Trương Tiến Anh (born 25 April 1999) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club Thể Công-Viettel and the Vietnam national team.

Club career

Tiến Anh began his career at

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, making his professional debut in 2019 and was part of the 2020 V.League 1 winning team. He is a versatile player, being able to operate as a winger and a wing back. He has been compared to that of former striker

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by Vietnamese media.

International career

In June 2023, Tiến Anh was called up to the senior Vietnam squad for first time, for friendlies against

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and

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. He made his debut in the former at the Lach Tray Stadium on 15 June as a 36th-minute substitute for

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. He scored his first international goal in Vietnam's 1–2 defeat against

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during a friendly. Later, he was named in Vietnam's 26-men squad for the

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Career statistics

Club

International

: ''Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tiến Anh goal.

Honours

Viettel *

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