Văn Cường in 2020
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| Full name | Hồ Văn Cường | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hoàng Mai, Nghệ An, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Công An Hà Nội (on loan from Sông Lam Nghệ An) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | PVF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Sông Lam Nghệ An | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Sông Lam Nghệ An | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | → Công An Hà Nội (loan) | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Vietnam U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Vietnam U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Vietnam U23 | 16 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Vietnam | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 April 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hồ Văn Cường (born 15 January 2003) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a right back for V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội, on loan from Sông Lam Nghệ An, and the Vietnam national team.[2]
Văn Cường started his football career at PVF Football Academy. In 2019, he was released from PVF because he was considered too small to play football. Văn Cường then joined the youth team of his local Sông Lam Nghệ An. Following his good performances at the Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championship2021, Văn Cường was promoted to Sông Lam Nghệ An first team for the 2022 season.[3] Văn Cường became the main starter right-back of the team right on his first season and helped his club finishing fifth in the league.[4]
Văn Cường was named in the under-23 squad for the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship. He made only one appearance in the group stage before forfeiting the rest of the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Vietnam under-23 ended up winning the tournament.[5]
In 2023, Văn Cường was called up to the under-20 team for the 2023 AFC U-20 Championship and played in all three group matches as his team was eliminated.[6] He later represented Vietnam at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games, scoring twice in the bronze medal match against Myanmar under-22s.[7]
Vietnam U-23
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Cong An Ha Noi FC – current squad
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