Phạm Văn Quyến (born April 29, 1984) is a retired

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. Since his days as a Vietnamese U-16 international, Quyến was considered one of the most promising young players in Vietnam and a worthy successor to the legendary Lê Huỳnh Đức. Quyến is known for his pace, dribbling ability and shot accuracy and was also a free kick specialist.

International career

In 2000, Phạm Văn Quyến was called up to the U-16 national team. At the end of the tournament, Văn Quyến scored three goals. A year later, he became the youngest player to be named to the U-23 national team in preparation for the

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, but he was soon released due to disciplinary issues. Early in 2002, Văn Quyến joined the Vietnam U-20 team to participate in the Southeast Asian U-20 Championship held in

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and

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. Later, Văn Quyến was called up to the national U-20 team for the U-20 Asian Cup qualifiers and won a ticket to the finals in Qatar. However, Quyến's goals against

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(2) and

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(1) were not enough to help

reach the quarterfinals. In the same year, he was named in the Vietnam Olympic team to participate in the

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. He made his first official appearance for the Vietnam national team against

, where he scored one goal in the 9-2 win over their neighbors, helping the Vietnam team win the bronze medal later. In 2003, Văn Quyến played in the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification round and scored the only goal for the Vietnam Olympic team in the 1-3 loss to Iraq Olympic in the first leg, before drawing 1-1 in the second leg. In the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, the

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sent the U-23 team to compete as the senior national team to prepare for the 22nd SEA Games. Here, Văn Quyến scored the goal of his career against the South Korea national team in the historic victory of the Vietnam team in Oman on October 19, 2003. In 2005, Phạm Văn Quyến continued to join the Vietnam U-23 team to participate in the 23rd SEA Games in the

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. In 2010, he was called back to the senior national team by coach Henrique Calisto to prepare for the 1000th Anniversary of Thăng Long - Hanoi Football Cup. But after just two training sessions with the team, Văn Quyến's ankle injury recurred and was diagnosed as requiring 6 months to recover, meaning he missed the opportunity to participate in this tournament and the 2010 AFF Cup.

Coaching career

After retiring, Van Quyen graduated with a C-level head coach certificate from the Asian Football Confederation and was assigned to coach the youth teams of Sông Lam Nghệ An. In 2018, Quyến was appointed as assistant coach to Phan Tiến Hoài, the head coach of the U-11 Sông Lam Nghệ An. In 2019, he served as assistant coach to his former teammate Phan Như Thuật, the head coach of the U-15 Sông Lam Nghệ An. In 2020, he and coach Lê Kỳ Phương led the U-17 Sông Lam Nghệ An team. In these three years, the youth teams of Sông Lam Nghệ An have all achieved success with national championships. In June 2021, Van Quyen became the assistant to head coach Nguyen Huy Hoang, leading Song Lam Nghe An in the V.League 2021.

Controversy

Phạm Quyến was a part of the Vietnamese U-23 team at the SEA Games 23 in the Philippines. He and several players of the team were arrested for alleged gambling and match-fixing scandals. In January, 2007, it was decided that Quyến would be sentenced to 2 years in prison, ending his hope of becoming a star player. Also, the

(VFF) decided to ban him from all domestic competition for four years. However, it is rumoured that he can return as soon as 2008, if he shows good progress during the banning period. Since the start of V-League 2009, Quyến was able to play in domestic matches.

Career statistics

International goals

Vietnam U-23

Vietnam

Honours

Club

Song Lam Nghe An * V.League 1: : Winners : 1999-2000, 2000-2001,

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: Runners-up : 2001-2002 *

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 ...

: : Winners : 2000, 2001, 2002, 2011 *

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: : Winners :

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Xuan Thanh Sai Gon *

: : Winners :

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Vissai Ninh Binh *

: : Winners :

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 ...

: : Winners : 2013

International

Vietnam U16 * Fourth place AFC U-16 Championship:

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

Vietnam U23 : Runners-up :

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

: Third place :

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Individuals

* Best Player of AFC U-16 Championship:

* Vietnamese Golden Ball: 2003 * Best Young Player of

: 2000, 2002

References

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