Nguyễn Mạnh Hưng
Vietnamese footballer
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Nguyễn Mạnh Hưng (born 8 August 2005) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a center back for V.League 1 team Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh, on loan from Thể Công-Viettel, and the Vietnam national under-23 team.
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| Full name | Nguyễn Mạnh Hưng | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 August 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Thanh Hà, Hải Dương, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Center back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh (on loan from Thể Công-Viettel) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2023 | Viettel | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Thể Công-Viettel | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Trường Tươi Bình Phước (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | → Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Vietnam U16 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Vietnam U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Vietnam U23 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 April 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Born in Hải Dương, Mạnh Hưng trained in the Viettel youth academy.[2][3]
In August 2023, Mạnh Hưng joined V.League 2 side Trường Tươi Bình Phước on a loan deal. On 31 October 2023, he made his professional debut, starting in his team's 2–2 draw against SHB Đà Nẵng.[4]
In August 2025, Mạnh Hưng was loaned to V.League 1 side Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh.[5]
International career
In March 2022, Mạnh Hưng was named in the Vietnam under-17's 19-player squad for a training camp in Germany.[6] After the training camp ended, he was one of the two players selected by the staff of Eintracht Frankfurt to stay and train with the team for one more week.[7]
In 2023, Mạnh Hưng participated at the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup with the Vietnam under-20s,[8] starting all three group matches.[9][10][11] Later that year, he was included in the Vietnam U23s' 23-men squad for the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship as Vietnam were later crowned as champions.[12][13]
Honours
Vietnam U23