Trần Duy Long (born 1941) is a Vietnamese

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

manager and former footballer.

Career

In 1973, Duy Long returned to Vietnam after graduating from the Kiev University on Physical Education and Sportm and became the coach of Tổng Cục Đường sắt, contributing greatly to promoting the team from the Second Division to the First Division. In 1980, he moved to

Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

to work as a coach at the Professional Talent School and then worked at the Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation. In 1994, he was appointed as the acting head coach of the

Vietnam national football team The Vietnam national football team () represents Vietnam in men's senior international association football and is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), the governing body of football in Vietnam. The team's nickname is the Golde ...

. In 1995, he served as the assistant coach of the national team participating in the

1995 SEA Games The 1995 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Southeast Asian Games, Chiang Mai, 1995 (), were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 9 to 17 December 1995. It was the first time that a non-capital ...

, winning a silver medal. In 1996, also as the assistant coach, he and the national team won a bronze medal in the Tiger Cup. In 1997, he was the head coach of the national team for the

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA FIFA#Structure, confederations. Each confederation — the Asian Football Confederation, AFC (Asia), Confederation of African Football, CAF (Afr ...

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

, but was dismissed by the VFF after 5 consecutive losses. In 2008, he was elected as the President of the Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation (term 2008-2012), replacing Mr. Le Hung Dung.

References

Living people Sportspeople from Nam Định province Vietnamese football managers Vietnamese men's footballers 1941 births Men's association football midfielders {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub