SLNA midfielder retires after 3 V.League championships

Recently, SLNA has been actively preparing for V.League 2020. Players such as Dinh Dong and Quang Tinh, considered veteran players of the team, have also returned to practice with the young players.

In the case of midfielder Hoang Van Binh, after ending his contract with SLNA, he officially retired, saying goodbye to his football career after a year and a half playing for his hometown team.

Midfielder Hoang Van Binh, born in 1989, used to play for Quynh Luu in the Youth Football Tournament, Nghe An Newspaper Cup. He was in the same generation as players like Trong Hoang, Au Hoan, Hong Viet, and Dinh Hiep, joining SLNA in 2003.

Midfielder Hoang Van Binh retires from SLNA. Photo: Trung Kien

In the past, Van Binh and his teammates made waves, winning consecutive championships in youth tournaments. Notably, they won the National U17 and National U19 championships in 2007.

In 2008, when he was only 19 years old, Van Binh's generation of players was promoted to SLNA's first team to participate in V.League and join the Vietnam U20 team, winning the Southeast Asian U20 Championship. During the period from 2009 to 2011, Van Binh played for Vietnam U23 and was promoted to the National Team in 2012.

Van Binh's career began to flourish from the 2011 V.League championship with SLNA. In 2014, Van Binh and teammates Trong Hoang and Au Van Hoan joined B. Binh Duong and together with the team won the V.League championship in 2014 and 2015.

At his peak, Van Binh was called up to the Vietnam National Team. Photo: SLNA FC

Coming to Thanh Hoa 1 year later, Van Binh became one of the most elegant midfielders in V.League and contributed greatly to the Thanh team's runner-up position in 2017.

In the 2018 season, when Thanh Hoa had some turmoil in the coaching bench, Van Binh was released by SLNA and called back to play for his hometown team for half a season. He played 10 matches and helped SLNA finish 4th.

In the 2019 season, despite being 30 years old, Van Binh still played with full energy in 19 matches. At the end of the season, Van Binh continued to be offered a contract extension by SLNA, but in the context that the team had not found a sponsor, Van Binh decided to retire.

Thus, of the talented players born in 1989 like Van Binh of SLNA, only Au Van Hoan and Nguyen Trong Hoang are still playing at the top level. Before that, players like Dinh Hiep, Hong Viet... all said goodbye to the field.

Midfielder Hoang Van Binh officially plays for SLNA in V.League 2019

(Baonghean.vn) - After successfully recruiting midfielder Nguyen Quang Tinh, the Nghe An team continues to have another quality contract, that is midfielder Hoang Van Binh.