Coach Troussier called up the Nghe An-born player who is currently playing for the Czech Republic U18 team to join the Vietnam U23 team.

According to the original plan, the Vietnam U23 team will participate in the Panda Cup 2023 international friendly tournament organized by the Chengdu Football Association (China). However, due to the maintenance schedule of the stadiums, this tournament was later postponed to another time. However, the Vietnam U23 team still has not changed the training plan, because the main purpose of the team is still to prepare for important tasks in the coming time.

Nguyen An Khanh is the most notable face in U23 Vietnam. Photo: NVCC

The name that has attracted the most attention in the training list of U23 Vietnam this time is Nguyen An Khanh (Andrej Nguyen). This 18-year-old Vietnamese-American player (originally from Do Luong, Nghe An) is playing for U19 Sigma Olomouc club of the Czech Republic and was personally recommended by coach Philippe Troussier.

Nguyen An Khanh's preferred playing position is central midfielder, with an attacking flair, and can also play well as a striker or left winger.

With his versatile playing style, An Khanh is a regular starter for U19 Sigma Olomouc and has featured many times for the club's B team playing in the Czech Republic First Division. Up to this point in the season, An Khanh has scored 7 goals and provided 20 assists for his teammates.

Coach Philippe Troussier himself proposed to call up the player from Nghe An. Photo: Hai Hoang.

With his performance, An Khanh was called up to the Czech Republic U18 team last March to prepare for a series of friendly matches with Sweden U18, Denmark U18 and Norway U18. In these 3 matches, the Vietnamese-origin player started 1 match, came on as a substitute in the remaining 2 matches, and helped the Czech Republic U18 team win 1 (2-1 Sweden U18), draw 1 (2-2 Norway U18) and lose 1 (2-3 Denmark U18).

Andrej Nguyen was born in 2005 in Trinec (Czech Republic), in a family with a father from Do Luong (Nghe An) and a mother from Hanoi. An Khanh currently has both Vietnamese and Czech Republic citizenship. He is valued at 50,000 euros by Transfermarkt.

Goalkeeper Nguyen Van Viet was called up to the Vietnam U23 team for the first time. Photo: Hai Hoang

Regarding the list of U23 Vietnam, in this June training session, besides the main players in the squad that participated in the recent SEA Games 32 (except for Le Van Do and Nguyen Thanh Nhan who were absent due to injury), coach Philippe Troussier also tried many new faces. Among them, we can mention the presence of goalkeeper Nguyen Van Viet, defender Nguyen Duc Anh, midfielder Hoang Van Toan, and striker Vo Nguyen Hoang.

Goalkeeper Nguyen Van Viet has just had an impressive performance for Song Lam Nghe An Club when he had the opportunity to start in the last 3 rounds of V.League.

Ho Van Cuong and many players participating in SEA Games 32 are all on the list. Photo: Hai Hoang

In addition, two other names of the Song Lam Nghe An team, defender Ho Van Cuong and goalkeeper Cao Van Binh, were also summoned by the French strategist this time.

According to the plan, the U23 Vietnam team will start training from June 5 in Hanoi. During this training period, the team will have 2 friendly matches that are highly appreciated by the coaching staff for their quality. That is the match against Hanoi Police Club on June 14 at PVF Center and the match against Hai Phong Club on June 17 at Lach Tray Stadium./.