List of Vietnam international footballers born outside Vietnam

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:

have one parent or grandparent who was born in Vietnam.
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.

List of international players

This list includes players who represented the Vietnam national football team and have dual citizenship with Vietnam and/or have become naturalised Vietnamese citizens. The players are ordered alphabetically per country of birth.

As of 12 October 2024

List of players
Country of birth	Player	Caps	Period
Brazil	Phan Văn Santos	2	2008–2009
Brazil	Huỳnh Kesley Alves	1	2009
Cambodia	Nguyễn Liêm Thanh	8	1995–1999
Czech Republic^[a]	Michal Nguyễn	2	2013
Czech Republic^[a]	Filip Nguyễn	9	2024–present
Germany	Adriano Schmidt	1	2022
Nigeria	Đinh Hoàng Max	2	2009
Russia	Đặng Văn Lâm	44	2015–present
Slovakia^[a]	Robert Đặng Văn	1	2015
Ukraine^[b]	Đinh Hoàng La	1	2009

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	Vĩnh Long	CM	^[3]
Đinh Hoàng La	Mykola Lytovka	Ukraine	1979	Retired	GK	^[4]
Huỳnh Kesley Alves	Kesley Alves	Brazil	1981	LPBank HCMC	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 Helio	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	Quảng Nam	ST	^[10]
Nguyễn Trung Đại Dương	Suleiman Oladoja Abdullahi	Nigeria	1986	Free agent	ST
Đỗ Merlo	Gastón Merlo	Argentina	1986	LPBank HCMC	ST
Trần Trung Hiếu	Geoffrey Kizito	Uganda	1993	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	Itabaiana	CB
Nguyễn Xuân Son	Rafaelson Bezerra Fernandes	Brazil	1997	Nam Định	ST

