Vietnam national team calls up 3 new players to play friendly match with Nam Dinh and Hanoi Police Club

tuyển việt nam - Ảnh 1. — Rookie Dinh Quang Kiet is the youngest player on the Vietnamese team - Photo: FBNV

On the afternoon of August 25, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced the list of the Vietnamese national team for the September 2025 training session. Because the team will not compete internationally during this time, coach Kim Sang Sik did not call up all the key players, but instead, he gave many players the opportunity to try out.

First is the group of rookies including Tran Hoang Phuc, Dinh Quang Kiet, Pham Gia Hung.

Hoang Phuc was born in 2001, is a defender who grew up at PVF, was a student of Philippe Troussier in U19 Vietnam in 2020, and currently plays for Ho Chi Minh City Police Club.

Quang Kiet was born in 2007, has been the official central defender of Hoang Anh Gia Lai's first team since last season, and has an impressive height (1m96).

Gia Hung was born in 2000, is a striker for Ninh Binh Club, and has played for Hanoi Police and PVF-CAND.

All three are in very good form in V-League so coach Kim does not want to miss this opportunity to experiment.

In addition, the Korean strategist also called up a number of players who had previously participated in the U23 and Vietnam national teams, including goalkeeper Quan Van Chuan, midfielder Trieu Viet Hung, Ly Cong Hoang Anh and defender Phan Tuan Tai.

In addition, the team also recorded the return from injury of midfielder Doan Ngoc Tan ( Thanh Hoa Club) after he recovered from his injury. Defender Cao Pendant Quang Vinh was still called up despite rumors of absence due to injury.

The Vietnamese team will gather in Hanoi from August 29 and play two friendly matches with Hanoi Police Club and Nam Dinh Blue Steel on September 4 and September 7 respectively. The main purpose of these two matches is to review, test and evaluate the force in preparation for the next matches in the third qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup, which will take place next October.

Because coach Kim Sang Sik was busy leading the Vietnam U23 team to compete in the 2026 U23 Asian qualifiers at the same time, the coaching of the Vietnam team was assigned to acting head coach Dinh Hong Vinh.