Nguyễn Hồng Phúc (born 31 May 2003) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, and the Vietnam national under-23 team.

Club career

Hồng Phúc was formed in the

Viettel FC The Cong – Viettel Football Club (), commonly known as Thể Công or Viettel FC, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Hanoi. The club is formally operated by Viettel Sports Center - an affiliation of Viettel Group - and compete ...

youth academy. In 2021, he joined

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on a long-term loan deal. In the 2022 season, he played an important role in helping Hòa Bình gaining a promotion from

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. In his first season in

, Hồng Phúc made 7 appearances and finished 4th in the league with his team. In March 2024, Hồng Phúc's loan spell at Hòa Bình ended as he was recalled by Thể Công-Viettel for the second part of the 2023–24 V.League 1 season.

International career

In September 2018, Hồng Phúc was called up to the Vietnam U16 squad for the

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but didn't play a single minute during the tournament. In 2022, Hồng Phúc was part of the Vietnam U19 team that finished third in the

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. Between February and March 2023, Hồng Phúc participated in the

2023 AFC U-20 Championship The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup was the 41st edition of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Footbal ...

with Vietnam national under-20s. He appeared in all three group stage matches before Vietnam was eliminated. Later in the year, he was named in Vietnam U23's 23-men squad for the

2023 AFF U-23 Championship The 2023 AFF U-23 Championship was the 4th edition of the AFF U-23 Championship, organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The tournament took place from 17 to 26 August in Rayong province, Rayong, Thailand. Vietnam national under-23 foo ...

. He scored one goal in the 4–1 semi-final win against

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and later appeared as a substitute in the final as Vietnam won the tournament.

Honours

Vietnam U19 *

third place:

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International Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup The International Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá U-21 Quốc tế Báo Thanh Niên) is an annual football tournament held in Vietnam. The tournament was officially launched in 2007 by Thanh Niên News in co-operation w ...

: 2022 Vietnam U23 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Hong Phuc 2003 births Living people Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football defenders Vietnam men's youth international footballers The Cong-Viettel FC players V.League 1 players V.League 2 players Sportspeople from Hải Dương province Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Vietnam 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen