Hai Ngoc Tran (Vietnamese: Trần Ngọc Hải, born 10 January 1975) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a defender.

Hai Ngoc Tran
Personal information
Full name Hai Ngoc Tran
Date of birth (1975-01-10) 10 January 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Phan Thiết, South Vietnam
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1998 Kongsvinger IL 92 (0)
1998–2001 Vålerenga 54 (0)
2002 Kongsvinger IL 6 (1)
Total 152 (1)
International career
1989–1990 Norway U15 9 (0)
1990 Norway U16 7 (2)
1991–1992 Norway U17 11 (0)
1992–1994 Norway U18 9 (1)
1993 Norway U20 3 (0)
1994–1997 Norway U21 38 (0)
1998 Norway U23 2 (0)
1999 Norway 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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He played professionally in Norway for Kongsvinger IL and Vålerenga.[1]

International career

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Tran was a youth international for Norway,[2] whom he represented at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.[3] He earned one cap for the senior team in 1999.[1]

Personal life

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Born in Phan Thiết, South Vietnam four months before the Fall of Saigon, Tran came to Norway as a refugee in 1982. He now owns a restaurant in Kongsvinger.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hai Ngoc Tran at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ "Hai Ngoc Tran national team statistics". www.fotball.no. Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. ^ Hai Ngoc TranFIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ "Cầu thủ triệu đô thành đầu bếp trứ danh". PLO.
  5. ^ "Minoriteter kan redde fotballen". Utrop. 13 October 2008.