Lê Công Vinh
Lê Công Vinh ( born December 10, 1985 in Quỳnh Lưu ) is a Vietnamese football players in the position of striker.
Club career
Lê Công Vinh began his career in the youth department of the PVFC Sông Lam Nghe An. From 1998 to 2004 he played there for the juniors before he signed a contract with the seniors. For this he played for four years, until the end of the 2008 season. After the season, he joined the V-League promoted T & T Ha Noi. The origin of the change was followed in detail in the Vietnamese media. Vinh was agreed already have a contract with the club The Cong, took at the last minute, however, nor the offer of T & T Ha Noi to that guaranteed him a higher salary. The transfer fee was U.S. $ 400,000, which until then represented the highest transfer fee within the V- League. Vinh was awarded a three -year contract. The season was very successful for him. With the team, he was runner up in the V-League 2009 season, scoring 14 goals. This earned him the second place in the scoring charts. In August 2009, his club announced that Vinh will be borrowed for four months in the Portuguese first division Leixões SC. The loan began on 1 September 2009. Rental fee was $ 100,000. Both clubs agreed a future collaboration. Lê Công Vinh brought it to a total of two inserts in the Portuguese first league and an insert in the cup. After four months he returned. In January 2012 he moved to league rivals Ha Noi ACB.
National team career
His career in the national team of Vietnam began for him in the U- 20th From 2003 to 2007 he played for the U- 23rd His first major tournament was the Southeast Asia Games 2003. With the team he reached the finals, but failed on arch rivals Thailand. In 2004 he stood for the first time on the national team. On 20 August 2004, in the game against the Myanmar national football team he scored his first two goals for the national team. In the same year he participated with the team at the ASEAN Football Championship 2004. During the tournament he scored four goals here. In the group match against Cambodia, he managed one in the second half hat -trick. More participation in major tournaments followed him, with both the U- 23 and the adult elf. With the U -23 he took part in the Asian Games in 2006 and the Southeast Asia Games 2007. After participating with the seniors at the ASEAN Football Championships in 2007, his 2008 breakthrough in the ASEAN Championships to stardom in the home. Throughout the tournament he scored two goals. This, however, he scored in each of the final two games. In the first leg of the final against Thailand, he met in the 42nd minute to make it 2-1 for his team. In the return match, he scored in extra time 1:1, which meant the first title in the ASEAN Championships for Vietnam.
Awards and achievements
Awards as a player
- Player of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2007
Successes as a player
T & T Ha Noi
- V-League runners-up 2009
National
- ASEAN Football Championship 2008 Winner
- Participate in the final round of the Asian Games in 2006 (U -23)
- Southeast Asian Games silver medal in 2003 (U -23)