Nguyễn Minh Quang (born 3 February 2001) is a Vietnamese professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a winger or striker 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

SHB Đà Nẵng SHB Đà Nẵng Football Club (), simply known as SHB Đà Nẵng, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Da Nang that plays in V.League 1, the top tier in Vietnamese football, . The club was formerly known as Quang Nam-Da Nang () ...

, and the Vietnam national under-23 team.

Early career

Minh Quang started playing football at his young age. In 2012, during a U11 football tournament organised in his hometown in

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, Minh Quang showed great potential, which allowed him to join the youth team of Hà Tĩnh FC shortly after. He left Hà Tĩnh after 10 years in 2023 without having any first team appearance due to his lack of skills according to the coaches.

Club career

In 2022, Minh Quang joined

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side Bình Thuận on a loan deal. He won a promotion to the

V.League 2 The Vietnamese National Football First League (), known simply as the V.League 2 and for sponsorship purposes as Gold Star V.League 2, is the second-highest of the Vietnamese football league system after V.League 1, and is currently contested ...

with the team. In the 2023 season, Minh Quang scored 8 goals after 11 games, securing his team a safe position to maintain in the league, and finished himself among best goal scorers in the league. In September 2023, Minh Quang joined

, signing a two-year deal.

International career

Minh Quang was called up to the Vietnam U23 team for the

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. He scored a goal in the opening game against

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and was named as the "Man of the match".

Honours

SHB Đà Nẵng *

: 2023–24 Vietnam U23 *

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. ...

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References

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