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
Thien Nguyen		United States	1969	Retired	FW
Hung Dang		England	1970	Retired	FW	^[11]
Nguyễn Liêm Thanh		Cambodia	1972	Retired	MF
Hoang Doc Bui		Switzerland	1972	Retired	CM
Natipong Sritong-In		Thailand	1972	Retired	ST
Trần Ngọc Hải	Hai Ngoc Tran	Norway	1975	Retired	RB
Louie Smothermon		United States	1975	Retired
Viet Nguyen		United States	1975	Retired	FW
Mã Trí	Ludovic Casset	France	1978	Retired	DM/CB
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	SV Hummetroth	AM
Michal Nguyễn	Michal Nguyen	Czech Republic	1989	Retired	CB
Geoffrey Cabaye		France	1989	Tourcoing	DM	^[12]
Đào Khotsaya	Dao Khotsaya	Laos	1990	Retired	CM
Alexander Đặng	Alexander Dang	Norway	1990	Lysekloster	ST
Minh Vũ	Minh Vu	United States	1990	Deportivo La Real	AM/ST
Nguyễn Quốc Trung		Switzerland	1990	Gossau^{[disambiguation needed]}	LB
Sébastien Da Silva		France	1991	AS Furiani-Agliani	ST	^[13]
Emil Lê Giang	Emil Le Giang	Slovakia	1991	Retired	ST
Patrik Lê Giang	Patrik Le Giang	Slovakia	1992	Ho Chi Minh City	GK
Keo Sokpheng		Cambodia	1992	Retired	ST
Nguyễn Filip	Filip Nguyen	Czech Republic	1992	Hanoi Police	GK	^[14]
Geoffray Durbant		France	1992	Al-Fujairah	ST
Vincent Trọng Trí Guyenne	Vincent Guyenne	France	1992	Free agent	WF
Michel Lê		France	1993	Signal FC Bernex-Confignon	CB
Đặng Văn Lâm	Lev Shonovich Dang	Russia	1993	LPBank Hồ Chí Minh City	GK
Tristan Đỗ	Tristan Do	Thailand	1993	Muangthong United	RB
Kevin Phạm Ba	Kevin Pham Ba	France	1994	Marignane GCB FC	RB
Bùi Đức Duy	Adriano Schmidt	Germany	1994	Hồ Chí Minh City	CB
Cyrus Tran		United States	1994	Free agent	DM
Daniel Procházka		Czech Republic	1995	Retired	WF	^[15]
Radostin Hinh Nguyen		Bulgaria	1996	Retired	WF
Phạm Thanh Tiệp		Slovakia	1996	Banik Lehota	RB/DM
Martin Lò	Martin Lo	Australia	1997	PVF-CAND	CM	^[16]
Pierre Lamothe		Canada	1997	Pacific FC	AM/WB	^[17]
Lương Nguyên Bảo	Boby Luong Nguyen Bao	Czech Republic	1997	Free agent	DM/FB	^[18]
Ryan Hà	Ryan Ha	France	1997	PVF-CAND	WF
Jason Quang Vinh Pendant	Jason Pendant	France	1997	Công An Hà Nội	LB
Florentin Phạm Huy Tiến	Florentin Pham	Romania	1997	Retired	RB
Phi Nguyen		Switzerland	1997	Givisiez	DM
Eddie Trần	Eddie Tran	Sweden	1997	Lunds BK	DM
Steven Đặng Thanh Hoàng	Steven Dang	United States	1997	Free agent	CB
Keven Nguyễn Huy	Keven Huy Nguyen	United States	1997	Retired	DM
Leygley Minh Adou	Leygley Adou	France	1997	Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	CB
Anton Nguyễn	Anton Nguyen	Belarus	1998	Energetik Minsk	ST
Nguyễn Hùng Anh	Andrey Hungovich Nguyen	Russia	1998	Free agent	CM
Lưu Thanh Hào	Chou Hav	Cambodia	1999	Kirivong Sok Sen Chey	DF
Tony Lê Tuấn Anh	Tony Le	Czech Republic	1999	TJ Sokol Nespeky	DM
Fabian Vỹ Ngọc	Fabian Vy Ngoc	Germany	1999	Free agent	WF
Kyle Colonna		United States	1999	Hà Nội	CB	^[19]
Nguyễn Văn Thắng	Danny Reid	United States	1999	Free agent	MF
Dương Thanh Tùng	Tung Duong Thanh	Czech Republic	1999	Quy Nhơn Bình Định	DM
Vũ Xuân Thắng	Artem Vu Suan	Belarus	2000	Osipovichi	WF
Phon Tayninh		Cambodia	2000	Free agent	CB
Lưu Công Thành	Petr Luu Cong Thanh	Czech Republic	2000	Markvartovice	GK
Trương Minh Quốc	Quoc Minh Truong	Denmark	2000	Skive IK	RB/WF
Nguyễn Nhữ Đức Anh	Nguyen Nhu Duc Anh	Germany	2000	Free agent	CB
Lê Đằng Long	Li Tenglong	China	2001	Henan	AM/ST
Jessy Nguyen		France	2001	Châtellerault	DM
Nalongsit Chanthalangsy		Laos	2001	Viengchanh	CB
Davide Nguyễn	Davide Nguyen	Italy	2001	Unknown	CB
Kalvin Luong		France	2002	USM Saran	ST
Kenneth Schmidt		Germany	2002	SC Freiburg	CB
Kelvin Bùi	Kelvin Bui	Netherlands	2002	Unknown	RB
Kenny Phi Hoàng Chandler		United States	2002	Free Agent	LB
Tomáš Nguyễn Đức Thiện	Tomáš Nguyen	Czech Republic	2003	Slavoj Cercany	RB
Martin Đồng	Martin Dong	Denmark	2003	Free Agent	WF
Trần Duy Thành	Duy Thanh Tran	Germany	2003	TSV Landsberg	GK
Kaelin Nguyễn Trương Khôi	Kaelin Nguyen	New Zealand	2003	Wellington Olympic	WF/ST
Vũ Thành An	Damian Vu Thanh	Poland	2003	Olimpia Grudziądz	DM/AM
Lê Khắc Viktor	Viktor Le	Russia	2003	Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	AM/WF
Leon Dương	Leon Duong	Switzerland	2003	Rapperswil-Jona	WF/ST
Lawrence Caruso		Australia	2004	Free agent	GK
Nathan Chí Nguyễn	Nathan Nguyen	Australia	2004	Wynnum Wolves	WF
Jayden Hiếu Trần	Jayden Hieu Tran	Australia	2004	APIA Leichhardt	LB/ST
Tyler James Thái Crawford	Tyler Crawford	Canada	2004	Vancouver FC	LB
Trần Khánh Hưng	Khanh Hung Tran	Canada	2004	Free agent	WF
Vitek Phan		Czech Republic	2004	Jablonec	MF
