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.

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	Bình Thuận	CM	[3]
Đinh Hoàng La	Mykola Lytovka	Ukraine	1979	Retired	GK	[4]
Huỳnh Kesley Alves	Kesley Alves	Brazil	1981	Retired	ST	[4]
Nguyễn Rogerio	Rogerio Machado Pereira	Brazil	1979	Retired	CM	[5]
Trần Lê Martin	Ronald Martin Katsigazi	Uganda		Retired		[6]
Phan Lê Isaac	Isaac Kamu Mylyanga	Uganda	1984	Retired	DM	[6]
Lê Tostao	Fungai Tostao Kwashi	Zimbabwe	1979	Retired	WF	[7]
Nguyễn Hoàng Hélio	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	Congo	1983	Retired	DM	[9]
Nguyễn Quốc Thiện Esele	Theophilus Esele	Nigeria	1984	Retired	GK
Hoàng Vũ Samson	Samson Kayode Olaleye	Nigeria	1988	Ho Chi Minh City	ST	[10]
Nguyễn Trung Đại Dương	Suleiman Oladoja Abdullahi	Nigeria	1986	Luxury Hạ Long	ST
Đỗ Merlo	Gastón Merlo	Argentina	1986	CA Costa Brava	ST
Trần Trung Hiếu Kizito	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	Free agent	CB

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
Hoang Doc Bui		Switzerland	1972	Retired	CM
Natipong Sritong-In		Thailand	1972	Retired	ST
Micheal Thanh Văn Morton	Micheal Morton	Hong Kong	1973	Retired	WF
Trần Ngọc Hải	Hai Ngoc Tran	Norway	1975	Retired	RB
Louie Smothermon		United States	1975	Retired
Đào Quốc Phong	Phong Dao	Denmark	1978	Retired	DM
Hải Lâm	Hai Lam	Norway	1983	Retired	FB
Yohan Cabaye		France	1986	Retired	CM
Geoffrey Cabaye		France	1989	Tourcoing	DM	[11]
Lee Nguyễn Thế Anh	Lee Nguyen	United States	1986	Retired	AM
Robert Đặng Văn Việt	Dang Van Robert	Slovakia	1984	Retired	CB
Michal Nguyễn	Michal Nguyen	Czech Republic	1989	Mostecký FK	CB
Emil Lê Giang	Emil Le Giang	Slovakia	1991	Retired	ST
Patrik Lê Giang	Patrik Le Giang	Slovakia	1992	Ho Chi Minh City	GK
Mạc Hồng Quân		Czech Republic	1992	Quy Nhơn Bình Định	AM
Filip Nguyễn	Filip Nguyen	Czech Republic	1992	Hanoi Police	GK	[12]
Đặng Văn Lâm	Lev Shonovich Dang	Russia	1993	Quy Nhơn Bình Định	GK
Tristan Đỗ	Tristan Do	Thailand	1993	Muangthong United	RB
Mã Trí	Ludovic Casset	France	1980	Retired	WF/FB
Trần Ngọc Lai	Francis Tran	France	1982	Retired	RB/WF
Willemin Vinh Long		France	1984	Retired	RB
Ruslan Tiến Quang	Ruslan Tien Kuang	Bulgaria	1985	Retired	RB
Johnny Nguyễn Ngọc Anh	Johnny Nguyen	France	1986	Free agent	AM
Christopher Nguyễn	Christopher Nguyen	Germany	1988	Hummetroth	AM
Minh Vũ	Minh Vu	United States	1990	Deportivo La Real	AM/ST
Alexander Đặng	Alexander Dang	Norway	1990	Lysekloster	ST
Jason Quang Vinh Pendant	Jason Pendant	France	1997	Quevilly-Rouen	LB
Kevin Phạm Ba	Kevin Pham Ba	France	1994	Istres	RB
Geoffray Durbant		France	1992	Châteauroux	ST
Lâm Huệ Dũng		Cambodia	1988	Retired	MF
Keo Sokngon		Cambodia	1988	Retired	ST/WF
Keo Sokpheng		Cambodia	1992	Retired	ST
Đào Khotsaya	Dao Khotsaya	Laos	1990	Retired	CM
Nguyễn Hùng Anh	Andrey Hungovich Nguyen	Russia	1998	Free agent	CM
Nguyễn Quốc Trung		Switzerland	1990	Gossau	LB
Phi Nguyen		Switzerland	1997	Givisiez	DM
Erik Hoàng	Erik Hoang	Sweden	1993	Retired	WF
Michel Lê		France	1993	Signal FC Bernex-Confignon	CB
Florentin Phạm Huy Tiến	Florentin Pham	Romania	1997	Retired	RB
Daniel Procházka		Czech Republic	1995	Retired	WF	[13]
Lương Nguyên Bảo	Boby Luong Nguyen Bao	Czech Republic	1997	Slovan Velvary	DM/FB	[14]
Martin Lò	Martin Lo	Australia	1997	Hải Phòng	CM	[15]
Bùi Đức Duy	Adriano Schmidt	Germany	1994	Quy Nhơn Bình Định	CB
Kelvin Bùi	Kelvin Bui	Netherlands	2002	SV OSS'20	RB
Davide Nguyễn	Davide Nguyen	Italy	2001	Unknown	CB
Trương Quốc Minh	Quoc Minh Truong	Denmark	2000	Khánh Hòa	RB/WF
Tony Lê Tuấn Anh	Tony Le	Czech Republic	1999	Free agent	DM
Fabian Vỹ Ngọc	Fabian Vy Ngoc	Germany	1999	Free agent	WF
Nguyễn Anh Hiệp		Netherlands	1999	VV Goes	AM/WF
Lê Đằng Long	Li Tenglong	China	2001	Henan	AM/ST
Phạm Thanh Tiệp		Slovakia	1996	Free agent	RB
Kenny Phi Hoàng Chandler		United States	2002	Free agent	LB
Eddie Trần	Eddie Tran	Sweden	1997	AFC Eskilstuna	DM
Keven Nguyễn Huy	Keven Huy Nguyen	United States	1997	Retired	DM
Steven Đặng Thanh Hoàng	Steven Dang	United States	1997	SHB Đà Nẵng	CB
Dương Thanh Tùng	Tung Duong Thanh	Czech Republic	1999	Slovan Velvary	DM
Phon Tayninh		Cambodia	2000	Tiffy Army	CB
Phòng Gia Huy	Gia Huy Phong	Germany	2004	Viktoria Berlin	LB/CB
Lê Khắc Viktor	Viktor Hakovich Le	Russia	2003	Quy Nhơn Bình Định	AM/WF
Nguyễn Nhữ Đức Anh	Nguyen Nhu Duc Anh	Germany	2000	Free agent	CB
Ryan Hà	Ryan Ha	France	1997	Becamex Bình Dương	WF
Vincent Trọng Trí Guyenne	Vincent Guyenne	France	1992	Free agent	WF
Radostin Hinh Nguyen		Bulgaria	1996	Luxury Hạ Long	WF
Đỗ Chung Nguyên	Chung Nguyen Do	Bulgaria	2005	Slavia Sofia	DM
Pierre Lamothe		Canada	1997	Quảng Nam	AM	[16]
Anton Nguyễn	Anton Nguyen	Belarus	1998	Uni Minsk	ST
Martin Đồng	Martin Dong	Denmark	2003	Free agent	WF
Trần Khánh Hưng	Khanh Hung Tran	Canada	2004	PVF-CAND	WF
Tomáš Nguyễn Đức Thiện	Tomáš Nguyen	Czech Republic	2003	Free agent	RB
Nathan Chí Nguyễn	Nathan Nguyen	Australia	2004	Brisbane Roar	WF
Kaelin Nguyễn Trương Khôi	Kaelin Nguyen	New Zealand	2003	Wellington Phoenix	WF/ST
Leon Dương	Leon Duong	Switzerland	2003	Rapperswil-Jona	WF/ST
Karim Trần Phi Long	Karim Phi Long Tran	Algeria	2004	Ajaccio	WF
Lê Trung Vinh	Vinh Le	United States	2004	Hồ Chí Minh City	WF
Trần Kế An	Kean Tran	Denmark	2005	Lyngby	RB
Vadim Nguyễn	Vadim Nguyen	Russia	2005	Rostov	CM/WF
Andrej Nguyễn An Khánh	Andrej Nguyen	Czech Republic	2005	Sigma Olomouc	CM
Tony Phạm Phong	Tony Phong Pham	Finland	2005	HJK Helsinki	ST/WF
Van-Alessandro Nguyen Skyriotis		Austria	2006	Wolfsberger AC	CM
Vũ Như Thông	Simon Nhu Thong Vu	Germany	2006	Fortuna Düsseldorf	CM
Nalongsit Chanthalangsy		Laos	2001	Viengchanh	CB
Damoth Thongkhamsavath		Laos	2004	Ezra	CM
Vũ Thành An	Damian Vu Thanh	Poland	2003	Olimpia Grudziądz	DM/AM
Brandon Đỗ Hữu Danh	Brandon Do	Germany	2003	Union Nettetal	RB/CB
Aaron Nguyen		United States	2000	Chicago House	DM
Achille Truchot		France	2004	Znojmo	LB
Ibrahim Maza		Germany	2005	Hertha BSC	ST
Nicolas Nguyen		Slovakia	2005	Podbrezová	AM
Brandon Lý	Brandon Ly	Ireland	2006	Sheffield United	RB/DM
Thomas-Lê Desurmont		Luxembourg	2006	Mainz 05	CM
Kelvin Cao Phong	Kelvin Cao	Germany	2006	Union Berlin	ST
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
Christopher Nguyen		United States	2007	San Jose Earthquakes	GK
Max Vuong		United States	2005	Clayton State University	MF
Tommy Nguyen		Germany	2004	Phönix Lübeck	CB
Tyler James Thái Crawford	Tyler Crawford	Canada	2004	Vancouver FC	LB
Vũ Xuân Thắng	Artem Vu Suan	Belarus	2000	Osipovichi	WF
Martin Mai		Denmark	2004	Aarhus GF	WF
Vitek Phan		Czech Republic	2004	Jablonec	MF
Evan Abran		France	2005	SC Bastia	LB
Khoa Ngo		Australia	2006	Perth Glory	WF
Aymeric Faurand-Tournaire		France	2004	Laval	ST/WF
Roberto Cittadini		Italy	2005	Carrarese	CB
David Pham		Czech Republic	2005	Turnov	CM
Abdel Amine Tran	Trần Đức Vinh	France	2005	Montfermeil	MF
Rahni Moreau Nguyen		France	2007	Bordeaux	DM

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 Nguyen		United States	2000	Arizona State Sun Devils	CM
Katie Duong		United States	2001	Stanford Cardinal	CM
Chelsea Lê		United States	2001	Gonzaga University	CM
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
Kyah Lê		United States	2003	Gonzaga University	ST
Pernille Truong		Denmark	2004	Aalborg BK	CB
Eva Nguyen		Netherlands	2005	Feyenoord	WF
Thais Do		France	2006	Reims	MF
Mikayla Duong		Australia	2007	FNSW Institute	MF

Famous players

References

General

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