Nguyễn Công Phượng ( bear 21 January 1995 ) is a vietnamese football player who plays as a ahead for V.League 1 cabaret Hoàng Anh Gia Lai, and the Vietnam national football team. Trần Hoàng Vũ Lauded “ vietnamese Messi “ [ 1 ] [ 2 ] by fans and the media due to his playing style and human body, Công Phượng is one of the most promise football talents in Vietnam. [ 3 ] He is a product of HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy and was promoted to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai senior team in 2015. Công Phượng was voted in 2015 as the ‘Best Young Player of the Year. [ 4 ]
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early life [edit ]
Công Phượng was born on 21 January 1995 in Mỹ Sơn, Đô Lương District, Nghệ An Province. He is the fifth child out of seventeen children of Nguyễn Công Bảy and Nguyễn Thị Hoa ; his kin was poor people when he was growing up. [ 5 ] Công Phượng has been matter to in football since his childhood. Around the long time of five he started to play football using a ball made of straw with his two-year-old brother Nguyễn Công Khoa, [ 6 ] who later drowned in 2004 at the age of nine. [ 7 ]
Club career [edit ]
early career [edit ]
Công Phượng first started his proper football training at the age of ten-spot when he was introduced to the Đô Lương zone sport center by a local football coach Trương Quang Vinh. [ 8 ] In 2006, he played for the Đô Lương District youth team at Nghệ An province ‘s football competition. [ 9 ] Impressed Sông Lam Nghệ An F.C. ‘s staff at the contest, Công Phượng was invited into Sông Lam Nghệ An F.C. young team but after a month of trial, he was n’t accepted because he did n’t meet the weight requirement. Công Phượng ‘s slant at that prison term was lone 25.4 kg, while the minimum requirement was 30 kilogram and 27 kilogram for especial cases. [ 10 ] In 2007, upon hearing the newsworthiness about HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy recruitment program, Công Phượng persuaded his parent to bring him to Pleiku, where HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy based for the try-out. He was one of the only fourteen candidates who was accepted in to the academy out of about seven thousand candidates from all over the nation in the first choice. [ 11 ] In June 2010, Công Phượng and Nguyễn Tuấn Anh were the merely two players from HAGL JMG Academy that were invited to a fifteen days abroad training course of study in Cambodia. It was a train platform for top players of JMG Academy from all over the globe. [ 12 ] In November 2012, Công Phượng along with Nguyễn Tuấn Anh, Lương Xuân Trường, Trần Hữu Đông Triều were four of the players from the academy received the invitation to train with Arsenal F.C. U–17 team. [ 13 ] In the letter, Arsenal ‘s performance supervisor, Steve Morrow stated that coach Arsène Wenger was impressed with the academy ‘s players when they beat Oxford United F.C. U–17 team in January. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In winter 2014, HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy team defeated Nepal U-21 3–0 in the International U-21 Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup final. [ 16 ] A double by Cong Phuong secured the crown for his team. [ 16 ]
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai [edit ]
2015 : First season [edit ]
In 2015, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai revolutionized their first team, the golf club released most of their players in the senior team, lone a few players was kept to guide young player from the academy. Công Phượng was promoted to first team along with other academy ‘s player from the first gear choice. [ 17 ] Công Phượng was given count 44 shirt alternatively of number 10 which he always wore when play for academy team and national U–19 team. [ 18 ] Công Phượng made his 2015 V.League 1 debut on 4 January 2015 at the orifice game of the season against Sanna Khánh Hòa F.C. . Hoàng Anh Gia Lai F.C. won this crippled 4–2 as Công Phượng scored twice. [ 19 ] Công Phượng scored another brace at the eighth round against Dong Thap FC. [ 20 ] Công Phượng finished 2015 temper with six goals in twenty five appearances, he was club ‘s moderate goalscorer and had second most appearance. [ 21 ] On 6 January 2016, Công Phượng won the 2015 young musician of the year award, beating his club checkmate Nguyễn Tuấn Anh who won it the former year and Hà Nội T & T F.C. player Đỗ Duy Mạnh. [ 22 ]
2017 season [edit ]
After one season in Japan, Công Phượng returned to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai to play in 2017 V.League 1. He scored 7 goals in this season .
2018 season : thoroughly performances [edit ]
2018 season is one of his best season for Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. Công Phượng scored 12 goals at league and 4 goals at domestic cup. Although his golf club precisely finished 11th at the end of temper, Phượng was still selected in V.League ‘s team of the season by his performances .
2021 season [edit ]
Công Phượng returned to the club after his lend contract with Ho Chi Minh City F.C. get expired, followed by the arrival of the new bus Kiatisak Senamuang .