Martin Mai		Denmark	2004	North Carolina Tar Heels	WF
Aymeric Faurand-Tournaire		France	2004	Laval	ST/WF
Karim Trần Phi Long	Karim Phi Long Tran	France	2004	Stade Verviétois	WF
Achille Truchot		France	2004	Thonon Evian Grand Genève	LB
Tommy Nguyen		Germany	2004	SC Rapid Lübeck	CB
Phòng Gia Huy	Gia Huy Phong	Germany	2004	Viktoria Berlin	LB/WF
Mael Tran Van		France	2004	Hyeres	LB
Damoth Thongkhamsavath		Laos	2004	Ezra	CM
Phung Vinh Duong Nguyen		Norway	2004	Strømmen IF	LB/RB
Lê Trung Vinh	Vinh Le	United States	2004	Đồng Tháp	WF
Nguyễn Đỗ Chung Thắng	Chung Nguyen Do	Bulgaria	2005	Slavia Sofia	DM
Camilo Vasconcelos		Canada	2005	HFX Wanderers	CM
Alex Bùi	Alex Bui	Czech Republic	2005	Bohemians Praha	WF/ST
Andrej Nguyễn An Khánh	Andrej Nguyen	Czech Republic	2005	FK Třinec	CM
Nguyễn Nam Khánh	Nguyen Nam Khanh	Czech Republic	2005	Jablonec	MF
Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt	Tuan Kiet Nguyen	Czech Republic	2005	Příbram	DF
Trần Duy Tân	Duy Tan Tran	Czech Republic	2005	Teplice	LB
Law Salomonsen Tam Khuu	Law Salomonsen	Denmark	2005	Dalum IF	LB/RB
Trần Kế An	Kean Tran	Denmark	2005	Free agent	RB
Tony Phạm Phong	Tony Phong Pham	Finland	2005	HJK Helsinki	ST/WF
Evan Abran		France	2005	SC Bastia	LB
Kami Mechin		France	2005	Montferrand	FW
Abdel Amine Tran	Trần Đức Vinh	France	2005	Montfermeil	MF
Ibrahim Maza		Germany	2005	Hertha BSC	ST
Brandon Lý	Brandon Ly	Ireland	2005	Burnley	MF
Roberto Cittadini		Italy	2005	Free agent	CB
Marcus Danh Khoa Nguyen		Norway	2005	KFUM Oslo	CM
Amez Shwan Mustafa		Norway	2005	KFUM Oslo	WF
Alex Thien-Lac Nguyen		Norway	2005	Tiller IL	MF
Vadim Cường Nguyễn	Vadim Nguyen	Russia	2005	Rostov	CM/WB
Nicolas Nguyen		Slovakia	2005	Partizan Osrblie	AM
Max Vuong		United States	2005	Clayton State University	MF
Tung Dang		Australia	2006	Sydney FC	WF
Khoa Ngo		Australia	2006	Perth Glory	WF
Van-Alessandro Nguyen Skyriotis		Austria	2006	Wolfsberger AC	CM
Julien Nguyễn Quang Minh	Julien Nguyen	Canada	2006	Rayo Vallecano	DM
Hồ Hữu Hưng	Lukas Ho Hung	Czech Republic	2006	Bohemians Praha	WF/AM
Nguyễn Tùng Lâm	Nguyen Tung Lam	Czech Republic	2006	Mladá Boleslav	CB
Mathis Carlotti		France	2006	Nice	MF
Maxime Tran		France	2006	Free agent	RB/DM
Kelvin Cao Phong	Kelvin Cao	Germany	2006	VfB Oldenburg	ST
Vũ Như Thông	Simon Nhu Thong Vu	Germany	2006	Fortuna Düsseldorf	CM/RB
Võ Tiến Dũng		Hungary	2006	REAC	CB
Thomas-Lê Desurmont		Luxembourg	2006	Mainz 05	CM
Kevin Tung Lam Doan Anh		Slovakia	2006	Petržalka	DM
Lương Thanh Hồng Lạc	Hong Lac Luong Thanh	Germany	2006	SSV Jahn Regensburg	LB
Zan Nguyễn	Zan Nguyen	United States	2006	Hồ Chí Minh City	CB
Lenn Trần Minh Quang	Lenn Minh Tran	Belgium	2007	Genk	RB
Phạm Anh Khôi	Anh Khoi Pham	Belgium	2007	Royal Antwerp	WF
Trần Thắng Chung	Thang Chung Tran	Bulgaria	2007	Slavia Sofia	DM
Simon Nguyen		Denmark	2007	SfB Oure	ST
Daniel Moore		England	2007	Milton Keynes Dons	DM
Ton That Canh Long		England	2007	Milton Keynes Dons	LB
Lee Williams		England	2007	Stockport County	ST
Trần Thanh	Thanh Tran	Finland	2007	FC Futura	LW/RW
Henry Nguyen		Finland	2007	PKKU	WF
Ranhi Moreau Nguyen		France	2007	Bordeaux	DM
Billy Bob Bracher		Germany	2007	SpVgg Unterhaching	GK
Trần Bá Duy Vũ		Hungary	2007	Nyíregyháza Spartacus	CB
Seny Dang Tiep		Italy	2007	Lorient	FW
Divinci Huitron		Mexico	2007	Chicago Fire FC	WF
Jordan Truong Le		United States	2007	Los Angeles FC	RB
Christopher Nguyen		United States	2007	San Jose Earthquakes	GK
Ilhan Nguyen López		Belgium	2008	Molenbeek	DF
Lưu Trường Giang	Tony Luu	Czech Republic	2008	Slovan Liberec	MF
Vũ Minh Tú	Minh Tu Vu	Czech Republic	2008	Slovan Liberec	FW
Casper Lu		Denmark	2008	Vejle Boldklub	LB
Noah Quang Phi Nguyen	Noah Nguyen	Denmark	2008	Sønderjyske	GK
Oscar Trần Gia Lạc	Oscar Tran	Denmark	2008	Horsens	DF
Dánial Thùy Mörköre	Dánial Mörköre	Faroe Islands	2008	Vejle Boldklub	MF
Caleb Nguyen		Finland	2008	Käpylän	WF
Liam Erard		France	2008	Strasbourg	MF
Leny Garguilo		France	2008	Toulouse	WF
Phan Duy Dương	Duong Phan	Hungary	2008	Puskás Akadémia	MF
David Vũ Mạnh Cường	David Manh Cuong Vu	Norway	2008	Vålerenga	LW/ST
Nguyễn Hoàn Matteus	Matteus Nguyen	Norway	2008	Brann	CB
Isaac Pham		Norway	2008	Ull/Kisa	ST
Bon Tran		New Zealand	2008	Auckland City	ST
Brett Phan		United States	2008	Los Angeles Galaxy	CM
Liam Nguyen		Sweden	2008	Eskilsminne	LW
Nguyễn Quốc Khải Sinh	Quoc Khai Nguyen	Austria	2009	Salzburg	RB/WF
Arthur Barratt		England	2009	Chelsea	CM
Jariyah Shah		England	2009	Manchester United	CM
Kenan Kiên Karatoprak		Turkey	2009	OH Leuven	MF

