Quang Thinh needs to shine at the 2024 AFC U23 Championship finals, as a springboard for a strong comeback in the domestic tournament.
Among the young central defenders of Vietnamese football, Quang Thinh is among the most experienced. He is the leader, the one who played almost every match in the 2022 Southeast Asian U.23 Championship, the tournament in which the Vietnam U.23 team won the emotional championship, under the guidance of coach Dinh The Nam.
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Quang Thinh (number 3) and his teammates won the U.23 Southeast Asian Championship.
At SEA Games 32, when coach Philippe Troussier took charge, Quang Thinh was also the top choice. The player from the Hanoi Police Club started 5 out of 6 matches (rested in the third place match against the Myanmar U.22 team).
In the 2022 season, Quang Thinh is an indispensable factor in the People's Police Club squad. After this team won the first division championship, won the right to be promoted and changed its name to Hanoi Police Club, he was among the group retained.
But in the highest level of Vietnam, Quang Thinh has no place. He cannot compete with seniors like Huynh Tan Sinh, Bui Tien Dung and now Bui Hoang Viet Anh. Quang Thinh is not even given priority compared to Giap Tuan Duong, a center back one year younger than him.
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Quang Thinh must prove himself
According to Soccerway , the playing minutes of these two players are 6 minutes and 1,246 minutes respectively. A terrible difference. The bitter thing is that Quang Thinh is a pillar of U.22 Vietnam at SEA Games 32. Meanwhile, Tuan Duong is one of the last 3 players to be removed from the list of players attending the regional conference by Coach Troussier.
Obviously, Quang Thinh is not in the plan of Hanoi Police Club. Therefore, he transferred to HAGL on loan. But up to now, he still has not received the trust of coach Vu Tien Thanh.
At this time, when the V-League is temporarily suspended to make way for the schedule of the Vietnam U.23 team, Quang Thinh needs to seize the opportunity. If he can shine in the Asian youth playground, he will be given more confidence to compete more strongly at the club. Two years ago, Quang Thinh did not have a place in the 2022 U.23 Asia because he could not compete with seniors with superior class such as Nguyen Thanh Binh and Bui Hoang Viet Anh.
Now, the opportunity has opened up for the boy born in 2001. However, he still has to try his best because coach Hoang Anh Tuan has many other quality central defenders such as Luong Duy Cuong, Nguyen Ngoc Thang, Nguyen Thanh Khai, Nguyen Manh Hung... Quang Thinh is still young, his career is still long. But at the current "drifting" time, if he does not know how to hold on to the lifebuoy called U.23 Vietnam, he will drift very far away.
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