Filip Nguyen qualifies for Asian Cup 2024

Filip Nguyen played in the match between Hanoi Police and Nam Dinh in a 2-2 draw at Thien Truong Stadium in round 5 of V-League on December 9.

According to a VFF leader today, the AFC has confirmed Filip Nguyen's right to play for the Vietnam national team. A day earlier, the 31-year-old goalkeeper was included in the preliminary 50-man registration list for Vietnam. However, he is the only case that needs to be evaluated, because he was called up to the Czech national team before obtaining Vietnamese citizenship on December 6.

"I am very happy to hear this news. I have waited nine years for my son to have Vietnamese citizenship and play for the Vietnamese national team," Mr. Nguyen Minh, Filip Nguyen's father, told VnExpress . "I really look forward to the day Filip can go on the field and sing the Vietnamese national anthem. Hopefully, after Filip, there will be many more players with Vietnamese blood in the world returning to wear the national team's jersey."

Filip Nguyen was born on September 14, 1992 to a Czech mother and a Vietnamese father. He started his career at the academy and played for Sparta Prague's first team, before moving to Bydzov, Vlasim, Slova Liberec and Slovacko. Filip Nguyen was voted the best goalkeeper of the Czech Republic's national championship in the 2018-2019 season by the Czech Professional Football League Association.

Filip Nguyen had expressed his desire to play for the Vietnamese national team many times when he was playing for Czech clubs. However, at that time, he had problems with paperwork because he could not guarantee the time he lived in Vietnam. During this period, Filip Nguyen was called up to the Czech Republic national team, but did not play any matches.

After joining the Hanoi Police Club to play in the 2023 V-League, Filip Nguyen met the final conditions and completed the naturalization procedure on the evening of December 6. His wife and son already had Vietnamese nationality.

Filip Nguyen has good physique and technique, highly appreciated by Coach Filippe Troussier. He promises to be a formidable competitor to Dang Van Lam for the number one position in the Vietnamese team's goal at the 2023 Asian Cup.

The 2023 Asian Cup has been postponed to 2024 due to the impact of Covid-19. The tournament will take place from January 12 to February 12 in Qatar. Vietnam is in Group D, facing Japan (January 14), Indonesia (January 19) and Iraq (January 24). Coach Troussier and his team will go to Qatar from January 5 to get used to the weather and the field, before playing a friendly match with Kyrgyzstan scheduled for January 9.

According to vnexpress.net

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