Trần Thị Thu Thảo (born 15 January 1993) is a Vietnamese

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who plays as a

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for

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club Hồ Chí Minh City I and the Vietnam women's national team.

Club career

Trần Thị Thu Thảo has played for

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in Vietnam.

International career

Trần Thị Thu Thảo capped for Vietnam at senior level during the

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. Alongside her twin sister Phương Thảo, Thu Thảo was called up for the

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, in which Vietnam gained their historical qualification to the

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* 1993 births Living people Vietnamese women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Vietnam women's international footballers SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football 21st-century Vietnamese sportswomen Footballers from Ho Chi Minh City 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Medalists at the 2023 SEA Games {{Vietnam-women-footy-bio-stub