U19 Vietnam has an assistant goalkeeper coach who used to play in the English Premier League

Vietnam U19 team has just got another effective goalkeeper coach. That is Jason Brown, a former goalkeeper who played in the English Premier League for Blackburn Rovers.

In late 2016 and early 2017, Vietnamese football witnessed a series of regrettable mistakes by goalkeepers at all levels of the national team, such as Nguyen Manh, Minh Long, or most recently, Y Eli Nie at the 2017 Southeast Asian U18 Championship.

Faced with the above situation, the Vietnam Football Federation and the PVF Youth Football Training Center have coordinated with each other to have a quality goalkeeper training expert, thereby enhancing the goalkeeper's skills, experience and competitive mentality.

"In terms of goalkeeper training, Vietnam has always taken it lightly. Through the cooperation with VFF, PVF Center helps us (U19 Vietnam) have a goalkeeper training expert.

He has a very good record, from playing to coaching. One of his impressive achievements is playing for Blackburn Rovers and coaching Arsenal's U23 team. Hopefully with the support of foreign experts, we will overcome our weaknesses," coach Hoang Anh Tuan excitedly shared with the media.

According to Bongdaplus, that goalkeeper expert is Jason Brown. On his Twitter, the 35-year-old former goalkeeper also shared a photo of the Vietnam national team coaching shirt with the status: "The first day working with the U19 Vietnam goalkeepers was great."

Jason Brown happily shared on twitter

Jason Brown was born in England but decided to play for Wales. In 2006, he joined Blackburn Rovers - a team playing in the Premier League at that time. However, under the huge shadow of Brad Friedel, this goalkeeper only played 9 matches, before wandering to a series of other teams.

After hanging up his gloves after the 2014/15 season, Brown returned to his former club Gillingham as a goalkeeper coach. But he soon joined Arsenal to coach the U18, U23 and women's teams. Notably, Jason Brown holds a UEFA A coaching licence along with goalkeeper coaching certificates issued by the Football Association.

According to Bongdaplus