In the last 3 U.23 Asian tournaments, in 2018, 2020 and 2022, the U.23 Vietnam team introduced promising faces, who then suddenly became stars of domestic football.
The most brilliant was certainly the 2018 AFC U23 Championship. That was the year the Vietnam U23 team created the miracle of "White Snow Changzhou". Many Vietnamese football stars became known after this tournament.
The most notable among those who shone in China that year were Nguyen Quang Hai, Phan Van Duc, Ha Duc Chinh, Tran Dinh Trong, Doan Van Hau, goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung...
Except for goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung and striker Ha Duc Chinh, the remaining players among the names mentioned above all contributed greatly to helping the Vietnamese team win the AFF Cup 2018, which took place many months after the U.23 Asian Cup 6 years ago. Nguyen Quang Hai and Doan Van Hau are still the top stars of Vietnamese football to this day.
Quang Hai shines at the 2018 U.23 Asian Cup
Also in the U.23 Vietnam team that reached the final of the 2018 U.23 Asian Cup in Changzhou (China), there was a group of players including Cong Phuong, Xuan Truong, Vu Van Thanh, Nguyen Van Toan, and central defender Bui Tien Dung. However, these players were already known from the 2013 U.19 Southeast Asian Cup, so the 2018 U.23 Asian Cup was only a place for them to affirm their value, not a place to discover their talents.
In 2020, also at the U.23 Asian Cup in Thailand, the team of coach Park Hang-seo (Korean) did not play well and was eliminated after the group stage. However, this was the tournament that helped Nguyen Tien Linh affirm his position as the number one striker of Vietnamese football, inheriting the position of senior striker Nguyen Anh Duc.
Tien Linh was also the only scorer for the Vietnam U.23 team at the 2020 tournament, against the DPRK U.23 team. Some other talents emerging from the 2020 AFC U.23 tournament include Nguyen Hoang Duc, Ho Tan Tai, Nguyen Thanh Chung, and Nguyen Duc Chien.
Tien Linh, Hoang Duc, Tan Tai, Thanh Chung are all national players today, and are also among the best in their positions in domestic football.
At the 2022 AFC U-23 Championship, the Vietnam U-23 team was transferred from coach Park Hang-seo to fellow countryman Gong Oh-kyun. Phan Tuan Tai, Bui Hoang Viet Anh, Nguyen Thanh Binh, Nguyen Van Tung, and Nham Manh Dung were the pillars of the Vietnam U-23 team two years ago.
Among these people, Bui Hoang Viet Anh and Nguyen Thanh Binh have grown up and become stars of domestic football, pillars of the national team.
It can be said that the U.23 Asian Cup through the years has been a place for Vietnamese football talents of many generations to shine, affirm their position, and then mature.
Khuat Van Khang is expected to shine in this year's tournament.
In the upcoming 2024 U.23 Asian Cup, it is the turn of Khuat Van Khang, Vo Nguyen Hoang, Nguyen Dinh Bac, Nguyen Van Truong, Bui Vi Hao... to be expected to follow in the footsteps of their seniors, from the playground for young players to the big stage, becoming real talents of Vietnamese football.
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