Mito HollyHock [edit ]
In 2015, he has been loaned to Mito HollyHock for $ 100,000 in the J.League Division 2. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] On 7 May 2016, Công Phượng made his debut for Mito HollyHock, coming on as a substitute in the 87-minute in a match against Giravanz Kitakyushu that ended 1–0. [ 25 ]
inchon United [edit ]
On 13 February 2019, he was loaned to K League 1 team Incheon United on a loanword manage until the conclusion of 2019 season. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] He made the debut for the club in the 2–1 victory against Gyeongnam, came as a ersatz in the extra prison term of the second half. [ 28 ] On 1 June 2019, after good one-half temper of the loanword abridge, he was released by Incheon United, which followed his desire. [ 29 ] After 14 rounds of 2019 K League 1, he entirely played 401 minutes among 8 games for the team, and did not score any goal .
On 30 June 2019, a japanese newspaper named Sponichi confirmed that Công Phượng was going to join Sint-Truidense V.V. with lend abridge for one year. [ 30 ] He kicked off in the last friendly equal of Sint Truiden before the new temper when Sint Truiden host Lommel SK at home on 17 July ( losing 1–2 ). [ 31 ] He got the beginning officially match for Sint-Truiden in the 0–6 misplace game against Club Brugge KV on 2 August, started playing in the seventieth moment. however, he was excluded permanently from the team after this bet on. He was chiefly used for the youth team, had played 5 games and scored 1 goal against Club Brugge U-21 on 27 August 2019. [ 32 ] After the abortive half-season at STVV, Công Phượng was expected to return to Vietnam at the end of 2019 and play for Hoang Anh Gia Lai. however, this team has sent him to Ho Chi Minh City F.C., the runner-up of 2019 V.League 1, by another lend contract. [ 33 ]
Ho Chi Minh City F.C . [edit ]
Công Phượng kicked off in a friendly match against south korean side Jeonnam Dragons, losing 0–1. He scored his first finish for the baseball club in an 2020 AFC Cup group stage against Yangon United F.C. . On 1 March 2020, at Thống Nhất Stadium, Công Phượng had the first fourth dimension playing a final match at the club flat against Hanoi FC at Vietnamese Super Cup. At the twentieth minutes, he surprised the audience by a hanker shoot to bring an advantage to his club. But with a higher level of skills and have, Hanoi FC fastly controlled the match and scored 2 goals to win the match. After Trần Phi Sơn, Công Phượng was one of the few players performing well.
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On 26 September 2020, Công Phượng impressively scored a brace in the 5–1 victory against Nam Định F.C., but late he got toe injured during the game which made him be about absent for the rest of 2020 season. [ 34 ] He finally resumed in the club ‘s survive match against Becamex Bình Dương on 7 November, coming as a substitute in 64th minutes .
International career [edit ]
Vietnam U–19 [edit ]
Công Phượng was first gear called up to Vietnam U-19 team in September 2013 to participate in 2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship. The team made it into the final with unbeaten run of five wins but finally lost out to host nation Indonesia U–19 in the punishment shoot-out ( 7–6 ). [ 35 ] Công Phượng scored twice in this rival. Công Phượng was the peak goal scorekeeper at the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification held in October 2013. He scored seven goals which include a brace against Australia U–19, [ 36 ] the game ended with a shocking leave of 5–1 winnings for U–19 Vietnam. His team finished at the circus tent of the group with nine points and qualified for the final tournament. At the 2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship in September 2014, Công Phượng scored a stun solo goal against Australia U–19 right at the end of the game which help his team achieve a 1–0 victory. The goal was voted as finish of tournament ; [ 37 ] this goal helped to raise Công Phượng ‘s popularity even more. Công Phượng scored another goal in the game against U–19 Japan. His team made it into the concluding and ended up as runner up after lost the game 0–1 to Japan U–19. Công Phượng captained his team at 2014 AFC U-19 Championship held in October 2014. They were put in a bully group with other Asia powerhouses, Japan U–19, South Korea U–19, and China U–19. His team failed to make it through the group stage with two losses and one reap. This is Công Phượng ‘s end tournament with the U–19 side. [ 38 ]
Vietnam U–23 and Olympic [edit ]
In March 2015, Công Phượng represented Vietnam U-23 at 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification. [ 39 ] He scored four goals that helped the team to qualify for the final tournament in 2016. [ 40 ] Công Phượng was a part of Vietnam ‘s team that played at SEA Games 2015. His team won the bronze decoration, [ 41 ] Công Phượng contributed three goals, one of which against Malaysia was voted as finish of the tournament. [ 42 ] Công Phượng had a good individual performance at SEA Games 2017 by scoring 4 goals, but his team was unfortunately eliminated in the group degree. [ 43 ] He besides missed the penalty in the all-important game against Thailand, which lost a estimable casual for his team to bounce back, when Vietnam was being led 0–2. [ 44 ] Công Phượng scored four goals at 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification and one goal at 2018 AFC U-23 Championship against Iraq. [ 45 ] In this tournament, Công Phượng did a good subcontract in his function as a “ virtual striker ” and helped Vietnam U-23 reach the final, which was a historic accomplishment of vietnamese youth football in the continental level. [ 46 ] Công Phượng was in the Vietnam Olympic ‘s squad enter in 2018 asian Games, where his team successfully achieved the fourthly place. Công Phượng played relatively well in the tournament by scoring 2 goals, but he besides missed many commodity chances to score more goal. He specially missed 2 penalties in the first step game against Pakistan .
