Nghe An goalkeeper leads Southeast Asia in clean sheets

The famous ASEAN Football page of Southeast Asian football has released statistics on the top 10 goalkeepers who kept the most clean sheets in domestic tournaments in the 2020 season. V.League has 4 goalkeepers honored, including 2 goalkeepers from Nghe An.

Accordingly, the 4 Vietnamese goalkeepers in the top 10 are Tran Nguyen Manh (Viettel), Pham Van Phong (Saigon), Bui Tan Truong (Hanoi) and Nguyen Van Hoang (SLNA). Notably, Nguyen Manh also excellently leads the list with 10 matches without having to pick the ball out of the net, out of a total of 20 matches playing for Viettel.

Top 10 goalkeepers with the most clean sheets in the 2020 season. Photo: Facebook

The Nghe An native's achievements are on par with BG Pathung United goalkeeper Chatchai Budprom in the Thai League. Viettel's first V.League championship in history is largely due to the defense, especially Nguyen Manh.

In phase 2 of V.League 2020,Nguyen Manhand his teammates won 6/7 matches, including 5 wins with a score of 1-0. He made many saves for Viettel and commanded the defense very well. In V.League 2019, Nguyen Manh also had 9 clean sheets in SLNA's shirt.

Another goalkeeper from Nghe An isVan Hoangalso had a memorable season with SLNA. Although the Nghe An team did not play very convincingly and only achieved the goal of staying in the V.League 2020, Van Hoang still played very well and kept 7 clean sheets. In the early stages of SLNA's sublime season, Van Hoang was the factor that made a strong impression.

Goalkeeper Nguyen Manh and the 2020 V.League championship trophy. Photo: FBNV

Recently, in the first and last training session of 2020 of the Vietnam National Team, Van Hoang was also called by Coach Park Hang-seo. Nguyen Manh's case is somewhat regrettable, as he was "ignored" by the Korean strategist. However, Nguyen Manh still has a chance to prove his ability and score more points in the eyes of Coach Park.

In this list, besides Nguyen Manh and Van Hoang, Vietnam has 2 more names. Goalkeeper Pham Van Phong (Sai ​​Gon FC) and Bui Tan Truong (Hanoi FC) are ranked 3rd with 8 clean sheets. V.League is also the tournament that contributes the most number in Southeast Asia.