Mạc Hồng Quân (born 1 January 1992) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as an

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and as a

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for

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club Quy Nhơn Bình Định and the

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Early life

Born in

Hải Dương Hải Dương () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Hải Dương Province, Hải Dương, an industrialized province in the Hanoi Capital Region and the Red River Delta in Northern Vietnam. The city is at the midpoint between the capita ...

, Hong Quan migrated to

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with his family in 2000 at the age of 8. As a child, he played with

FK Tachov FK Tachov is a Czech football club located in the town of Tachov in the Plzeň Region. It currently plays in the Bohemian Football League, which is the third level of domestic football competition. In 2009, Tachov reached the second round of the ...

, before joining

AC Sparta Prague Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional association football, football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in cen ...

in 2007.

Club career

AC Sparta Prague B

Hồng Quân began his professional career with the B squad of

. He captained the club during 2011–2012.

FLC Thanh Hoa

Hồng Quân made his highly anticipated debut in the

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when he signed with FLC Thanh Hóa before Matchday 12 of the 2013 season. However, after a poor start to the 2014 V.League 1 season, Thanh Hóa released Hồng Quân.

International career

In June 2012, Mạc Hồng Quân was invited to train with the Vietnam U22 by the

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after being scouted by the Vietnam U19's coach

Mai Đức Chung Mai Đức Chung (born 21 June 1951) is a Vietnamese former football player and coach, currently serving as the manager of the Vietnam women's national football team. As of 2023, he is the oldest head coach of any national football team—men's ...

. He was selected for the final roster for the 2013 AFC U-22 Championships qualifiers. On 15 September 2014, the underdogs Vietnam thrash Iran 4-1 in shock win in the men's football event of the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games (), officially known as the 17th Asian Games () and also known as Incheon 2014 (), were a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 19 September to 4 October 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. On 17 April 2007, Incheon was awarded ...

. Hong Quan assisted the first and scored the second goal after passing two Iran defenders before defeating goalkeeper Sedghi. He was praised by the Vietnamese media for his movement and ability to find space in dangerous areas. Hong Quan was part of

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's squad in the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first.''

Under-23

Vietnam

:''Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first.''

Honours

Than Quang Ninh FC *

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 ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Vietnamese Super Cup Vietnamese National Football Super Cup (), also called the Thaco National Football Super Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is Vietnamese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous V.League 1 season and the holders of th ...

: 2016 Vietnam U23 *

Southeast Asian 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 sup ...

Bronze medal:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Individual *

Team of the Season:

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Personal life

Mạc Hồng Quân began dating Vietnamese model Kỳ Hân in early 2016. The couple got married on June 26, 2016. Their first child, a son, Tỏi, was born in 2017.Ba năm hôn nhân của Kỳ Hân - Mạc Hồng Quân
August 26, 2020

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mac, Hong Quan 1992 births Living people Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Vietnam men's international footballers Vietnamese expatriate men's footballers Vietnamese emigrants to the Czech Republic Vietnamese expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Hải Dương province V.League 1 players Than Quang Ninh FC players Thanh Hóa FC players Haiphong FC players Quy Nhon Binh Dinh FC players Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Asian Games footballers for Vietnam 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen