Nguyễn Đức Thắng (born 28 May 1976) is a Vietnamese

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

manager and former footballer who is currently the manager of

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 Thể Công-Viettel.

Career

Born in

Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...

, Đức Thắng spent this entire career playing for the Army's club

Thể Công The Cong – Viettel Football Club (), commonly known as Thể Công or Viettel FC, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Hanoi. The club is formally operated by Viettel Sports Center - an affiliation of Viettel Group - and compete ...

until his retirement in 2005. Throughout his career, he mainly operated as a left-back. After his retirement from playing, he became a manager, coaching several

club such as

Sài Gòn 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 ...

, FLC Thanh Hóa, Topenland Bình Định and his former club Thể Công-Viettel (formerly knowns as Thê Công).

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