A Hoàng (born 31 July 1995) is a Vietnamese

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who plays as a

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for

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club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. A Hoàng came through the youth system at Hoang Anh Gia Lai before graduating to the first team in 2016. He has had loan spells at

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and

SHB Da Nang SHB Đà Nẵng Football Club (), simply known as SHB Đà Nẵng, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Da Nang that plays in V.League 1, the top tier in Vietnamese football, . The club was formerly known as Quang Nam-Da Nang () ...

. A Hoàng made his senior international debut for the

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in March 2017.

International career

A Hoàng was first called up to the Vietnam national team on 10 March 2017 for their

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match against

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on 28 March.

Personal life

A Hoàng is an ethnic Giẻ Triêng from

Kon Tum Kon Tum is the capital city of Kon Tum Province in Vietnam. It is located inland in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, near the borders of Laos and Cambodia. Historically, this area has been inhabited by the indigenous Ba Na people, whic ...

References

1995 births Living people People from Kon Tum province Vietnamese men's footballers 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen Men's association football central defenders V.League 1 players Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC players SHB Da Nang FC players Vietnam men's international footballers {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub