Nguyễn Văn Toàn (born 12 April 1996) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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or a winger for

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club Thép Xanh Nam Định and the Vietnam national team. Nguyễn Văn Toàn joined Hoang Anh Gia Lai–Arsenal JMG Academy in 2007. He made his first-team debut for HAGL against Khanh Hoa in January 2015. Văn Toàn made his senior international debut for Vietnam in 2016 sat age 20, and has since earned over 64 caps as of October 2024.

Club career

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai

Văn Toàn made his debut for Hoàng Anh Gia Lai on 4 January 2015, coming on as a second–half substitute in a 4–2 home win over Sanna Khanh Hoa in

. In the

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, he scored 9 goals and had 11 assists, which made him the top assist provider of the league. As the result, he was named in the league's Team of the season for the first time in his career.

Seoul E-Land FC

On 4 January 2023, Văn Toàn joined

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side Seoul E-Land. On 1 March, he was part of the starting lineup in a K2 League match against Chungbuk Cheongju, his first ever league appearance.

Thép Xanh Nam Định

On 20 September 2023, Văn Toàn returned to Vietnam and joined

club Thép Xanh Nam Định. In the 2023–24 season, he was part of Nam Định's squad that won the V.League 1 title. As the team's starter

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, he scored 5 goals and assisted twice in the league during the season, and was named in the league's Team of the season.

International career

Văn Toàn made his international debut for

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against

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on 24 March 2016 and scored a brace in a 4–1 win. Văn Toàn has represented Vietnam in the

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 ...

and the

2023 AFC Asian Cup The 2023 AFC Asian Cup was the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It involved 24 national teams after its expansion in 20 ...

. He has also played in the

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 ...

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 ...

and the

2024 ASEAN Championship The 2024 ASEAN Championship (officially the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024 due to sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the ASEAN Championship (formerly the AFF Championship) association football, football tournament of nations affili ...

in which he won the 2018 and 2024 edition.

Career statistics

International

International goals

Vietnam U19 Vietnam U23 Vietnam Olympic

Honours

Thép Xanh Nam Định *

: 2023–24, 2024–25 *

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 ...

: 2024 Vietnam U23 *

VFF Cup The Vietnam Football Federation Vietnam International Friendly Cup or VFF Vietnam International Friendly Cup is a football tournament organised in Vietnam. Every year the tournament is regularly held at the Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi ...

Vietnam *

ASEAN 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 ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

; runner-up:

Individual *

AFF U-19 Youth Championship The ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship (formerly AFF U-19 Youth Championship) is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and occasionally invited nations fro ...

Top goalscorer:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

top assist provider:

,Văn Toàn hay nhất V.League 2019: Kiến tạo 11 lần, ghi 9 bàn!
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Van Toan 1996 births Living people Vietnamese men's footballers 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen Men's association football forwards Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC players Seoul E-Land FC players Nam Định F.C. players V.League 1 players K League 2 players Sportspeople from Hải Dương province Vietnam men's international footballers SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games 2019 AFC Asian Cup players 2023 AFC Asian Cup players Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Vietnam Vietnamese expatriate men's footballers Vietnamese expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea