Lê Quốc Nhật Nam

Lê Quốc Nhật Nam
Nhật Nam in 2024
Personal information
Full name Lê Quốc Nhật Nam
Date of birth (2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Kỳ Anh, Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Thể Công-Viettel
Number 16
Youth career
2012–2021 Viettel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Thể Công-Viettel 13 (2)
2021–2023Huế (loan) 39 (5)
2023–2024PVF-CAND (loan) 19 (0)
International career
2018–2019 Vietnam U17 5 (0)
2023–2024 Vietnam U23 8 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Vietnam
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place Phnom Penh 2023 Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 March 2024

Lê Quốc Nhật Nam (born 23 March 2001) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 1 club Thể Công-Viettel.[2]

Club career

Nhật Nam was discovered by coach Hồ Sỹ Phúc after his great performances at a youth football tournament in Hà Tĩnh. In 2012, he was admitted to Viettel youth academy after the enrollment period that year. In 2018, he won the Vietnamese National U-17 Football Championship with Viettel U17 as the team's vice captain.[3] In 2020, Nhật Nam played a crucial role on Viettel U21's successful campaign in Vietnamese National U-21 Football Championship, leading the team winning the competition.[4]

In 2021, Nhật Nam joined V.League 2 side Huế on a long-term loan deal.[5] He spent two seasons at the club, before being loaned to PVF-CAND, another team playing at the V.League 2.[6]

International career

Nhật Nam was named by coach Philippe Troussier on Vietnam under-22 squad for the 2023 Southeast Asian Games.[7] He scored a goal during the tournament against Thailand in the group stage from a long range shot.[8]

Honours

Viettel Youth

Vietnam U23

References