Jason Quang-Vinh Pendant (; born 9 February 1997) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

V.League 1 The V.League 1 (), also called LPBank V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football league in Vietnam, controlled by the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF). It is contested by 14 clubs who play each ...

club

Công An Hà Nội Cong An Hanoi Football Club () or simply CAHN is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Hanoi and is controlled by the Ministry of Public Security. The team competed in V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football. Its prede ...

. Born in France, he represented his birth country at youth level, before switching to play for the Vietnam national team.

Club career

Sochaux

Born in

Sarcelles Sarcelles () is a Communes of France, commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero#France, centre of Paris. Sarcelles is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise Departments of Franc ...

, France, Pendant began his youth career with hometown club Sarcelles AAS before joining

Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy ...

. After playing in seven matches for the first team during the

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season, Pendant signed his first professional contract with the club on 20 June 2017. He scored his first professional goal on 23 January 2018 in a 2–1 victory against

Colomiers Colomiers (; ; Languedocien dialect: ''Colomièrs'') is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. With a population of 39,968 as of 2019, it is the largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, to which ...

in the

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New York Red Bulls

On 10 March 2020, Pendant completed a transfer to

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club,

New York Red Bulls The New York Red Bulls are an American professional association football, soccer club based in the New York metropolitan area. The Red Bulls compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conferenc ...

. On 11 July 2020, Pendant made his debut for New York in a 1–0 victory over

Atlanta United Atlanta United FC is an American professional association football, soccer club based in Atlanta. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. Domestically, the club has won o ...

. After featuring regularly for New York during the 2020 season, Pendant appeared mostly with

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, making nine

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appearances in 2021.

Quevilly-Rouen

On 12 July 2022, Pendant was transferred to

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

side Quevilly-Rouen for an undisclosed fee.

Công An Hà Nội

On 1 August 2024,

announced the signature of Pendant as a free agent, on a two-year contract deal. On 5 May 2025, He scored his first goal for

as well as his first goal in the V-League 1, in a 3–0 win against Quảng Nam.

International career

Pendant was born in France to a Martiniquais father and a

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

ese mother, making him eligible for both national teams. He was a youth international player for France. In 2019, Pendant expressed an interest in representing the Vietnam national team after the VFF reached out to him about the possibility of playing for them in the future. In June 2025, Pendant received his first call up to the Vietnam national team for the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers game against

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

Personal life

On 19 March 2025, Pendant obtained his Vietnamese nationality with the Vietnamese personal name ''Cao Pendant Quang Vinh,'' as surname ''Cao'' is from his mother Cao Ngọc Châu.

Career statistics

Honours

Công An Hà Nội *

Vietnamese Cup Vietnamese National Football Cup (), commonly recognized and branded as the National Cup (), is a Vietnamese football competition. It is one of the most important club competitions in Vietnam. The Vietnamese Cup was first held in 1992. Cảng S ...

: 2024–25 Individual *

Team of the Season: 2024–25

References

External links

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FFF Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pendant, Jason 1997 births Living people Footballers from Sarcelles French people of Vietnamese descent Sportspeople of Vietnamese descent Men's association football defenders French men's footballers Vietnamese men's footballers Vietnam men's international footballers France men's youth international footballers Ligue 2 players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players New York Red Bulls players New York Red Bulls II players US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole players Cong An Hanoi FC players V.League 1 players Major League Soccer players USL Championship players Black French sportspeople French expatriate sportspeople in the United States French expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam 21st-century French sportsmen