Từ Như Hiển (16 June 1945 – 15 September 2023) was a former

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 played as a striker. Born in

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, he represented the

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. He was regarded as one of the best Vietnamese strikers during the 1960s and 1970s.

Career

Born in

to Vietnamese parents, Hiển repatriated with his family back to

North Vietnam North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; ; VNDCCH), was a country in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1976, with sovereignty fully recognized in 1954 Geneva Conference, 1954. A member of the communist Eastern Bloc, it o ...

at the end of 1963. At the same year, he and his brother Từ Như Thành began their football career, playing for Thanh niên Hà Nội. He was nicknamed as "Hiển Cóoc" as people had mistaken that he came from Corse island, another French territory. Shortly after, he signed for Công An Hà Nội and later became the club legend, winning several top scorer awards and national titles for the team. In 1965, Hiển received his first call up to the

and became one of the most important players of the team. He died on 15 September 2023.

References

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