Revealing the identity of SLNA's 3rd foreign player in V.League 2021

Recently, despite many difficulties in selecting foreign players, SLNA still ensured to soon complete contracts with two strikers, Peter Samuel and Bruno Henrique. In which, strikerBruno HenriqueLast season played for HL Ha Tinh Club.

In the preliminary list sent to the V.League Organizing Committee, SLNA Club registered 25 domestic players and 3 foreign players. According to the investigation of Nghe An Newspaper reporter, SLNA's third foreign player is Igor Jelic, playing in the center-back position.

Center back Igor Jelic in Da Nang shirt. Photo: VPF

The Serbian player, born in 1989, is 1m93 tall and played 18 matches for SHB Da Nang last season. He scored 2 goals for the Han River team despite playing in defense.

In his personal profile, Igor Jelic played for many years in the Serbian National Championship, winning the championship in the Yzbekistan National Championship for two consecutive years in 2018 and 2019. It is known that this player can also play in the position of defensive midfielder.

Midfielder Tran Manh Quynh. Photo: Duc Anh

Regarding domestic players, among the 4 young players who were sent for trial this time, there are 2 players who have been preliminarily registered.Tran Manh Quynhand Nguyen Xuan Binh were both born in 2001. Both are U19 Vietnam players who just won the 2020 National U21 runner-up position, playing in the positions of attacking midfielder and defensive midfielder.

Talking about the preparation for the new season, Coach Ngo Quang Truong shared: “SLNA is still actively training to prepare for the 2021 season. Regarding the force situation, we only have 2 foreign players and are still missing 1 central defender due to objective factors, the epidemic has prevented the players from coming to Vietnam for a trial.

Midfielder Nguyen Xuan Binh. Photo: Duc Anh

Recruiting new foreign players this year is very difficult, the only way left is to transfer between teams. We will promote some young players to replace those who have left. Of course, in terms of expertise and experience, young players are still weaker than their seniors. As a coach, I have to put my trust in them so that they can mature through each match."

Close-up of Song Lam Nghe An's rookie squad for the 2021 season

(Baonghean.vn) - The training session of coach Ngo Quang Truong and his team to prepare for V.League 2021 in the last days of the year lacked 6 players from the national team as well as U22 Vietnam, but there were a series of young players from the U19 and U21 SLNA teams to try their hand.