Lê Quốc Nhật Nam
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| Full name | Lê Quốc Nhật Nam | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kỳ Anh, Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Thể Công-Viettel | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2021 | Viettel | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Thể Công-Viettel | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | → Huế (loan) | 39 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → PVF-CAND (loan) | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Vietnam U17 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Vietnam U23 | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Lê Quốc Nhật Nam (born 23 March 2001) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 1 club Thể Công-Viettel.[2]
Nhật Nam was discovered by coach Hồ Sỹ Phúc after his great performances at a youth football tournament in Hà Tĩnh. In 2012, he was admitted to Viettel youth academy after the enrollment period that year. In 2018, he won the Vietnamese National U-17 Football Championship with Viettel U17 as the team's vice captain.[3] In 2020, Nhật Nam played a crucial role on Viettel U21's successful campaign in Vietnamese National U-21 Football Championship, leading the team winning the competition.[4]
In 2021, Nhật Nam joined V.League 2 side Huế on a long-term loan deal.[5] He spent two seasons at the club, before being loaned to PVF-CAND, another team playing at the V.League 2.[6]
International career
Nhật Nam was named by coach Philippe Troussier on Vietnam under-22 squad for the 2023 Southeast Asian Games.[7] He scored a goal during the tournament against Thailand in the group stage from a long range shot.[8]
