Sơn was awarded the title of Asia's best player of the month, August 1998 and "Vietnam Golden Ball" for the first time. In 1999, he took second place at the soccer tournament organized by Pepsi (This tournament includes many players such as

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, ...) In early 2001, He won The title "Vietnam Golden Ball" for the second time. Late V-League season 2002 Hồng Sơn announced retirement due to injury but in the second phase of the 2003 season, he returned to The Public Football team and then competed for Red Beer Workers. He is also a Colonel ranked officer of the Vietnam People's Army,. After retiring from the competition, Nguyễn Hồng Sơn became a football coach leading Thanh Nghia Football Club – Quang Ngai, then the U15 team of Can Cong. At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games, he worked as a vice-coach for the Vietnamese national futsal team. In June 2024, he become a player in the reality show "Call Me By Fire". After he loses in Performance 3.

International goals

Honour

ASEAN Football Championship The ASEAN Championship (formerly known as the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the ASEAN Hyundai Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the biennial football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for men's natio ...

**''Runner Up'':

1998 Tiger Cup The 1998 AFF Championship, officially known as the 1998 Tiger Cup, was the second edition of the AFF Championship. It was held in Vietnam from 26 August to 5 September 1998. Thailand had been the defending champions, but lost to Vietnam in the ...

**''Third Place'': 1996 Tiger Cup **''Fourth Place'': 2000 Tiger Cup *

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 ...

**''Silver Medal'':

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

**''Bronze Medal'': 1997 The Cong * V-League **''Champion:'' 1990 & 1998 *

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 ...

**''Champion:'' 1998 Personal awards *

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 ...

: 1998 & 2001 *Top scorer V-League: 1990 *MVP:

*Best player in Asia: August 1998

References

* 1970 births Living people Vietnamese men's footballers Vietnam men's international footballers Footballers from Hanoi SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football The Cong-Viettel FC players Men's association football midfielders Competitors at the 1995 SEA Games Competitors at the 1997 SEA Games Competitors at the 1999 SEA Games Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Vietnam {{vietnam-footy-bio-stub