Ngô Xuân Quýnh (16 March 1933 – 25 December 2005) was a Vietnamese

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manager and former footballer.

Early life

Ngô was born on 16 March 1933 in Nghệ An,

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and is a native of the province. Growing up, he played football with his friends using

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s as balls and attended the Army Academy in Vietnam.

Career

Ngô spent his entire playing career with Vietnamese side

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and was part of the club's first squad, helping them win three league titles. In 1967, he was appointed as a youth manager of

. Vietnamese newspaper ''Báo Dân Trí'' wrote in 2005 that he was "an extremely enthusiastic football contributor for newspapers... revered by other sports journalists as a "living dictionary of Vietnamese football"". After retiring from professional football, he worked as Vice President of the

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Personal life

On 25 December 2005, Ngô died in

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and was the father of Vietnamese football commentator Ngô Quang Tùng.

References

1933 births 2005 deaths Men's association football midfielders Vietnamese football managers Vietnamese men's footballers Footballers from Nghệ An province {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub