Phan Văn Tài Em

Phan Văn Tài Em (born April 23, 1982 in Châu Thành District, Long An) is a retired Vietnamese footballer who last played as a midfielder for Đong Tam Long An. He was a member of the Vietnam national football team. He was awarded as the Vietnamese Golden Ball in 2005.

Phan Văn Tài Em

Personal information
Full name	Phan Văn Tài Em
Date of birth	(1982-04-23) April 23, 1982
Place of birth	Châu Thành, Long An, Vietnam
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1998–2002	Long An
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2011	Gach Đong Tam Long An	217	(28)
2011–2012	Navibank Sai Gon	44	(5)
2012–2013	Sai Gon Xuan Thanh	27	(2)
2013–2017	Long An	88	(6)
Total		376	(40)
International career‡
2003–2008	Vietnam U23	50	(5)
2002–2011	Vietnam	55	(7)
Managerial career
2017	Long An (assistant)
2018	Sai Gon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 December 2015

Discovered by Henrique Calisto in 2002, he, since then, became a regular starter in the national team. He has played for the U-23 Vietnam in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games and 2007 Southeast Asian Games. In 2007, he was chosen to play for the national team in the 2007 Asian Cup.

In 2008, Em, along with Nguyễn Minh Phương, captained Vietnam to win the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup.

He spent most of his career in Gach Dong Ta Long An, but he had considered a move to Navibank Sai Gon[1]

After the retirement of Nguyễn Minh Phương, Phan Văn Tài Em was handed the captain band of the Vietnam national football team by the new coach Falko Goetz.

In September 2016 Phan Văn Tài Em announced that he was retiring from football.[2]