This is a list of footballers who represented the Vietnam national football team or eligible to play for Vietnam in international football and were born outside Vietnam.

The following players:

  1. have one parent or grandparent who was born in Vietnam.
  2. were born outside Vietnam or were born in Vietnam but went abroad since during their childhood.

This list includes players who have dual citizenship with Vietnam and/or have become naturalized Vietnamese citizens. The players are ordered per modern-day country of birth; if the country at the time of birth differs from the current, this is indicated with a subsection.


Naturalized players

Vietnamese name Original name Original nationality Birth year Current club Playing position Note
Phan Văn Santos Fábio dos Santos  Brazil 1977 Retired GK [1]
Đoàn Văn Nirut Nirut Surasiang  Thailand 1979 Retired CB/DM [2]
Đoàn Văn Sakda Sakda Joemdee  Thailand 1982 Retired DM [3]
Đinh Hoàng Max Maxwell Eyerakpo  Nigeria 1986 Vietnam Bình Thuận CM [3]
Đinh Hoàng La Mykola Lytovka  Ukraine 1979 Retired GK [4]
Huỳnh Kesley Alves Kesley Alves  Brazil 1981 Vietnam Định Hướng Phú Nhuận ST [4]
Nguyễn Rogerio Rogerio Machado Pereira  Brazil 1979 Retired CM [5]
Trần Lê Martin Ronald Martin Katsigazi  Uganda 1980 Retired CM [6]
Phan Lê Isaac Isaac Kamu Mylyanga  Uganda 1984 Retired DM [6]
Lê Tostao Fungai Tostao Kwashi  Zimbabwe 1979 Retired WF [7]
Nguyễn Hoàng Hélio Hélio da Silva Assis  Brazil 1981 Retired CB [7]
Hoàng Vissai Dio Preye  Nigeria 1985 Retired CB
Nguyễn Trung Sơn Marcos Jefferson Farias Valentim  Brazil 1982 Retired CM
Lê Văn Tân Jonathan Quartey  Ghana 1984 Retired ST
Đoàn Marcelo Marcelo Barbieri  Brazil 1979 Retired CB
Đặng Amaobi Honest Uzowuru Amaobi  Nigeria 1981 Retired ST
Nguyễn Rodgers Wandwasi Rodgers  Uganda 1981 Retired DM
Lê Hoàng Phát Thierry Thierry Ngale Jiemon  Cameroon 1982 Retired CB
Lê Văn Phú Issifu Ansah  Ghana 1983 Retired CB
Đinh Văn Ta Rodrigo Mota Farias  Brazil 1982 Retired AM [8]
Nguyễn Hằng Tcheuko Minh Benoît Tcheuko Elmakoua  Cameroon 1983 Retired DM [9]
Nguyễn Quốc Thiện Esele Theophilus Esele  Nigeria 1984 Retired GK
Hoàng Vũ Samson Samson Kayode Olaleye  Nigeria 1988 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City ST [10]
Nguyễn Trung Đại Dương Suleiman Oladoja Abdullahi  Nigeria 1986 Vietnam Luxury Hạ Long ST
Đỗ Merlo Gastón Merlo  Argentina 1986 Argentina CA Costa Brava ST
Trần Trung Hiếu Kizito Geoffrey Kizito  Uganda 1993 Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương DM/RB
Tshamala Lê Minh Tshamala Kabanga  DR Congo 1984 Retired ST
Nguyễn van Bakel Danny van Bakel  Netherlands 1983 Retired CB
Trường An Thiago Papel  Brazil 1991 Brazil Itabaiana CB

Men players with Vietnamese descent

Vietnamese name Foreign name Other nationality Birth year Current club Playing position Note
Albert Polge  France 1909 Retired ST
Guy Văn Sâm Guy Van Sam  France 1935 Retired AM
Daoyod Dara  Thailand 1954 Retired ST
Alain Fiard  France 1958 Retired DM
Dzung Tran  United States 1963 Retired WF
Hung Dang  England 1970 Retired FW [11]
Hoang Doc Bui   Switzerland 1972 Retired CM
Natipong Sritong-In  Thailand 1972 Retired ST
Micheal Thanh Văn Morton Micheal Morton  Hong Kong 1973 Retired WF
Trần Ngọc Hải Hai Ngoc Tran  Norway 1975 Retired RB
Louie Smothermon  United States 1975 Retired
Đào Quốc Phong Phong Dao  Denmark 1978 Retired DM
Mã Trí Ludovic Casset  France 1980 Retired WF/FB
Trần Ngọc Lai Francis Tran  France 1982 Retired RB/WF
Hải Lâm Hai Lam  Norway 1983 Retired FB
Willemin Vinh Long  France 1984 Retired RB
Robert Đặng Văn Việt Dang Van Robert  Slovakia 1984 Retired CB
Jacques Faty  Senegal 1984 Retired CB
Ruslan Tiến Quang Ruslan Tien Kuang  Bulgaria 1985 Retired RB
Thạch Dương Thach Duong  Sweden 1985 Retired ST
Yohan Cabaye  France 1986 Retired CM
Johnny Nguyễn Ngọc Anh Johnny Nguyen  France 1986 Free agent AM
Tony Lê Hoàng Tony Le  Poland 1986 Retired ST
Lee Nguyễn Thế Anh Lee Nguyen  United States 1986 Retired AM
Ricardo Faty  Senegal 1986 Retired DM
Lâm Huệ Dũng  Cambodia 1988 Retired MF
Keo Sokngon  Cambodia 1988 Retired ST/WF
Christopher Nguyễn Christopher Nguyen  Germany 1988 Germany Hummetroth AM
Michal Nguyễn Michal Nguyen  Czech Republic 1989 Czech Republic Mostecký FK CB
Geoffrey Cabaye  France 1989 France Tourcoing DM [12]
Đào Khotsaya Dao Khotsaya  Laos 1990 Retired CM
Alexander Đặng Alexander Dang  Norway 1990 Norway Lysekloster ST
Nguyễn Quốc Trung   Switzerland 1990 Switzerland Gossau LB
Minh Vũ Minh Vu  United States 1990 United States Deportivo La Real AM/ST
Emil Lê Giang Emil Le Giang  Slovakia 1991 Retired ST
Patrik Lê Giang Patrik Le Giang  Slovakia 1992 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City GK
Mạc Hồng Quân  Czech Republic 1992 Vietnam Quy Nhơn Bình Định AM
Keo Sokpheng  Cambodia 1992 Retired ST
Filip Nguyễn Filip Nguyen  Czech Republic 1992 Vietnam Hanoi Police GK [13]
Geoffray Durbant  France 1992 France Châteauroux ST
Vincent Trọng Trí Guyenne Vincent Guyenne  France 1992 Free agent WF
Michel Lê  France 1993 Switzerland Signal FC Bernex-Confignon CB
Đặng Văn Lâm Lev Shonovich Dang  Russia 1993 Vietnam Quy Nhơn Bình Định GK
Erik Hoàng Erik Hoang  Sweden 1993 Retired WF
Tristan Đỗ Tristan Do  Thailand 1993 Thailand Muangthong United RB
Kevin Phạm Ba Kevin Pham Ba  France 1994 France Istres RB
Bùi Đức Duy Adriano Schmidt  Germany 1994 Vietnam Quy Nhơn Bình Định CB
Daniel Procházka  Czech Republic 1995 Retired WF [14]
Radostin Hinh Nguyen  Bulgaria 1996 Vietnam Luxury Hạ Long WF
Phạm Thanh Tiệp  Slovakia 1996 Slovakia Banik Lehota RB/DM
Martin Lò Martin Lo  Australia 1997 Vietnam Hải Phòng CM [15]
Pierre Lamothe  Canada 1997 Vietnam Quảng Nam AM/WB [16]
Lương Nguyên Bảo Boby Luong Nguyen Bao  Czech Republic 1997 Czech Republic Slovan Velvary DM/FB [17]
Ryan Hà Ryan Ha  France 1997 Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương WF
Jason Quang Vinh Pendant Jason Pendant  France 1997 France Quevilly-Rouen LB
Florentin Phạm Huy Tiến Florentin Pham  Romania 1997 Retired RB
