Khuất Văn Khang (born May 11, 2003) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as an

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and winger for

Viettel The Military Industry and Telecoms Group (), Trade name, trading as Viettel or Viettel Group (), is a Vietnamese State-owned enterprise, state-owned multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications, technology and manufacturing C ...

and the Vietnam national team. Văn Khang signed for Viettel in 2013 and made his professional debut for them in the

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 ...

in October 2022. Having represented Vietnam at under-15, under-16, under-20 and under-23 levels, Văn Khang made his senior debut for

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 ...

in September 2022.

Club career

In 2013, Khuất Văn Khang started his career as a player at the training system of

. He was promoted to Viettel's first team for the second part of the 2022 season. On 18 October 2022, he made his professional debut in a league game against Hoàng Anh Gia Lai.

International career

Youth

In 2017, Văn Khang and Vietnam U15 won the championship

2017 AFF U-15 Championship The 2017 AFF U-15 Championship was the twelfth edition of the AFF U-16 Championship (first edition of the under-15 era), the annual international youth association football championship organised by the ASEAN Football Federation for men's under-15 ...

. In 2018, at

2018 AFC U-16 Championship The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth association football, football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national team ...

, although U-16 Vietnam was eliminated from the group stage, but Văn Khang still left a mark with a sublime free-kick goal against U-16 Indonesia. Khuất Văn Khang debuts U-23 Vietnam in a 2–2 draw against U-23 Thailand at

2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup The 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup was the 5th edition of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup (prior to 2021 known as the AFC U-23 Championship), a biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the ...

. In the match against U-23 Korea Republic after that, Văn Khang and the whole team created "seismic" when his team was able to draw the opponent, he was also personally rated as man of the match.

Senior

On 21 September 2022, Văn Khang made his international debut with

in the

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, appearing and also scored his first international goal in 4–0 win against

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. In January 2024, he was named in Vietnam's 26-men squad for the

2023 AFC Asian Cup The 2023 AFC Asian Cup was the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It involved 24 national teams after its expansion in 20 ...

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

U-15 Vietnam

U-16 Vietnam

U-19 Vietnam

U-23 Vietnam

Vietnam

Honours

Vietnam U15 *

AFF U-15 Youth Championship AFF, Aff or aff may refer to: Aviation * Accelerated freefall, a method of skydiving training * Automated Flight Following (AFF), a US Department of Agriculture system to track firefighting aircraft * IATA airport code for United States Air For ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Vietnam U19 *

AFF U-19 Youth Championship The ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship (formerly AFF U-19 Youth Championship) is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and occasionally invited nations fro ...

third place:

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

* International Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup: 2022 Vietnam U23 *

SEA Games The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as SEA Games is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with su ...

bronze medal:

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

AFF U-23 Championship The ASEAN U-23 Championship (formerly AFF U-23 Championship) is an international football competition contested by the national under-23 teams of the member nations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The inaugural edition was held in 2005. ...

Vietnam *

ASEAN Championship The ASEAN Championship (formerly known as the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the ASEAN Hyundai Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the biennial football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for men's natio ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

VFF Cup The Vietnam Football Federation Vietnam International Friendly Cup or VFF Vietnam International Friendly Cup is a football tournament organised in Vietnam. Every year the tournament is regularly held at the Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi ...

Individual *

Team of the Tournament:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khuat, Van Khang Living people 2003 births Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders The Cong-Viettel FC players Footballers from Hanoi SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Vietnam 2023 AFC Asian Cup players Medalists at the 2023 SEA Games