Tô Văn Vũ (born 20 October 1993) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Thép Xanh Nam Định.

Club career

Tô Văn Vũ was born in Quảng Xương District,

Thanh Hóa Thanh Hóa () is the capital of Thanh Hóa Province. The city is situated in the east of the province on the Ma River (Sông Mã), about 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of capital Hanoi and 1560 kilometers (969 miles) north of Ho Chi Minh Cit ...

. After finishing high school, Tô Văn Vũ and his mother, Mrs. Cao Thị Tuyết, moving to Đồng Nai. At the age of 20, Văn Vũ was invited by a friend to try out for the U-21 Đồng Nai side due to a shortage of players for the Vietnamese U-21 Championship. After a week of trial, he was signed by the ckub and officially began his football career at the age of 20. In 2014, despite the difficulties faced by the Đồng Nai club following a match-fixing scandal involving several players, Tô Văn Vũ decided to stay and train with the youth team. The 2016 V.League 2 season was Văn Vũ's first professional season. He regularly started and scored 2 goals. However, Đồng Nai failed to secure promotion after losing to

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in the promotion play-off game. After the dissolution of Đồng Nai, Tô Văn Vũ followed coach

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to Becamex Bình Dương. There, he played in

. At the end of the 2022 season, Tô Văn Vũ announced his departure from Becamex Bình Dương after six years with the club. During his time at the club, he made a total of 106 appearances and scored 8 goals in the

. On 4 January 2023, Công An Hà Nội announced that they had successfully recruited player Tô Văn Vũ. By 9 October, 2023, Thép Xanh Nam Định announced that they had signed a three-season contract with Văn Vũ, starting from the second phase of the

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, during which he previously played on loan.

International career

In February 2022, coach

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called up Văn Vũ to the Vietnam national team to prepare for the match against

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in the third round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. He made his senior international debut on 12 October 2024, in a friendly against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Becamex Bình Dương *

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

; Runner-up

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Vietnamese Super Cup Vietnamese National Football Super Cup (), also called the Thaco National Football Super Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is Vietnamese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous V.League 1 season and the holders of th ...

: Runner-up 2019 Công an Hà Nội *

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Thép Xanh Nam Định *

: 2023–24, 2024–25 *

: 2024

References

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* Vietnamese men's footballers Living people 1993 births Men's association football midfielders Vietnam men's international footballers Nam Định F.C. players Becamex Binh Duong FC players Dong Nai FC players Cong An Hanoi FC players V.League 1 players Footballers from Thanh Hóa province 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub