Nguyễn Văn Quyết (born 1 July 1991) is a Vietnamese professional
footballer
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who plays as a
winger or
attacking midfielder
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for
V.League 1
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club
Hà Nội
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.
Nguyễn Văn Quyết started his career with
Thể Công
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before moving to
V.League 1
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side
Hanoi FC
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in 2011, where he established himself as one of the best player in the league. He won thirteen trophies at Hanoi, including five V.League 1 titles, three
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s and five
Super Cup
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s.
A youth international for Vietnam from
under-19 to
under-23 level, Văn Quyết made his senior debut in 2011. He has represented his nation at five editions of the
ASEAN Championship
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, as well as the
2018 Asian Games
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. He retired from international football in 2024.
International career
Nguyễn Văn Quyết represented Vietnam at youth level between 2009 and 2013, progressing from the under-19 team up to the under-23 team. His debut for the
senior national team came on 29 June 2011, against
Macau
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where he came on as a substitute and scored a goal in a 6–0 home win in
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
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.
Nguyễn Văn Quyết was elected captain of the Vietnam national team at the
2018 AFF Championship
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. However, his contribution in the journey to winning this tournament is very limited.
On 12 October 2024, Quyết announced that he had retired from international football after the match against
India
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. He earned 58 caps, scoring 16 goals.
Personal life
In 2015, Nguyen Van Quyet married Nguyen Huyen Mi, eldest daughter of former
Saigon FC
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president Nguyen Giang Dong. The couple has a son and a daughter.
Career statistics
Club
International
International goals
:''Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Quyết goal''.
;Hanoi FC
;U-23/Olympic
Honours
Hanoi
*
V.League 1
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:
2013
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2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
,
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
,
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 ...
,
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
,
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 ...
*
Vietnamese National Cup
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The Vietnamese Cup was first he ...
:
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
,
2020
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,
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 ...
*
Vietnamese Super Cup
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: 2010, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Vietnam U23/Olympic
*
Asian Games
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Fourth place:
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
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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 ...
Vietnam
*
AFF Championship
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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 ...
; runner-up:
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 ...
*AYA Bank Cup:
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
*
VFF Cup
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:
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 ...
Individual
*
Vietnamese Young Player of the Year: 2010, 2011
*
Vietnamese Silver Ball: 2014, 2015
*
Vietnamese Golden Ball
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: 2020, 2022
*
V.League 1
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Player of the Season:
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 ...
,
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
,
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 ...
*V.League 1
Team of the Season: 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023–24
*Top 10 outstanding Vietnamese athletes of the Year: 2020 (Top 1)
Controversy
On 13 March 2016, in a match against
Sanna Khánh Hòa, Quyết was sent off after pushing over the referee who had just made a controversial call.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Van Quyet
1991 births
Living people
Footballers from Hanoi
Men's association football wingers
Vietnamese men's footballers
V.League 1 players
V.League 2 players
Hanoi FC players
The Cong-Viettel FC players
Vietnam men's youth international footballers
Vietnam men's international footballers
Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Vietnam
21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen