Vietnamese-American player pursued by Barcelona, once revealed the possibility of playing for the Vietnam National Team
Overseas Vietnamese player Do Chung Nguyen has been called up to the Bulgaria U20 team after finishing the season with Slavia Sofia Club.
On June 11, Vietnamese-American player Do Chung Nguyen participated in the 0-0 draw between U20 Bulgaria and U21 Azerbaijan in Baku. In this match, Do Chung Nguyen wore the number 18 shirt and entered the field from the bench in the 58th minute.
Do Chung Nguyen previously finished the season with Slavia Sofia. The 19-year-old midfielder made 11 appearances in the 2023/24 season. The midfielder, born in 2005, helped Slavia Sofia finish 10th in the Bulgarian Premier League.
Previously in March this year, Do Chung Nguyen was named in the U21 Bulgaria squad for the European U21 qualifiers. The Vietnamese-American player was on the U21 Bulgaria squad's roster for the 1-0 win over U21 Poland. However, Do Chung Nguyen did not get to play.
Earlier this year, Do Chung Nguyen played in the European U19 Championship qualifiers for Bulgaria U19. Do Chung Nguyen played the full 90 minutes in three matches, in which Bulgaria U19 drew 0-0 with Scotland U19 and Serbia U19. In addition, Bulgaria U19 lost 1-2 to Andorra U19.
Slavia Sofia's club website highly rates Do Chung Nguyen for his tactical vision, ability to recover the ball and move forward, and also to launch creative passes towards the opponent's penalty area. Meanwhile, Bulgarian media rates Do Chung Nguyen as the club's most talented young player.
Although born in 2005, Do Chung Nguyen was allowed to play in the first team of Slavia Sofia by Coach José Mari Bakero. Mr. José Mari Bakero was very impressed with Do Chung Nguyen's talent after watching him play in the club's reserve team in the 3rd division.
According to Bulgarian press, Barcelona club had their eyes on Do Chung Nguyen last year. That was when Do Chung Nguyen was only playing for the youth team and had not yet been promoted to the first team of Slavia Sofia.
It is known that Do Chung Nguyen's brilliant performance in the Bulgaria U17 shirt in the U17 Euro 2022 qualifiers made the Catalan team pay attention to him.
In addition to FC Barcelona, many scouts at European clubs are also targeting Do Chung Nguyen. According to the scouts, Do Chung Nguyen's playing style is similar to N'Golo Kante, a former Chelsea player.
In an interview, Do Chung Nguyen said that he is trying to play for the Bulgarian National Team. However, Do Chung Nguyen confided that if he had the chance, he would also like to play for the Vietnam National Team.
