Bùi Tiến Dũng (footballer, born 1995)

Bùi Tiến Dũng
Personal information
Date of birth	2 October 1995 (age 25)
Place of birth	Đức Thọ, Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Viettel
Number	4
Youth career
2008	QK4
2009–2014	Viettel
Senior career*
National team‡
Vietnam under-23
AFC U-23 Championship
AFF Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2021

Bùi Tiến Dũng (born 2 October 1995) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a defender for V.League 1 club Viettel^[2] and Vietnam national football team.

Career[]

He transferred to Viettel FC and is competing in V.League 2.^{[citation needed]}

Tiến Dũng made his international debut against Cambodia on November 27, 2016. Coming on as a substitute in their 2–1 win.^[3]

Dũng played for Vietnam in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship.^{[citation needed]} In the quarter-final against Iraq, which ended 3-3 after 120 minutes, Dũng succeeded in the final penalty, leading Vietnam to the semi-final. Vietnam later advanced to the final, where they lost 1-2 to Uzbekistan.

In the Asian Games 2018 in Palembang, Dũng was the one who made the pass from the home field, eventually assisting Nguyễn Văn Toàn's decisive goal against Syria on August 27.

Bùi Tiến Dũng was also in Vietnam squad in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018, where they ultimately lifted the trophy after defeating Malaysia 3-2 on aggregate.

In the 2019 AFC Asian Cup's round of 16 against Jordan, Dũng successfully delivered the decisive penalty kick, helping Vietnam to win 4-2 in the penalty shoots-out.