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Four Vietnamese in ASEAN best players’ list

Sport website, Four Four Two, has mentioned four Vietnamese names in its list of 25 best ASEAN players.
Four Vietnamese in ASEAN best players’ list ảnh 1Striker ​Nguyen Anh Duc is one of Vietnamese listed as ASEAN best players by Four Four Two (Photo football-tribe.com​)

Hanoi (VNA) - Sport website, Four Four Two, has mentioned four Vietnamesenames in its list of 25 best ASEAN players.

Thewebsite highlighted midfielders Luong Xuan Truong, Dinh Thanh Trung, and NguyenVan Quyet, and striker Nguyen Anh Duc.

Accordingto experts, Truong who is playing for Gangwon FC in the Republic of Korea hasbags of potential and could be among the players that lifts the perennialunderachiever tag the Vietnamese team have attracted in domestic competitions.

Truong,22, is a regular member of the Vietnam senior team and also a part ofthe squad that will compete at the 2018 AFC U23 Championship.

Trung isa consistent performer for both club and country for many years; the pastseason was arguably the pint-sized creator’s best yet.

The29-year-old player is captain of his Quang Nam FC, which just won the V.Leaguetrophy last month. He was also rewarded the V.League’s Best Player titleearlier this month.

Quyet,captain of the national senior squad, has already accomplished a lot inhis career, including leading Hanoi FC to V-League titles in 2013 and 2016 andto the quarter-finals of the 2014 AFC Cup.

At theinternational level, the 26-year-old was part of Vietnam when it reachedthe semi-finals of both the 2014 and 2016 Suzuki Cups without quite managing totake that final step.

Duc boasts of one of the moststellar scoring records in Southeast Asia, having netted 180 goals in 330appearances for club side, Becamex Binh Duong FC.

With 17goals in the V.League 2017, he was the best scorer of the tournament and thefirst local-born top scorer in over 15 years. Turning 32 in October, he isclinical in the box and also stellar in the air.

Thewebsite also mentions other players such as Aung Thu of Myanmar, Matt Jurman of Australia, Chanathip Songkrasinfrom Thailand, and Samsul Arif of Indonesia.-VNA
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