Nguyễn Văn Vĩ (born 12 February 1998) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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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 ...

club Thép Xanh Nam Định and the Vietnam national team.

Club career

Graduating from the

Hanoi FC Reserves and Academy The Hanoi Football Club Reserves & Academy () are the reserve team and academy of Vietnamese team Hanoi FC, based in Hanoi. The reserves squad play in the Vietnamese Second League, the third division of Vietnamese football league system. Histo ...

, Nguyễn Văn Vĩ made his professional debut for Hanoi B Football Club in the 2018 Vietnam First Division. He later played for Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh and helped the club win the 2019 Vietnam First Division. In December 2021, Văn Vĩ returned to former club, Hanoi FC, on a two-year contract. His first competitive appearance with Hanoi came in the V.League 1 match against

Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

on 12 March 2022. In 2023, Văn Vĩ signed for Thép Xanh Nam Định, he won both V.League 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 ...

in his first season.

International career

On 1 June 2022, Văn Vĩ made his debut for the

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as a starter in a friendly match against

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. In December 2024, Nguyễn Văn Vĩ was called up by coach Kim Sang-sik as an additional player for the Vietnam national team to participate in the 2024 ASEAN Cup. On 9 December 2024, he scored his first goal from a corner kick in a match against Laos.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh *

V.League 2 The Vietnamese National Football First League (), known simply as the V.League 2 and for sponsorship purposes as Gold Star V.League 2, is the second-highest of the Vietnamese football league system after V.League 1, and is currently contested ...

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 ...

Hà Nội *

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 Vietnamese National Football Cup (), commonly recognized and branded as the National Cup (), is a Vietnamese Association football, football competition. It is one of the most important club competitions in Vietnam. The Vietnamese Cup was first he ...

: 2022 Thép Xanh Nam Định *

: 2023–24, 2024–25 *

: 2024 ASEAN All-Stars *

Maybank Challenge Cup The 2025 Maybank Challenge Cup () was the charity hybrid friendly match played by the ASEAN All-Stars, a selection team by the ASEAN Football Federation and English Premier League club Manchester United in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The ASEAN All ...

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

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 ...

Individual *

Team of the Season: 2024–25

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Van Vi 1998 births Living people People from Bắc Ninh province Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football defenders V.League 1 players V.League 2 players Hanoi FC players Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC players Nam Định F.C. players Vietnam men's international footballers 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen