Unknown things about Ho Khac Ngoc, the new national team player
Trung Kien - March 20, 2018 11:36
(Baonghean.vn) - After more than 6 years of asserting himself in SLNA's V.League jersey, midfielder Ho Khac Ngoc recently had the honor of being included in the Vietnam national team's roster for the first time. However, not many people know about this player born in 1992.
Midfielder Ho Khac Ngoc is the "soul" of SLNA's playing style with skillful and technical moves. Photo: Goal
Top scorer, best player of the Youth and Children Tournament, Nghe An Newspaper Cup
Revealing his natural talent from the ward-level tournament, Khac Ngoc, when participating in the Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth-Number Tournament in Vinh City's shirt, left a strong impression on SLNA scouts.
In 2002, Ho Khac Ngoc was the best player of the tournament and also the top scorer (more than 20 goals).
Playing V.League for the first 4 years without scoring a goal
Khac Ngoc had a difficult period when he continuously failed to score any goals for SLNA. Photo: Canh Toan
V.League 2012 to 2015 was probably the most difficult period in Khac Ngoc's career when he had to compete for a starting position with players like Hoang Thinh, Quang Tinh... In those 4 years, Khac Ngoc only had 5 starting matches, 32 matches from the bench and did not score any goals. However, in V.League 2016, Khac Ngoc completely "transformed" and became a pillar of the Nghe An team.
No luck with the national team
In 2014, Khac Ngoc and a series of players were called up by coach Toshiya Miura to the Vietnam Olympic team to participate in the 17th ASIAD. However, this player was eliminated and since then, he has never had the honor of wearing the national team jersey. Except for the Vietnam U21 team selected at the International U21 Friendly Tournament.
Midfielder Ho Khac Ngoc. Photo: Quang Minh
Idol Cesc Fabregas
Khac Ngoc plays as a playmaker and he especially idolizes Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas who plays for Chelsea. Often launching long passes with extreme accuracy and skillful dribbling, young midfielder Ho Khac Ngoc is also considered his idol.
Receive the highest salary at SLNA
In 2017, SLNA extended Khac Ngoc's contract for another 2 years with a signing bonus of about 1.7 billion VND/year and the salary of this midfielder is also among the highest in the Nghe An team, over 25 million/month. Without big ambitions, that is enough for Khac Ngoc to be willing to stick with his hometown team for a long time.
Expert in creating masterpieces
Khac Ngoc's goal in the match against Tampines Rover in Singapore became the most beautiful goal of round 1, AFC Cup 2018. And in V.League, although he does not score often, most of Ho Khac Ngoc's goals were executed with high precision and class. With his brilliant performance at SLNA, Khac Ngoc was voted by Goal as the best player in Asia in February 2018.
Always at the top of the charts
In V.League 2017, Khac Ngoc played in 22 out of 26 matches of SLNA, equivalent to about 1,815 minutes. During this time, he found 3 goals and 7 assists. Instat software also counted Khac Ngoc as the best midfielder of the last season. In AFC Cup 2018, Khac Ngoc was also the soul of SLNA in the midfield with 1 successful assist, 1 attack organization and 1 goal./.
Yesterday, Coach Park Hang-seo officially announced the list of 23 players called up to the Vietnam National Team to prepare for the match against Jordan in the 6th match of Group C of the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers.
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