Nguyễn Quốc Việt (born 4 May 2003) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club Boeung Ket and the Vietnam national under-23 team.

Early career

Born in

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, Quốc Việt started his youth career at

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, playing for the Tran Hung Dao Middle School football team. In 2016, the team won the National U13 Cup organised in Đắk Lắk, with Quốc Việt being scouted by

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and admitted directly to

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after the final. With Hoàng Anh Gia Lai, Quốc Việt finished as runner-up in Vietnamese National U-19 Championship for two consecutive seasons (2019 and 2020). Quốc Việt finished in both editions as top scorer by scoring respectively 2 and 3 goals during the final tournament. In 2020, he joined , a partner club of Hoàng Anh Gia Lai and played with the U17 team in the Vietnamese National U-17 Championship. Quốc Việt won the golden shoe by scoring 9 goals throughout the tournament, and lead his team to the final, where they were defeated by U17 Sông Lam Nghệ An. At the age of 18, Quốc Việt participated in the 2021 Vietnamese National U-21 Championship. Despite his young age, Quốc Việt continued winning the top scorer title with 4 goals scored in the final tournamement, including the only goal that helped Nutifood beat U21 Hà Nội 1–0 in the final.

Club career

PVF

In August 2021, Quốc Việt was loaned to PVF, who play in

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. However, the

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has been canceled by the

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due to the impact of the

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epidemic. The loan was extended until the 2022 season, with Quốc Việt making his debut for PVF against SHB Đà Nẵng Youth. At the end of the championship, PVF only finished seventh out of eight teams in their group, having scored only 8 goals in total.

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai

In June 2022, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai's manager

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expressed his wish to integrate Quốc Việt to the team. The player had previously played for Nutifood and PVF earlier that season, making the move impossible at the moment because

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rules forbid a player from playing for more than 2 clubs in the same season. Quốc Việt remained at Nutifood until the end of the season and played in the 2022 Vietnamese Football League Third Division. On 6 December 2022, it was confirmed that Quốc Việt will join Hoang Anh Gia Lai from the 2023 season. On 5 April 2023, he scored his first professional goal on Hoang Anh Gia Lai's 4–1

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win against

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. This was his only league goal during the season. In the following season, Quốc Việt scored one goal, in the 1–0 win against Becamex Bình Dương in the avant-dernier matchday, thus help Hoàng Anh Gia Lai avoided relegation.

Loan to Phù Đổng Ninh Bình

On 15 October 2024, Quốc Việt was loaned to

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club Phù Đổng Ninh Bình.

International career

Youth

In January 2022, Quốc Việt was named in Vietnam U23's squad to participate in the

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. Quốc Việt took part in Vietnam's victory against Thailand U23 and Singapore U23 in the group stage before being ruled out of the squad for the rest of the tournament for being tested positive to

. Vietnam were later crowned as champions after defeating Thailand U23 in the final. Quốc Việt participated in the

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. He scored 4 goals in the group stage, helping Vietnam U19 finishing as group winner. In the semi-final, Quốc Việt and his teammates lost against Malaysia U19. Quốc Việt scored the equalizer goal in the

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against Thailand U19, which leads the match in the

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, where Vietnam U19 won 5–3 and secured the bronze medal. With 5 goals scored, Quốc Việt received the top scorer award. During the

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, Quốc Việt scored twice in the group stage in

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's victory

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and

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. Despite winning two out of three of their group stage matches, Vietnam failed to qualified for the quarter-finals. Quốc Việt was named by coach

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on Vietnam U22 squad for the

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. Quốc Việt scored one goal during the tournament and won the bronze medal with Vietnam. A few months after, he took part in the

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with Vietnam U23, scoring one goal in the semi-final game against Malaysia U23 in a 4–1 victory. He missed a penalty during the final against Indonesia U23 which resulted the game in a goalless draw after 120 minutes. Nevertheless, Vietnam U23 defeated Indonesia U23 in the penalty shootouts and won the title for the second time. In April 2024, Quốc Việt was named in Vietnam U23's 23-men squad for the

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. However, he caught a viral fever at the beginning of the tournament, which eventually made him absent for the entire tournament.

Senior

In October 2024, Quốc Việt received his first call up to the Vietnam national team for the friendly game against

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Playing style

Quốc Việt possesses the skills of a modern goalscorer with a great pace, technique, positioning and finishing ability with his feet as well as with his head. He is called the "King of youth competitions" by Vietnamese media with a series of individual and team titles that he won in youth competitions. His style is similar to Anderson Talisca.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Nutifood JMG Academy * Vietnamese National U-21 Championship: 2021 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Youth * Vietnamese National U-21 Championship: 2024 Phù Đổng Ninh Bình *

: 2024–25 Vietnam U23 *

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bronze medal:

Vietnam U19 *

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: Third place:

* International Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup: 2022 Individual *

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top scorer: 2019, 2020, 2021 *

Vietnamese National U-17 Football Championship The Vietnamese National U17 Football Championship (), is the national championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by Vietnam Football Federation The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF; ) is the governing bo ...

top scorer: 2020 *

best player: 2020 *

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best player: 2021 *

top scorer: 2021 *

top scorer:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Quoc Viet Living people 2003 births Vietnamese men's footballers Sportspeople from Haiphong Men's association football forwards Long An FC players Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC players V.League 1 players V.League 2 players Vietnam men's youth international footballers 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 Medalists at the 2023 SEA Games