Women players with Vietnamese descent

Vietnamese name	Foreign name	Other nationality	Birth year	Current club	Playing position
Alexandra Huỳnh Bảo Yến	Alexandra Huynh	Australia	1994	Western Sydney Wanderers	CB
Samantha Tran		United States	1998	Oakland Soul SC	ST
Olivia Lan Nguyễn	Olivia Nguyen	United States	2000	Klepp IL	FW
Katie Duong		United States	2001	DC Power	CM
Chelsea Lê		United States	2001	Gonzaga University	CM
Mariah Nguyen		United States	2001	Minnesota Aurora	WF
Sophia Nguyen		United States	2001	Florida State Seminoles	RB
Kaylee Pham		United States	2001	Wright State Raiders	CB
Amber Nguyen		United States	2002	Vanderbilt University	WF
Sophie Tranholm Nielsen		Denmark	2002	Kolding IF	LB
Đinh Kim Thanh	Kim Dinh Thanhová	Czech Republic	2003	Slovan Liberec	ST
Nguyễn Nam Mi	Nam Mi Nguyen	Canada	2003	University of Saskatchewan	DM
Kyah Lê		United States	2003	Utah Tech University	CM
Faith Nguyen		United States	2003	Texas Tech	GK
Mariah Nguyen		United States	2003	Minnesota Aurora	CM
Pernille Truong		Denmark	2004	Aalborg BK	CB
Morgane Hong Van Sang		France	2004	Soyaux	MF
Jaedyn Shaw		United States	2004	San Diego Wave	AM
Eva Nguyen		Netherlands	2005	NAC Breda	WF
Elin Andrea Flatø Golmen		Norway	2005	KIL/Hemne
Mai-Helen Nguyen Todnem		Norway	2005	Klepp IL	WF
Thais Do		France	2006	Reims	MF
Gia Tumber		United States	2006	Indiana University Kokomo	CM
Julia Vũ Tường Vi	Julia Vu	Norway	2007	IK Gimletroll	DF
Kennedy Linh Fuller	Kennedy Fuller	United States	2007	Angel City	MF
Abbie Mai		United States	2007	Crossfire Premier	CM
Y-Lan Nguyen		United States	2007	Stanford Cardinal	WF
Mikayla Duong		Australia	2007	FNSW Institute	MF
Prudence Truchot		France	2008	Miami City	MF
Nevaeh Nguyen		United States	2008	Orlando City	CM

Famous players

Naturalized Vietnamese

Overseas Vietnamese

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c At the time part of Czechoslovakia
^ At the time part of the Soviet Union

References

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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.
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[TCH-1] At the time part of Czechoslovakia

[USSR-2] At the time part of the Soviet Union

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