Vietnam national team [edit ]
Công Phượng made his debut for the senior national team as the substitution on 77th min at 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification ( AFC ) game against Iraq on 8 October 2015. [ 47 ] Five days by and by, he once again came from the substitution, but played the hale second-half in the match against Thailand. He scored the beginning goal for the national team in the 3–2 victory of the friendly couple against Indonesia on 8 November 2016. Công Phượng was an important player of Vietnam ‘s champions squad at 2018 AFF Championship when he scored 3 goals including 2 in group stage and 1 in semi-final, against Philippines. [ 48 ] Selected for the 2019 asian Cup, he scored two goals in the continental tournament. His first base goal of the tournament in the first match against Iraq where he scored the second goal of Vietnam, although Vietnam were defeated 2–3. In the round of 16 on 20 January 2019, Công Phượng had equalized against Jordan in the early second one-half, before Vietnam eliminated the Al-Nashama on penalty shoot-out ; thus contributing to the very good course of the Golden Dragons, quarter finalists to everyone ‘s surprise of the continental edition. [ 49 ] In the final examination match of 2019 King ‘s Cup, he missed a penalty shoot-out against Curacao, frankincense confirming the overall victory of the Caribbean team .
career statistics [edit ]
International apps [edit ]
Vietnam
Year
Apps
Goals
2015
2
0
2016
7
1
2017
6
2
2018
9
3
2019
11
2
2021
7
1
Total
42
9
International goals [edit ]
Vietnam [edit ]
- Scores and results list Vietnam’s goal tally first.[50]
Công Phượng officially got married on 6 June 2020. [ 51 ]
Age fabrication accusation [edit ]
The rumor that Công Phượng had fabricated his historic period to play in younger age football competition began to circulate soon after his team won the 2014 International U-21 Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup. [ 52 ] It started with the newspaper Thể Thao 24h published on 8 November 2014, three different documents showing three unlike date of birth of Công Phượng and an consultation with a former Hoàng Anh Gia Lai F.C. youth team ‘s musician Bùi Văn Phúc said that both him and Công Phượng had their birth certificate remodel, in his case it changed 1994 to 1996 and Công Phượng from 1993 to 1995. [ 53 ] Bùi Văn Phúc late denied the newspaper ‘s claim but the newspaper affirmed they told the truth and have recording of the conversation that they were bequeath to show if necessary. [ 54 ] On 12 November, after two days working in Nghệ An Province, Vietnam Football Federation published Công Phượng ‘s give birth certificate that showed he was born on 21 January 1995. [ 55 ] On 16 November 2014, VTV Chuyển Động 24h broadcast a platform pointing out problems with the parentage certificate, [ 56 ] the program besides published more documents to back up the claim that Công Phượng born in 1993 and asked Công Phượng to speak up. [ 57 ] On 17 November, in an interview with Người Lao Động newspaper, Công Phượng made no comment when asked about the accusation he said that he does n’t have permission from the golf club to answer. [ 58 ] On 18 November, after investigating the topic, Đô Lương District ‘s Justice Committee Division concluded that Công Phượng was born on 21 January 1995. [ 59 ] Nghệ An Province ‘s Justice Department reached the like ending on 5 December. [ 60 ] On 30 December, VTV was fined 15 million vietnamese Dong and ordered to issue a public correction by the Ministry of Information and Communications for broadcasting wrongful information about Công Phượng ‘s long time, [ 61 ] the newspaper Thể Thao 24h was besides fined 10 million vietnamese Dong and ordered to issue a public correction. [ 62 ]
Honours [edit ]
International [edit ]
Vietnam
Champion (1): 2018
Vietnam U-23 and Olympic
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Vietnam U-19