Hồ Văn Lợi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 April 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Huế, South Vietnam | ||
| Date of death | 12 November 2025 (aged 55) | ||
| Place of death | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1989 | Cảng Sài Gòn | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–2009 | Cảng Sài Gòn | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Cảng Sài Gòn (assistant)[1] | ||
| 2013 | Xuân Thành Sài Gòn (assistant)[2] | ||
| 2013–2017 | PVF Football Academy (youth coach)[3] | ||
| 2022–2023 | Lâm Đồng (assistant)[4] | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hồ Văn Lợi (5 April 1970 – 12 November 2025) was a Vietnamese football player and manager. He spent his entire playing career with Vietnamese side TPHCM where he also worked as coach after retiring from playing.[5][6][7]
Career
At the age of 17, Lợi joined the Ho Chi Minh City football academy and was eliminated right from the "parking lot" because he was quite short. However, he asked to join the club as a janitor and then got accepted.[8]
Lợi finally joined Ho Chi Minh City FC after being called up by coach Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang and made his debut in the 1991 season.[8] In the 2001–02 season, he was the top scorer with nine goals, became the first Vietnamese top goalscorer in the V.League.[9] On 11 May 2006, Lợi and Huỳnh Hồng Sơn were temporarily detained in Hanoi and it was decided to prosecute them for bribery in the 2000–01 season Sông Lam Nghệ An case.[9][10]
Retirement and death
At the end of 2009, Văn Lợi retired at the age of 39.[11] He died as a result of a serious illness on 12 November 2025, at the age of 55.[12]
References
- ^ "VFF và VPF thăm cựu tiền vệ Hồ Văn Lợi". Laodong.vn. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "VFF và VPF thăm cựu tiền vệ Hồ Văn Lợi". Laodong.vn. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Tạp chí Bóng Đá, Báo Bóng Đá, kết quả, lịch thi đấu, video bàn thắng, nhận định, tỷ lệ - Bongdaplus.vn". Bóng Đá Plus. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "2 cuu danh thu cang sai gon ve doi lam dong cung HLV hua hien vinh 1851432034Tin, ảnh clip video tin". Báo Thanh Niên. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Hồ Văn Lợi: "Nhiều lần tôi bị gạch tên"". nld.com.vn.
- ^ "Hồ Văn Lợi- Đời thế nào, "Tiếu già" vẫn cười". tinthethao.com.vn. 13 June 2013.
- ^ "Hồ Văn Lợi và những 'người không tuổi' trong lịch sử V.League". goal.com (Archived). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b "Hồ Văn Lợi và đời bóng đá như ác mộng". vnexpress.net.
- ^ a b "Hồ Văn Lợi: Biểu tượng thất truyền". thethaovanhoa.vn. 23 August 2019.
- ^ VnExpress. "Bắt giam Hồ Văn Lợi và Huỳnh Hồng Sơn". vnexpress.net (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Lão tướng Hồ Văn Lợi treo giày". Znews.vn (in Vietnamese). 26 August 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Cựu vua phá lưới V-League mất ở tuổi 55". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). 12 November 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.