Phạm Mạnh Hùng (born 3 March 1993) is a Vietnamese

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who plays as a

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for

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club Đông Á Thanh Hóa and the

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. On March 27, 2015, in the match between U-23 Vietnam and U-23 Malaysia in the

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round at

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, player Pham Manh Hung took two free kicks but both shots hit the crossbar and did not enter the goal. Because of this, he was nicknamed "Hùng xà ngang" (Hung Crossbar) by fans.

Club career

Pham Manh Hung came through the youth academy of

Song Lam Nghe An Song Lam Nghe An Football Club (), simply known as Song Lam Nghe An or SLNA, is a professional V.League 1 football club playing at the Vinh Stadium in the city of Vinh, Nghe An province, Vietnam. This is a club that has won many titles from t ...

. At the age of 17, he won the "best player" award at the 2010 National U17 Finals. In 2013, Pham Manh Hung was promoted to the first team of

. However, he did not make many contributions during his time with the club. At the end of the 2018 season, Pham Manh Hung was not offered a contract extension by

. He then moved to

SHB Da Nang SHB Đà Nẵng Football Club (), simply known as SHB Đà Nẵng, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Da Nang that plays in V.League 1, the top tier in Vietnamese football, . The club was formerly known as Quang Nam-Da Nang () ...

, signing a 3-year contract. Pham Manh Hung joined

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at the start of the 2020 season.

International career

International goals

U-23

Honours

International

Vietnam U23 : Third place :

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

References

1993 births Living people Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football central defenders V.League 1 players Song Lam Nghe An FC players Footballers from Nghệ An province Vietnam men's international footballers SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub