Trần Nguyên Mạnh

Trần Nguyên Mạnh
Personal information
Full name	Trần Nguyên Mạnh
Date of birth	20 December 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth	Nghĩa Đàn, Nghệ An, Vietnam
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Viettel
Number	26
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2020	Sông Lam Nghệ An
2020–	Viettel
National team‡
2014–	Vietnam
	* 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 1 February 2022

Trần Nguyên Mạnh (born 20 December 1991) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Viettel in the V.League 1.^[1]

International career[]

In the second leg of the semifinals of the 2016 AFF Championship against Indonesia Nguyên Mạnh caused controversy when he kicked out at an Indonesian player who had bundled him over during a corner kick. Referee Fu Ming showed Nguyên Mạnh a straight red card and Vietnam were forced to put Quế Ngọc Hải in goal as they had already made all three substitutions.^[2] A month later Nguyên Mạnh was fined US$1,000 by the AFC and would be barred from playing in any of the 2019 AFC qualifying matches.^[3]

Personal life[]

In March 2016 Nguyên Mạnh married Phương Chi in a private ceremony. The two had been in a relationship for six years up to that point, before Nguyên Mạnh had even started playing for Sông Lam Nghệ An.^[4]