Phi Nguyen   Switzerland 1997 Switzerland Givisiez DM
Eddie Trần Eddie Tran  Sweden 1997 Sweden AFC Eskilstuna DM
Steven Đặng Thanh Hoàng Steven Dang  United States 1997 Vietnam SHB Đà Nẵng CB
Keven Nguyễn Huy Keven Huy Nguyen  United States 1997 Retired DM
Anton Nguyễn Anton Nguyen  Belarus 1998 Belarus Uni Minsk ST
Nguyễn Hùng Anh Andrey Hungovich Nguyen  Russia 1998 Free agent CM
Dương Thanh Tùng Tung Duong Thanh  Czech Republic 1999 Czech Republic Slovan Velvary DM
Tony Lê Tuấn Anh Tony Le  Czech Republic 1999 Free agent DM
Fabian Vỹ Ngọc Fabian Vy Ngoc  Germany 1999 Free agent WF
Nguyễn Anh Hiệp  Netherlands 1999 Netherlands VV Goes AM/WF
Nick Dang  United States 1999 United States Lipscomb Unisverity DC/DR
Vũ Xuân Thắng Artem Vu Suan  Belarus 2000 Belarus Osipovichi WF
Phon Tayninh  Cambodia 2000 Cambodia Tiffy Army CB
Lưu Công Thành Petr Luu Cong Thanh  Czech Republic 2000 Czech Republic Markvartovice GK
Trương Quốc Minh Quoc Minh Truong  Denmark 2000 Vietnam Khánh Hòa RB/WF
Nguyễn Nhữ Đức Anh Nguyen Nhu Duc Anh  Germany 2000 Vietnam Hải Phòng CB
Aaron Nguyen  United States 2000 United States Chicago House DM
Lê Đằng Long Li Tenglong  China 2001 China Henan AM/ST
Jessy Nguyen  France 2001 France Châtellerault DM
Nalongsit Chanthalangsy  Laos 2001 Laos Viengchanh CB
Davide Nguyễn Davide Nguyen  Italy 2001 Unknown CB
Kalvin Luong  France 2002 France USM Saran ST
Kelvin Bùi Kelvin Bui  Netherlands 2002 Netherlands SV OSS'20 RB
Noah Nguyen  Netherlands 2002 Netherlands VV UNA FW
Kenny Phi Hoàng Chandler  United States 2002 Free agent LB
Martin Đồng Martin Dong  Denmark 2003 Free agent WF
Tomáš Nguyễn Đức Thiện Tomáš Nguyen  Czech Republic 2003 Free agent RB
Brandon Đỗ Hữu Danh Brandon Do  Germany 2003 Germany Union Nettetal RB/CB
Trần Duy Thành Duy Thanh Tran  Germany 2003 Germany TSV 1865 Dachau GK
Kaelin Nguyễn Trương Khôi Kaelin Nguyen  New Zealand 2003 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix WF/ST
Vũ Thành An Damian Vu Thanh  Poland 2003 Poland Olimpia Grudziądz DM/AM
Lê Khắc Viktor Viktor Hakovich Le  Russia 2003 Vietnam Quy Nhơn Bình Định AM/WF
Leon Dương Leon Duong   Switzerland 2003 Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona WF/ST
Lawrence Caruso  Australia 2004 Free agent GK
Nathan Chí Nguyễn Nathan Nguyen  Australia 2004 Australia Brisbane Roar WF
Jayden Hiếu Trần Jayden Hieu Tran  Australia 2004 Australia APIA Leichhardt LB/ST
Tyler James Thái Crawford Tyler Crawford  Canada 2004 Canada Vancouver FC LB
Trần Khánh Hưng Khanh Hung Tran  Canada 2004 Vietnam PVF-CAND WF
Vitek Phan  Czech Republic 2004 Czech Republic Jablonec MF
Martin Mai  Denmark 2004 Denmark Aarhus GF WF
Aymeric Faurand-Tournaire  France 2004 France Laval ST/WF
Karim Trần Phi Long Karim Phi Long Tran  France 2004 France Torcy WF
Achille Truchot  France 2004 Czech Republic Znojmo LB
Tommy Nguyen  Germany 2004 Germany Phönix Lübeck CB
Phòng Gia Huy Gia Huy Phong  Germany 2004 Germany Viktoria Berlin LB/CB
Damoth Thongkhamsavath  Laos 2004 Laos Ezra CM
Lê Trung Vinh Vinh Le  United States 2004 Vietnam Hồ Chí Minh City WF
Nguyễn Đỗ Chung Thắng Chung Nguyen Do  Bulgaria 2005 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia DM
Camilo Vasconcelos  Canada 2005 Canada HFX Wanderers CM
Alex Bùi Alex Bui  Czech Republic 2005 Czech Republic Bohemians Praha WF/ST
