Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường

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Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường
Personal information
Full name	Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường
Date of birth	(2004-03-06) 6 March 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth	Đô Lương, Nghệ An, Vietnam
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hồ Chí Minh City
Number	15
Youth career
2014–2020	HAGL– Arsenal JMG Academy
2020–2022	Nutifood
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022	Nutifood	8	(4)
2023–2024	Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu	32	(4)
2024–	Hồ Chí Minh City	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024

Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường (born 6 March 2004) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 1 club Hồ Chí Minh City.^[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 [vi], 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]

International career

Quốc Cường was called up several youth categories of the Vietnamese national team, including the under-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]^[10]

References

^ "Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường". VPF. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường at Soccerway
^ ^a ^b ^c "Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường, em họ của Công Phượng là ai?" (in Vietnamese). Bongdaplus. 22 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Tỏa sáng ở Học viện Nutifood, em họ Công Phượng được gọi lên U18 Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). VTC News. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ "Sông Lam Nghệ An nối dài kỷ lục vô địch giải U17 Quốc gia" (in Vietnamese). Báo Nghệ An. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ "Ai đã đánh em họ Công Phượng ở giải hạng Ba Quốc gia 2022" (in Vietnamese). Dân Việt. 8 October 2022.
^ "Dugong Kiên Giang, Luxury Hạ Long giành vé dự giải hạng Nhì Quốc gia" (in Vietnamese). Lao Động. 31 October 2022.
^ "Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu trụ hạng, Bình Phước đá play-off" (in Vietnamese). Tuổi Trẻ. 20 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Em họ của Công Phượng lần đầu gia nhập CLB V.League" (in Vietnamese). VTC News. 7 August 2024.
^ "Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường - 'Em họ Công Phượng' là ai?" (in Vietnamese). Thể Thao 247. 22 September 2020.

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