Đinh Thanh Trung

Vietnamese footballer
Đinh Thanh Trung
Thanh Trung in 2021
Personal information
Full name Đinh Thanh Trung
Date of birth (1988-01-24) January 24, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Hương Khê, Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder
Right winger
Youth career
2003–2006 Hòa Phát Hà Nội
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Hòa Phát Hà Nội 86 (29)
2012 Hà Nội ACB 3 (2)
2013–2021 Quảng Nam 173 (71)
2022–2024 Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh 41 (4)
International career‡
2010–2012 Vietnam U23 6 (1)
2010–2018 Vietnam 28 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 November 2018

Đinh Thanh Trung (born 24 January 1988) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh.

Professional career

Hanoi ACB

In January 2012, Trung was released from Hanoi ACB after an internal conflict in where he refused to play for the club in an April V-League match.[citation needed]

Quảng Nam

Trung joined V.League 2 side Quảng Nam in 2013. In his first season with the club, he finished as the league's joint top scorer with 10 goals scored, leading Quảng Nam to win the 2013 V.League 2 and promote to the V.League 1 for the first time in the team's history.[1] He was then named team captain and played a crucial role at helping team won their first V.League 1 title in 2017 in their fourth season at V.League 1. His contribution in Quảng Nam's historic achievement lead him winning the Vietnamese Golden Ball in 2017. He left the club in the end of the 2021 season, after 9 years.[2]

Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh

In 2022, Trung signed for the club of his home town Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh and was appointed as the team captain.[3]

Arrest

On 4 May 2024, Trung and four other teammates at Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh were arrested at a hotel in Hà Tĩnh on drug-related charges. The Vietnam Football Federation immediatly suspended these players from all football activites and Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh also removed them from the squad.[4][5]

Career statistics

International goals

Vietnam U23

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 June 2016 Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, Guangzhou, China  Bahrain 1–0 3–1 2010 Asian Games

Vietnam

Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first.[6]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 June 2016 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar  Singapore 3–0 3–0 (a.e.t.) 2016 AYA Bank Cup
2. 10 October 2017 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam  Cambodia 1–0 5–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Quảng Nam

1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2017
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2013

Individuals

External links

  • Đinh Thanh Trung at Soccerway

References

  1. ^ "QNK Quảng Nam, Than Quảng Ninh, Hùng Vương An Giang thăng hạng V.League 1". Archived from the original on 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  2. ^ "Tiền vệ Đinh Thanh Trung chia tay Quảng Nam sau 9 năm gắn bó". Bongdaplus. 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Đinh Thanh Trung: Từ Quả Bóng Vàng đến cú trượt ngã vì ma túy". Dân Việt. 8 May 2024.
  4. ^ "5 cầu thủ Hà Tĩnh bị điều tra liên quan ma túy" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress. 8 May 2024.
  5. ^ "VFF đình chỉ thi đấu vô thời hạn 5 cầu thủ Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh" (in Vietnamese). Tuổi Trẻ. 8 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Đinh, Thành Trung". National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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