Andrej Nguyễn An Khánh Andrej Nguyen  Czech Republic 2005 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc CM
Nguyễn Nam Khánh Nguyen Nam Khanh  Czech Republic 2005 Czech Republic Jablonec MF
Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt Tuan Kiet Nguyen  Czech Republic 2005 Czech Republic Příbram DF
David Pham  Czech Republic 2005 Czech Republic Turnov CM
Trần Duy Tân Duy Tan Tran  Czech Republic 2005 Czech Republic Teplice LB
Law Salomonsen Tam Khuu Law Salomonsen  Denmark 2005 Denmark Odense LB/RB
Trần Kế An Kean Tran  Denmark 2005 Denmark Lyngby RB
Tony Phạm Phong Tony Phong Pham  Finland 2005 Finland HJK Helsinki ST/WF
Evan Abran  France 2005 France SC Bastia LB
Kami Mechin  France 2005 France Montferrand FW
Abdel Amine Tran Trần Đức Vinh  France 2005 France Montfermeil MF
Ibrahim Maza  Germany 2005 Germany Hertha BSC ST
Brandon Lý Brandon Ly  Ireland 2005 England Burnley RB/DM
Roberto Cittadini  Italy 2005 Italy Carrarese CB
Vadim Nguyễn Vadim Nguyen  Russia 2005 Russia Rostov CM/WB
Nicolas Nguyen  Slovakia 2005 Slovakia Pohronie AM
Max Vuong  United States 2005 United States Clayton State University MF
Tung Dang  Australia 2006 Australia Sydney FC WF
Khoa Ngo  Australia 2006 Australia Perth Glory WF
Van-Alessandro Nguyen Skyriotis  Austria 2006 Austria Wolfsberger AC CM
Lukas Ho Hung  Czech Republic 2006 Czech Republic Bohemians Praha DF
Nguyễn Tùng Lâm Nguyen Tung Lam  Czech Republic 2006 Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav CB
Maxime Tran  France 2006 France Guingamp RB/DM
Kelvin Cao Phong Kelvin Cao  Germany 2006 Germany Union Berlin ST
Vũ Như Thông Simon Nhu Thong Vu  Germany 2006 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf CM
Thomas-Lê Desurmont  Luxembourg 2006 Germany Mainz 05 CM
Kevin Tung Lam Doan Anh  Slovakia 2006 Slovakia Petržalka MF
Lenn Trần Minh Quang Lenn Minh Tran  Belgium 2007 Belgium Genk RB
Phạm Anh Khôi Anh Khoi Pham  Belgium 2007 Belgium Royal Antwerp WF
Trần Thắng Chung Thang Chung Tran  Bulgaria 2007 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia DM
Rahni Moreau Nguyen  France 2007 France Bordeaux DM
Nguyễn Văn Tuấn Van Tuan Nguyen  Germany 2007 Germany Wuppertaler DF
Phan Duy Dương Duong Phan  Hungary 2007 Hungary Puskás Akadémia MF
Seny Dang Tiep  Italy 2007 France Lorient FW
Divinci Huitron  Mexico 2007 United States Seattle Sounders WF
Jordan Le  United States 2007 United States Los Angeles FC RB
Christopher Nguyen  United States 2007 United States San Jose Earthquakes GK
Ilhan Nguyen López  Belgium 2008 Belgium Molenbeek DF
Lưu Trường Giang Truong Giang Luu  Czech Republic 2008 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec MF
Vũ Minh Tú Minh Tu Vu  Czech Republic 2008 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec FW
Casper Lu  Denmark 2008 Denmark Vejle Boldklub LB
Noah Quang Phi Nguyen Noah Nguyen  Denmark 2008 Denmark Sønderjyske GK
Oscar Tran  Denmark 2008 Denmark Horsens DF
Caleb Nguyen  Finland 2008 Finland Käpylän WF
Liam Erard  France 2008 France Strasbourg MF
Leny Garguilo  France 2008 France Toulouse WF
Nguyễn Hoàn Matteus Matteus Nguyen  Norway 2008 Norway Brann CB
Brett Phan  United States 2008 United States Los Angeles Galaxy CM
Nguyễn Quốc Khải Sinh Quoc Khai Nguyen  Austria 2009 Austria Salzburg RB/WF
Arthur Barratt  England 2009 England Chelsea CM
Jariyah Shah  England 2009 England Manchester United CM

