Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường
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| Full name | Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 March 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Đô Lương, Nghệ An, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Công An Hồ Chí Minh City | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2020 | Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Nutifood | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Nutifood | 8 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu | 32 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Công An Hồ Chí Minh City | 30 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Vietnam U23 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 January 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường (born 6 March 2004) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 1 club Công An Hồ Chí Minh City.[2]
Born in Nghệ An, Quốc Cường moved to Đồng Nai at an early age with his family. In 2014, he joined the HAGL– Arsenal JMG Academy.[3] He is a member of the Hoàng Anh Gia Lai under 19 team that finished second in the 2020 Vietnamese National U-19 Championship.[4] Shortly after the tournament, he joined the Nutifood JMG Academy, a team that is affiliated with his previous club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. As a starter with the Nutifood under-17s, he finished as runners-up with his team in the 2020 Vietnamese National U-17 Championship.[5]
Club career
Quốc Cường played in the 2022 Vietnamese Football League Third Division with Nutifood. He scored 4 goals after 7 games as his team finish as league leader in the regular season, but his team failed to gain a promotion after losing to Luxury Hạ Long in the promotion play off game.[6][7]
In 2023, he signed for Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, who plays in the V.League 2. Quốc Cường scored 2 goals after 12 league games and secured the team in a safe position in the table to remain in the league.[8] In the following season, he appeared in all 20 league games for the team and scored 2 goals.[9]
On 7 August 2024, Quốc Cường joined V.League 1 side Hồ Chí Minh City.[9]