Vietnam U23 players receive sad news before Lunar New Year

Goalkeeper Dang Ngoc Tuan received sad news before the new year when his grandfather just passed away due to old age and poor health. The SHB Da Nang player will return to his hometown An Giang to mourn today.

The home team of Hoa Xuan Stadium will also be on Tet holiday from now until the end of January 3. Before entering this short holiday, SHB Da Nang had 3 friendly matches, losing 1-2 and drawing 0-0 with Than Quang Ninh, and winning 1-0 against Hue Football Club.

Goalkeeper Dang Ngoc Tuan (right) will return home today.

Goalkeeper Ngoc Tuan has an impressive height of 1m81, and was once a mainstay of Hung Vuong An Giang Club. However, Ngoc Tuan's career was not very smooth when An Giang was relegated and dissolved in the 2015 season.

But at the National U21 Finals that year, he played extremely well in the An Giang U21 team and won the title of best goalkeeper. After that success, the goalkeeper born in 1995 was brought up by coach Miura to the Vietnam U23 team to prepare for the 2016 Asian U23 qualifiers.

At the same time, he caught the eye of coach Le Huynh Duc and was brought under his command to play for SHB Da Nang. However, at the Han River team, Ngoc Tuan only played the role of third goalkeeper for Thanh Binh and Van Hung.

After 2 years on the bench, Ngoc Tuan was recently unexpectedly called up by coach Park Hang Seo to join the Vietnam U23 team to prepare for the M-150 Cup in Thailand and the 2018 U23 Asia finals in China.

Although he did not play any matches, it is clear that the achievements of U23 Vietnam at the U23 Asian Cup will create more confidence and determination for Ngoc Tuan to move towards new plans in his career.