Women players with Vietnamese descent

Vietnamese name Foreign name Other nationality Birth year Current club Playing position Note
Alexandra Huỳnh Bảo Yến Alexandra Huynh  Australia 1994 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers CB
Samantha Tran  United States 1998 United States Oakland Soul SC ST
Olivia Lan Nguyễn Olivia Nguyen  United States 2000 Norway Klepp IL FW
Katie Duong  United States 2001 United States Stanford Cardinal CM
Chelsea Lê  United States 2001 United States Gonzaga University CM
Sophia Nguyen  United States 2001 United States Florida State Seminoles RB
Kaylee Pham  United States 2001 United States Wright State Raiders CB
Amber Nguyen  United States 2002 United States Vanderbilt University WF
Sophie Tranholm Nielsen  Denmark 2002 Denmark Kolding IF LB
Đinh Kim Thanh Kim Dinh Thanhová  Czech Republic 2003 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec ST
Kyah Lê  United States 2003 United States Gonzaga University ST
Faith Nguyen  United States 2003 United States UCLA GK
Pernille Truong  Denmark 2004 Denmark Aalborg BK CB
Morgane Hong Van Sang  France 2004 France Soyaux MF
Jaedyn Shaw  United States 2004 United States San Diego Wave AM
Eva Nguyen  Netherlands 2005 Netherlands Feyenoord WF
Mai-Helen Nguyen Todnem  Norway 2005 Norway Klepp IL WF
Thais Do  France 2006 France Reims MF
Julia Vũ Tường Vi Julia Vu  Norway 2007 Norway IK Gimletroll DF
Y-Lan Nguyen  United States 2007 United States Stanford Cardinal WF
Prudence Truchot  France 2008 United States Miami City MF

Famous players

Naturlized Vietnamese

Overseas Vietnamese

References

General

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  • Bảo, Tiểu; Lao, Giang (19 February 2022). "Cần cú hích đúng cho lộ trình nhập tịch" [Need the right push for the naturalization route]. Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  • Duy, Nhật; Quỳnh, Hoàng (20 February 2022). "Tài năng Việt kiều: Khi nào có thể nhập tịch cho cầu thủ bóng đá?" [Talented overseas Vietnamese: When can a football player be naturalized?]. Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  • Hung, Dong (18 November 2021). "Đội tuyển Việt Nam: để chơi tầm châu lục cần có thêm cầu thủ nhập tịch" [Vietnam team: to play on the continental level, more naturalized players are needed]. Kinh tế đô thị (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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