Phan Van Duc entered the Top 3 of the Vietnam Golden Ball 2018

According to research, Phan Van Duc is one of three players who received an invitation to attend the 2018 Golden Ball Award Gala for men, along with Nguyen Quang Hai of Hanoi Club and Nguyen Anh Duc of B. Binh Duong. Thus, if compared with his two colleagues, the player currently playing for SLNA Club will certainly receive the Bronze Ball award.

Van Duc also had a successful season. Photo: Hai Thinh

Midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai and Hanoi FC won the V.League championship last year with 5 rounds early. Quang Hai personally won the double title of “Best Young Player of V.League 2018” and was included in the typical squad of the season.

At the national team level, Quang Hai had a brilliant year when he scored many important goals to help U23 Vietnam become the runner-up of U23 Asia, Olympic Vietnam entered the top 4 strongest teams at Asiad 2018 and together with the Vietnam team won the AFF Cup 2018 with an undefeated record, Quang Hai personally received the title of best player of the tournament. With such great achievements, the 2018 Vietnam Golden Ball is hard to escape from this player's hands.

Quang Hai is likely to win the Golden Ball award. Photo: Trung Kien

In 2018, Nguyen Anh Duc also won a title with B. Binh Duong Club when the team won the 2018 National Cup. At the national team level, Anh Duc, as one of three players over 23 years old, made important contributions to the Vietnam Olympic team, reaching the fourth place at the Asiad.

In the Vietnamese national team jersey participating in the AFF Cup 2018, at the age of 33, Anh Duc, with his experience and class, scored decisive goals to help the Vietnamese national team reach the top of Southeast Asia after 10 years of waiting.

Anh Duc had a brilliant year in the national team jersey. Photo: Lam Thoa

Although Phan Van Duc's SLNA club did not win a title in the first team last season, Duc personally had a season of remarkable progress. With 3 fronts to participate in, Phan Van Duc and his team had resounding victories against other clubs in Southeast Asia and were only behind Persija Jakarta, a very strong opponent from Indonesia, before leaving the tournament.

SLNA also advanced to the semi-finals of the National Cup before being defeated by Thanh Hoa, turning the Nghe An team into the former champion. In the V.League, after a series of bad matches at the beginning of the season and drifting to the red light positions, with the warning of the coaching board, the encouragement of the provincial leaders and fans, Phan Van Duc and his teammates had a series of 8 consecutive wins to climb to 3rd place before ending the season in 4th place. Phan Van Duc received the title of best player of SLNA Club.

At the national team level, Phan Van Duc has made great strides in his career, continuously making important contributions to the achievements of the U23, Olympic and Vietnamese teams, becoming one of the strategic cards that coach Park Hang-seo likes to use.

Players Dinh Trong and Cong Phuong, despite having very good performances for their clubs and the national team, could not make it into the final list.

The Vietnam Golden Ball Award Gala will take place at 7:30 p.m. today, December 22, at VOH Theater (Ho Chi Minh City)./.

Phan Van Duc's mother hopes her son will repay SLNA's kindness and not rush into love.

(Baonghean.vn) - The mother of the Nghe An player said that Phan Van Duc and Nguyen Thi Ngoc Nu are just friends who live nearby and often play together. The SLNA player has not yet "reported" his future to his mother.