Nguyễn Đức Phú (born 13 January 2003) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for V.League 2 club PVF-CAND and the Vietnam national under-23 team.[1]

Nguyễn Đức Phú
Đức Phú in 2024
Personal information
Full name Nguyễn Đức Phú
Date of birth (2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth An Dương, Hải Phòng, Vietnam
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
PVF-CAND
Number 19
Youth career
2016–2019 Hải Phòng
2019–2022 PVF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– PVF-CAND 49 (1)
International career
2020–2023 Vietnam U20 5 (0)
2023– Vietnam U23 17 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Vietnam
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place Phnom Penh 2023 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 May 2023

Early career

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Born in Hải Phòng, Đức Phú started playing football in 2016 for his local youth team. In 2019, he was admitted to PVF Football Academy.[2] He quickly gained a starter spot at PVF youth team and won two consecutive Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championships in 2020 and 2021.[3]

Club career

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In 2022, Đức Phú was promoted to PVF Football Academy's first team Phố Hiến. In his first season with the club, Đức Phú started in 18 out of 22 matches in V.League 2 and scored 1 goal, helping the club finish third in the league.[4]

International career

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Đức Phú was called up to Vietnam national under-20 team to participate in the 2023 AFC U-20 Championship.[5] He started in all three group stage matches but Vietnam failed to reach the quarter-finals despite having won two out of their three matches.[6] Later in the same year, he was included on Vietnam under-22's 20 men squad for the 2023 Southeast Asian Games.[7]

In June 2023, Đức Phú was called up to the Vietnam senior squad for the first time, for friendly game against Syria in Nam Định.[8]

Honours

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PVF Football Academy

PVF-CAND

Vietnam U23

References

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  1. ^ Nguyễn Đức Phú at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Nguyễn Đức Phú và bước ngoặt cuộc đời". PVF-CAND FC. 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ "PVF vô địch Vòng chung kết U19 quốc gia 2021". Hồ Chí Minh City news site. 15 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Vòng 22 Hạng Nhất Quốc Gia LS V.League 2-2022". VTV. 29 October 2022.
  5. ^ "U.20 Việt Nam có thêm cầu thủ xuất sắc của Phố Hiến". Thanh Niên. 3 September 2022.
  6. ^ "U20 Việt Nam dừng bước tại Vòng chung kết U20 châu Á". Nhân Dân. 7 March 2023.
  7. ^ "ĐT U22 Việt Nam chốt danh sách chính thức 20 cầu thủ dự SEA Games 32". Vietnamese Football Federation. 29 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Đội tuyển Việt Nam công bố danh sách cho trận gặp Đội tuyển Syria". Vietnamplus. Retrieved 18 June 2023.