Quế Ngọc Hải

Quế Ngọc Hải (born 15 May 1993) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for V.League 1 club Becamex Binh Duong and is the vice-captain of Vietnam national team. He is considered one of the best defenders in V.League 1 history.

Quế Ngọc Hải
Ngọc Hải playing for Vietnam at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Quế Ngọc Hải
Date of birth (1993-05-15) 15 May 1993
Place of birth Diễn Châu, Nghệ An, Vietnam
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Becamex Binh Duong
Number 3
Youth career
2004–2012 Sông Lam Nghệ An
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2019 Sông Lam Nghệ An 125 (12)
2019–2022 Viettel 49 (1)
2022–2023 Sông Lam Nghệ An 38 (2)
2023– Becamex Binh Duong 0 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Vietnam U19 7 (2)
2014–2015 Vietnam U23 12 (2)
2014– Vietnam 75 (6)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Vietnam
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third placeSingapore 2015Team
AFF Championship
WinnerASEAN 2018Team
Runner-upASEAN 2022Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2023

Ngọc Hải represented Vietnam at under-19 and under-23 level before making his full international debut in September 2014.

Club career

Trần Anh Khoa incident

In a match on 13 September 2015, between Sông Lam Nghệ An and SHB Đà Nẵng a player from the latter team, Trần Anh Khoa, was dribbling into the box at the 21st minute when Ngọc Hải committed a dangerous and reckless tackle to stop the winger. Ngọc Hải was only shown a yellow card by the referee but Anh Khoa had to be substituted and suffered serious injury to his knee ligaments and leg bone because of the tackle.[2] Ngọc Hải was later suspended for 6 months for all football-related activities, and was ordered to pay the roughly 800 million đồng for Anh Khoa's medical expenses. Anh Khoa is expected to remain injured for 12 to 18 months and had to travel to Singapore for surgery. Doctors said that there was only a 50% chance of Anh Khoa recovering enough to play professional football again.[3]

Finally, this incident ends Anh Khoa's football career, his leg never recovers well enough to play football again.

International career
As of 20 June 2023
Vietnam
YearAppsGoals
201471
201530
2016120
201730
2018100
2019122
2021141
202261
202371
Total746

U-23

Vietnam
Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first.[4]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 November 2014Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam Indonesia
1–0
2–2
2014 AFF Championship
2.16 January 2019Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Yemen2–02–02019 AFC Asian Cup
3.15 October 2019Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Indonesia Indonesia2–03–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.11 June 2021Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Malaysia2–12–1
5.27 December 2022Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam Malaysia2–03–02022 AFF Championship
6.15 June 2023Lạch Tray Stadium, Hải Phòng, Vietnam Hong Kong1–01–0Friendly

Personal life

Ngọc Hải was born in Diễn Châu District. At an early age, due to financial difficulties, he moved to Vinh, where his parents made a living as fruit sellers. Ngọc Hải and his older brother Ngọc Mạnh are very close and attended the Sông Lam Nghệ An football academy together. Ngọc Mạnh suffered a serious knee injury however, and with little money the family had to rely on Ngọc Hải to work hard and become professional, both to provide for his family and pay for his brothers surgery.[5]

After scoring the opening goal against Indonesia in the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup Ngọc Hải lifted his shirt to reveal a picture of Nguyễn Hữu Thắng to thank his former coach for the opportunities he gave him.[5]

Honours

Club

Sông Lam Nghệ An

Viettel

International

Vietnam

Individual

References
  1. "Quế Ngọc Hải".
  2. "Cầu thủ Đà Nẵng ngồi xe lăn sau trận đấu SLNA (Da Nang player in wheelchair after the match with SLNA)" (in Vietnamese). VN Express. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. "Anh Khoa nghỉ một năm, chỉ có 50% cơ hội trở lại sân cỏ (Anh Khoa out for a year, only 50% chance to return to the pitch)" (in Vietnamese). VN Express. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. "Quế Ngọc Hải". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. Trung Yên (1 December 2014). "Hậu vệ Quế Ngọc Hải: Cố đá bóng để cứu giấc mơ của anh trai (Defender Que Ngoc Hai: Try to kick the ball for his brother's dream)". Bong Da Plus (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  6. "Vietnam national captain makes AFF Cup all-time XI". VnExpress. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. "AFF AWARDS: Quang Hai, Pitsamai claim top honours". ASEAN Football Federation. 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.


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