Nguyễn Tiến Linh

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Nguyễn Tiến Linh

Personal information
Full name	Nguyễn Tiến Linh
Date of birth	(1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth	Cẩm Giàng, Hải Dương, Vietnam
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Becamex Bình Dương
Number	22
Youth career
2009–2015	Becamex Bình Dương
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–	Becamex Bình Dương	96	(39)
National team‡
2015–2017	Vietnam U19	11	(5)
2018–2020	Vietnam U23	15	(6)
2018–	Vietnam	29	(12)
Honours Men's football Representing  Vietnam AFF Championship Winner 2018 Team Southeast Asian Games Winner 2019 Philippines Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 February 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 February 2022

Nguyễn Tiến Linh (born 20 October 1997) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a striker for V.League 1 club Becamex Bình Dương and Vietnam national football team.^[2]

In 2021, Tiến Linh was nominated by a panel of sports journalists and football experts for Best Footballer in Asia.^[3] He is considered one of the best Vietnamese footballers of his generation.

After scoring one goal for the Vietnam national football team in the match vs the China national football team, he broke the record of Lê Công Vinh to be the player of Vietnam national football team to score most goals in the FIFA World Cup qualification tournament with 8 goals^[4]

Early life[]

Tien Linh was born and raised in Cam Hoang commune, Cam Giang district, Hai Duong. Cam Giang's hometown was too difficult, so his mother had to export labor to Korea since he was 2 years old. At the age of 6, when he was in grade 1, he followed his father to Binh Duong to live and make a living. His mother returned when he was 9 years old. Currently, the family opens a football cafe in Thuan An town^[5]

Club Career[]

U19 Becamex Binh Duong[]

2015[]

He was be the top scorer of Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championship with 5 goals. End season, his team placed second in this tournament.

Becamex Binh Duong[]

2016-2017 : First Career[]

Tien LInh had the first match with Becamex Binh Duong FC in 2016 and had first goal in the same year also Tien linh won first cup was Vietnamese National Football Super Cup

2017, his team placed second in V.League 1

2018 : Best Season[]

Tien Linh scored 15 goals in V.League 1. Same year he had second cup with club was Vietnamese National Football Cup.

2019-2022 : Vietnamese Bronze Ball[]

2019, his team placed second in Vietnamese National Football Super Cup also he played first match in continental cup was AFC Cup and he scored one goal

2020, Tien Linh scored 5 goals

2021, Tien Linh scored 6 goals but V.League 1 was cancelled^[6]

2022, Tien Linh had Vietnamese Bronze Ball^[7]

International Career[]

2018: First Match for Vietnam and won AFF Championship[]

2018, Tien Linh played first match for Vietnam national football team. He scored first goal for Vietnam national football team in AFF Championship vs Cambodia national football team and he won 2018 AFF Championship

2019-2022: Break record of Le Cong Vinh[]

2019, Tien Linh scored first goal in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in the match vs Indonesia national football team

2021, Tien Linh scored 3 goals 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification to helped Vietnam national football team first time qualified to 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. In 2021 AFF Championship, his team lost in semifinals by Thailand national football team

2022, he scored 1 goals in the match vs China national football team to passed record of Le Cong Vinh for Vietnamese player had most goal in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification and help Vietnam national football team became the first team of AFF won in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Statistics[]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Match	Goal	Match	Goal	Match	Goal	Match	Goal	Match	Goal
Becamex Binh Duong FC	2016	V.League 1	15	2	4	1	1	0	—		19	3
	2017		12	2	5	1	—		—		17	3
	2018		19	15	6	0	—		—		25	15
	2019		17	7	3	2	7	1	1	0	28	10
	2020		18	5	1	0	—		—		19	5
	2021		11	6	1	0	—		—		12	6
	2022		4	2	0	0	—		—		4	2
Total			96	39	20	4	8	1	1	0	124	44

Honours[]

Becamex Bình Dương

• Vietnamese National Cup: 2018; Runner-up 2017
• Vietnamese Super Cup: 2016; Runner-up 2019

Vietnam

• AFF Championship: 2018

Vietnam U23

• Southeast Asian Games: 2019

Individual[]

• NEOM’s Future Stars of Matchday Three 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
• 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Player of the week October
• Player of the Match Vietnam v Cambodia 2020 AFF Championship
• Player of the Match Vietnam v UAE 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
• Vietnamese Bronze Ball: 2021

Record[]

• Most Goals In FIFA World Cup qualification in history of Vietnam national football team: 8 Goals

International[]

National Team	Year	Match	Goal
Vietnam	2018	5	2
	2019	7	2
	2021	15	7
	2022	1	1
Total		28	12

International goals[]

Vietnam U-23[]

Scores and results list U23 Vietnam's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 June 2019	Phu Tho, Vietnam	Myanmar	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	8 September 2019	Wuhan, China	China PR	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3.				2–0
4.	28 November 2019	Biñan, Laguna, Philippines	Laos	1–0	6–1	2019 Southeast Asian Games
5.				2–0
6.				3–0
7.	5 December 2019	Biñan, Laguna, Philippines	Thailand	1–2	2–2	2019 Southeast Asian Games
8.				2–2
9.	7 December 2019	Manila, Philippines	Cambodia	1–0	4–0	2019 Southeast Asian Games
10.	16 January 2020	Bangkok, Thailand	North Korea	1–0	1–2	2020 AFC U-23 Championship

Vietnam[]

Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first.^[8]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 November 2018	Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	Cambodia	1–0	3–0	2018 AFF Championship
2.	25 December 2018	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	North Korea	1–0	1–1	Friendly
3.	15 October 2019	Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Indonesia	Indonesia	3–0	3–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	14 November 2019	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	United Arab Emirates	1–0	1–0
5.	7 June 2021	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Indonesia	1–0	4–0
6.	11 June 2021		Malaysia	1–0	2–1
7.	15 June 2021	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–3	2–3
8.	7 October 2021	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	China PR	2–2	2–3
9.	12 October 2021	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman	Oman	1–0	1–3
10.	19 December 2021	Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore	Cambodia	1–0	4–0	2020 AFF Championship
11.				2–0
12.	1 February 2022	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	China PR	2–0	3–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

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