Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
Introduction '''Nguyễn Hồng Sơn''' (born October 9, 1970) is a retired Vietnamese football player, who played for the Thể Công football club and the Vietnam national football team as an outside right and second striker. He is widely regarded to be one of the greatest Vietnamese players of all time.
Career Nguyễn Hồng Sơn joined the Army Club (also known as "The Cong") in 1988 and started to wear the national team in 1993.Initially, Hồng Sơn played in the striker position and then switched to wingers. In 1990 Hồng Sơn won the title of top scorer of the national championship. He had won a silver medal at the 18th, 20th and SEA Games SEA Games, 1998 bronze medal in the Tiger 1996 Cup and SEA Games 19.In 1998, after receiving the "Tiger Cup Best Player" award, Nguyễn Hồng Sơn was awarded the title of Asia's best player of the month, August 1998 and "Vietnam Golden Ball" for the first time. In 1999, he took second place at the soccer tournament organized by Pepsi (This tournament includes many players such as David Beckham, Dwight Yorke, Rui Costa, Roberto Carlos, ...) In early 2001, He won The title "Vietnam Golden Ball" for the second time. Late V-League season 2002 Hồng Sơn announced retirement due to injury but in the second phase of the 2003 season, he returned to The Public Football team and then competed for Red Beer Workers. He is also an officer of the Vietnam People's Army, a rank of Lieutenant Colonel.After retiring from the competition, Nguyễn Hồng Sơn became a football coach leading Thanh Nghia Football Club – Quang Ngai, then the U15 team of Can Cong. At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games, he worked as a vice-coach for the Vietnamese national futsal team.
International goals  # Plays Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 6  30 April 1993  Singapore    1–0  1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round 2 9  8 December 1995  Thailand    1–0  1995 Southeast Asian Games 3 3–0 4 10  4 August 1996  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam    4–1  1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification 5 11  7 September 1996  Jurong Statdium, Jurong, Singapore    4–1  1996 AFF Championship 6 12  13 September 1996  National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore    2–4  7 16  26 August 1998  Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam    1–0  1998 AFF Championship 8 18  30 August 1998    1–0  9 19  3 September 1998    2–0  10 25  12 August 1999  Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei    1–0  1999 Southeast Asian Games 11 27  25 August  2000  Vietnam    1–1 (pen.) Friendly 12 29  7 November 2000  Tinsulanon Stadium, Songkhla, Thailand    3–0  2000 AFF Championship 13 31  16 November 2000  Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand    1–1  14 33  10 February 2001  Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia    1–0 (pen.) 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round 15 35  15 February 2001    2–0  16 4–0 (pen.) 17 36  17 February 2001    2–0  18 3–0
Honour ''''''*'''ASEAN Football Championship'''**''Runner Up'': 1998 Tiger Cup**''Third Place'': 1996 Tiger Cup**''Fourth Place'': 2000 Tiger Cup*'''SEA Games'''**''Silver Medal'': 1995 & 1999**''Bronze Medal'': 1997'''The Cong'''*'''V-League'''**''Champion:'' 1990 & 1998*'''Vietnamese Super Cup'''**''Champion:'' 1998'''Personal awards'''*Vietnamese Golden Ball: 1998 & 2001*Top scorer V-League: 1990*MVP: 1998 Tiger Cup*Best player in Asia: August 1998
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