Nguyễn Đức Việt (born 1 January 2004) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai and the Vietnam national under-23 team.

Club career

Born in

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, Đức Việt started his youth career in 2015 when he got admitted to the Hoàng Anh Gia Lai – Arsenal JMG Academy. Đức Việt was promoted by coach

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to the first team of Hoàng Anh Gia Lai for the 2021 V.League 1 season but he was after shortly loaned to

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to play in the

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. Đức Việt only made one appearance there after the league was cancelled due to the difficult

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situation in Vietnam. He made his professional debut on 6 March 2022, in Hoàng Anh Gia Lai's 0–2

defeat against Sông Lam Nghệ An. He became the first 2004 born player in the history to appear in a

match. In October 2024, Đức Việt was loaned to Phù Đổng Ninh Bình alongside his teammate

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and

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International career

Đức Việt participated in the

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and scored one goal in the group stage game against Brunei U19. Vietnam U19 finished the tournament in the third place. Đức Việt was included in Vietnam national under-20 team's squad for the

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. He appeared in all three group stage matches but

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failed to reach the knockout stage despite having won two out of their three matches. In April 2023, Đức Việt was named on Vietnam U22's preliminary squad for the

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but wasn't named in the final squad. Later in the year, he featured in Vietnam U23's squad that win the

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Honours

Phù Đổng Ninh Bình *

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: 2024–25 Vietnam U19 *

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: Third place:

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Vietnam U23 *

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Individual * Vietnamese National U-21 Championship best player: 2024

References

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