Coach Nguyen Duc Thang returns to his 'old home' Viettel The Cong Club: 'I'm ready'

Coach Nguyen Duc Thang will return to his "old home" The Cong Viettel

Coach Nguyen Duc Thang is no stranger to The Cong Viettel fans, as he was one of the most famous Vietnamese players coming from the famous The Cong academy.

The coach born in 1976 played for The Cong Club and the Vietnam national team from 1995 to 2005. After retiring, he participated in youth training for Viettel Club and Hanoi Club. After a long time away from the army, this former full-back has returned to his "old home".

Viettel The Cong Club is not in good form this season. Coach Thach Bao Khanh, after being transferred to the role of Technical Director on November 18, said goodbye to the club he had been with since he was a player on December 29.

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His replacement, former Technical Director Thomas Dooley, had an even worse record, losing two games in a row, conceding seven goals and scoring only one goal. More importantly, the former captain of the US team had not yet adapted well to football in Vietnam to properly assess the capabilities of each position.

What had to happen happened, when according to Thanh Nien Newspaper's source, Viettel The Cong Club decided to hand the team over to someone with a more profound and suitable perspective, Coach Nguyen Duc Thang.

Coach Nguyen Duc Thang's name is associated with the rise and rise of Hanoi B Club, winning the first division championship and ranking 7th in V-League 2016, 5th in V-League 2017. The style of playing in small groups with few touches and sharp counter-attacks helped many talents shine such as center-back Dinh Trong, midfielder Cao Van Trien, Do Van Thuan...

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After that, Coach Duc Thang had other adventures such as leading Thanh Hoa V-League Club 2018 and 4 years leading Binh Dinh Club, helping the team win the first division championship and return to V-League after 12 years playing in the lower division.

Under the guidance of coach Duc Thang, Binh Dinh Club became a difficult "dark horse", finishing third in the 2022 V-League and winning the silver medal of the 2022 National Cup. In the 2023 season, despite the absence of Ho Tan Tai, the martial arts team still ranked 7th and won the bronze medal of the National Cup.

On his Facebook, Coach Nguyen Duc Thang could not hide his happiness when returning to his old home: "The new journey will begin from today. The wheel of time keeps rolling and those rolls have brought me back to where I started."

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Speaking with Thanh Nien Newspaper, Coach Nguyen Duc Thang said he is ready to get to work as soon as The Cong Viettel Club regroups from January 8.

"Leading a team in the middle of the season will of course be much more difficult than having time to prepare from the beginning of the season. But personally, I think I will keep what is good, and what is not really good, or what is still stuck, I will work with my brothers to find a better way to fix it.

I think I will not rush but will make the most of the resources that are already very good at Viettel The Cong Club. After all, I have left for more than ten years. In addition, the team's domestic and foreign players are still very high quality," Coach Nguyen Duc Thang affirmed.

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