Defender Tran Dinh Dong has said goodbye to Thanh Hoa.

Like Vu Minh Tuan, Nguyen Trong Hoang… the former SLNA player is one of the faces that Thanh Hoa allowed to find a new destination, due to the withdrawal of FLC Group. Faced with such a situation, the defender from Anh Son decided to cancel the 1-year contract he had just signed with the V.League 2018 runner-up not long ago, to freely contact other teams.

Tran Dinh Dong is a product of SLNA training center, and was a mainstay of the Nghe An team for many seasons (2009 - 2015). The most impressive achievements of the player born in 1987 in SLNA's shirt are the 2010 National Cup championship, the 2011 V.League championship and the 2011 Vietnam Super Cup championship... Tran Dinh Dong also played for U23 Vietnam at SEA Games 25 (2009) and the Vietnam National Team at AFF Cup 2016.

Tran Dinh Dong's hook kick in SLNA shirt. Photo: Archive

At the end of the 2015 season, the 31-year-old defender moved to FLC Thanh Hoa. In the past 3 seasons at the Thanh team (2016 - 2018), Tran Dinh Dong has always been the first choice in the right-back position under coaches Le Thuy Hai, Petrovic, Mihail and Nguyen Duc Thang. FLC Thanh Hoa's achievement of winning the V.League runner-up position twice in a row (2017 and 2018) is largely due to the former SLNA player.

With proven talent and extensive experience, Tran Dinh Dong is currently receiving quite attractive offers from many teams in the V.League as well as the National First Division. Hopefully, the defender from Anh Son will quickly find a new destination./.