Hồ Văn Cường (born 15 January 2003) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Sông Lam Nghệ An and the Vietnam national team.

Club career

Văn Cường started his football career at

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. 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. 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. In September 2023, Văn Cường joined Công An Hà Nội in a one-season loan deal.

International career

Văn Cường was named in the under-23 squad for the

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. He made only one appearance in the group stage before forfeiting the rest of the tournament due to the

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. Vietnam under-23 ended up winning the tournament. 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. He later represented Vietnam at the

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, scoring twice in the bronze medal match against Myanmar under-22s.

Honours

Vietnam U-23 *

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: Bronze medal:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ho, Van Cuong 2003 births Living people Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football defenders Song Lam Nghe An FC players Cong An Hanoi FC players V.League 1 players Footballers from Nghệ An province Vietnam men's youth international footballers Vietnam men's international footballers SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football Vietnamese Roman Catholics 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen Medalists at the 2023 SEA Games