Trần Đình Trọng (born 25 April 1997) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội and the Vietnam national team.[2]

Club career

A youth product of the Hà Nội Academy, Đình Trọng began his career at Công An Nhân Dân in the V.League 2, before being transferred to Sài Gòn, a satellite club of Hà Nội.[3] After winning the 2015 V.League 2 with Sài Gòn, Đình Trọng returned back to Hà Nội in the V.League 1. There, he was part of the Hà Nội squad that won back-to-back V.League 1 titles in 2018 and 2019.[4][5]

Following these accomplishments, Đình Trọng regularly sat out the football field for a long period due to injuries, resulting on his departure from Hà Nội in 2022, signing for Quy Nhơn Bình Định.[6] In the 2023–24, he finished as V.League 1 runners-up with in Quy Nhơn Bình Đinh as an important starter player.[7]

On 27 July 2024, Đình Trọng joined Công An Hà Nội.[8]

International career

Considered as one of the most promising Vietnamese defenders after the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Đình Trọng accomplised several sucesses at his early career. He played a crucial role on Vietnam U23's runner-up campaign at the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship, and later achieved the 2018 AFF Championship title with Vietnam seniors.[4][5]

Honours

Sài Gòn

Hà Nội

Quy Nhơn Bình Định

Vietnam U23/Olympic

Vietnam

Individual

References


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