Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường
Personal information
Full name Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường
Date of birth (2004-03-06) March 6, 2004
Place of birth Đô Lương, Nghệ An, Vietnam
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu
Number 19
Youth career
2014–2020 HAGL– Arsenal JMG Academy
2020–2022 Nutifood
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Nutifood 8 (4)
2023– → Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu (loan) 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 August 2023

Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường (born 6 March 2004) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 2 club Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, on loan from Nutifood.[2]

Early career

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 Ha Long in the promotion play off game.[6][7]

In 2023, he was loaned to 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]

International career

Quốc Cường was called up several youth categories of the Vietnamese national team, including the uner-15, under-16, under-18 and under-23, but never made an official appearance for these teams.[3][4]

Personal life

Quốc Cường is the cousin of Vietnam national team player Nguyễn Công Phượng.[3][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường". VPF. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 3 "Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường, em họ của Công Phượng là ai?" (in Vietnamese). Bongdaplus. 22 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Tỏa sáng ở Học viện Nutifood, em họ Công Phượng được gọi lên U18 Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). VTC News. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Sông Lam Nghệ An nối dài kỷ lục vô địch giải U17 Quốc gia" (in Vietnamese). Báo Nghệ An. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Ai đã đánh em họ Công Phượng ở giải hạng Ba Quốc gia 2022" (in Vietnamese). Dân Việt. 8 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Dugong Kiên Giang, Luxury Hạ Long giành vé dự giải hạng Nhì Quốc gia" (in Vietnamese). Lao Động. 31 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu trụ hạng, Bình Phước đá play-off" (in Vietnamese). Tuổi Trẻ. 20 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường - 'Em họ Công Phượng' là ai?" (in Vietnamese). Thể Thao 247. 22 September 2020.
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