Tran Phi Son and new hopes in the Vietnam team

Although he has been away from Vinh Stadium for many years, Phi Son is still a player who has won the hearts of Nghe An fans because of his enthusiastic and responsible playing style. So when he heard that Coach Park had called him up to join the national team, thousands of congratulations were sent to this 29-year-old man.

Bright star of Vinh stadium

The midfielder's fate is quite bumpy.Tran Phi Son, who was once known as “Messi of Nghe An”. The 1.68m tall boy born in 1992 had the most successful “shorts and shirt” period in his career in 2016 and 2017, when he was wearing the SLNA shirt. He was an important factor in helping SLNA win the National Cup in 2017, then quietly disappeared on the day the Nghe An team was crowned.

Fans of Nghe An at that time highly appreciated Tran Phi Son's role as a "team-carrier" and thought that leaving SLNA would create an opportunity for this Huong Son native to further develop his career. Simply put, at SLNA, the players did not have much motivation to compete, mainly playing to avoid relegation, and the club did not have a high-class coach to promote Tran Phi Son's technical strengths. Ho Chi Minh City Club President Le Cong Vinh at that time thought that this was a quality contract for the ambition of this team.

Hong Linh Ha Tinh player was unexpectedly called up to the national team. Photo: FBNV

In fact, when he came to Thong Nhat Stadium, Tran Phi Son also had a successful season. In V.League 2018, Tran Phi Son played 21 matches, scored 6 goals and was planned to build a new symbol of the club. But in the environment of Ho Chi Minh City Club - where there are many players from all over the country, the playing style lacked harmony, partly due to injuries in two seasons, so the image of the left-handed, right-handed player on Vinh Stadium gradually disappeared.

The fact that the Thong Nhat Stadium team changed the club's president and head coach also caused the HCMC team to constantly change their playing style. In May 2018, senior Nguyen Huu Thang, who was the club's president, still trusted the player whose professional quality he knew very well. But with the HCMC team's somewhat physical style of play, Phi Son became lost and could not contribute much.

Turnaround and opportunity

Last season, following the call of his homeland, Tran Phi Son returned to play for Hong Linh Ha Tinh. With the team just competing in the second season of V.League, having experienced players like Phi Son is something that coach Minh Duc is very happy about. However, the team's performance was not as expected and coach Minh Duc had to leave, but Phi Son is still an important player for coach Thanh Cong, who is a senior from the same training ground.SLNA.

Phi Son still has many sweet memories of Vinh Stadium. Photo: FBNV

For the past 6 years, Phi Son has been absent from the national team. The Korean coach likes to play defensive counter-attacks and prefers to use wingers who play with few touches. Many times the team was short of players but this player's somewhat cumbersome playing style was not approved by coach Park. When winger Van Toan was infected with Covid-19, coach Park wanted to use the central midfielder duo Hung Dung and Quang Hai, which opened up opportunities for both Ngan Van Dai and Tran Phi Son.

The team is in need of new faces and the opportunity has come to the player currently playing for Hong Linh Ha Tinh. But first, Phi Son needs to try harder to get through the "gate" ofCoach Park Hang-seois on the shortlist of 23 players before considering a more distant future of officially wearing the national team jersey./.