Đinh Thế Nam

Đinh Thế Nam
Personal information
Full name Đinh Thế Nam
Date of birth (1965-04-30) April 30, 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Haiphong, North Vietnam
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Air Force
Thể Công
Haiphong Police
International career
1985–1995 Vietnam
Managerial career
2004–2005 Mitsustar Haiphong
2009 Vicem Cement Haiphong (caretaker)
2009–2010 Vicem Cement Haiphong (assistant)
2010–2011 Hà Nội T&T Youth
2012–2015 Viettel Youth
2015–2016 Vietnam U16
2016–2022 PVF Football Academy
2022 Vietnam U23 (caretaker)
2022 Vietnam U19
2023– Hà Nội Youth (academy director)
2023–2024 Hà Nội (caretaker)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Vietnam
AFF U-23 Championship
Winner Cambodia 2022 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Đinh Thế Nam (born 30 April 1965) is a Vietnamese football manager and former footballer who currently is the head director of the Hanoi FC youth academy.

Early life

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He is a native of Haiphong, Vietnam.[1]

Career

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He mainly operated as a midfielder and has been described as "plays skillfully, intelligently and is considered a "passing machine" for the strikers above".[2] He had been a regular member of the Vietnam national team between 1985 and 1995.

In January 2022, he was named as the caretaker manager of the Vietnam U23 team.[3] He helped the team win the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship.[4]

Personal life

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He has been nicknamed "Nam 'chợ'".[5]

Honours

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Player

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Thể Công

Haiphong Police

Manager

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Vietnam U23

References

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  1. ^ "Đinh Thế Nam: Gã lãng du ở chợ Sắt". bongdaplus.vn.
  2. ^ "Đinh Thế Nam: Ông thầy 'chợ Sắt' giải cứu Hà Nội FC". vtc.vn. 31 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Nhân vật được VFF chọn thay HLV Park Hang-seo đấu Thái Lan có gì đặc biệt?". danviet.vn. January 2022.
  4. ^ "U23 Việt Nam vô địch U23 Đông Nam Á: Nghịch cảnh tạo anh hùng" (in Vietnamese). VOV. 27 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Tại sao HLV U.16 Việt Nam được gọi là... Nam 'chợ'". thanhnien.vn. 24 July 2016.