Trần Văn Nhung
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Trần Văn Nhung | ||
| Date of birth | 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Hóc Môn, French Cochinchina | ||
| Date of death | 10 October 2020 (aged 87)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| Cercle Sportif Saïgonnais | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Cercle Sportif Saïgonnais | |||
| –1974 | Association de la Jeunesse sportive | ||
| International career | |||
| 1950–1964 | South Vietnam | 8+ | (4+) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Trần Văn Nhung (1933 – 10 October 2020), also known as Pierre, was a Vietnamese footballer who played as a forward and right winger for the South Vietnam national team. He was nicknamed "The Divine Horse" because of his acceleration.[1][2][3]
Born in the Hóc Môn district of Saigon in 1933, Nhung initially held French citizenship.[1] Upon Vietnamese independence, he kept the name Pierre.[1] Following the 1954 Geneva Conference, where the French were order to withdraw from Vietnam, he was offered the chance to play football in France, but declined and stayed in South Vietnam.[1]
He joined the Cercle Sportif Saïgonnais when he was young.[1] By 1952, he had joined Association de la Jeunesse sportive, where he retired in late 1974.[1]
