After parting with HAGL, instead of a domestic club, Nguyen Cong Phuong decided to go abroad to Japan to play in the shirt of Yokohama FC. The striker born in 1995 achieved a small milestone, when he became the first player in Vietnam to play for four foreign teams, including Mito Hollyhock (Japan), Incheon United (South Korea), Sint-Truidense (Japan), and Sint-Truidense (South Korea). Belgium) and the current Yokohama FC.
However, Cong Phuong’s mood in this trip to Yokohama FC was different from previous times. The previous times, the 25-year-old striker went on loan from HAGL, went abroad to play in the form of learning lasting 1 year. This time, Cong Phuong said goodbye to HAGL, leaving the embrace of Duc to go to Japan.
From 2023, Cong Phuong will play for Yokohama FC under a 3-year contract.
In the context of having to “self-generate and self-destruct”, no longer being wrapped in the safe zone of the team attached from childhood, Cong Phuong is expected to have more motivation to turn up. The 3-year contract also offers a guarantee.
J-League 1 season 2023 will take place from February 18 to November 12 and then, if he plays for Yokohama FC, Cong Phuong will become the first Vietnamese player to play in J-League 1. This is the tournament. The most professional match in the land of the rising sun and will be worth watching for the fans.
After Cong Phuong, another star of HAGL also chose to go abroad to compete, which is Nguyen Van Toan. The destination of the striker born in 1996 is the Korean club Seoul E-Land FC.
Seoul E-Land FC is a fledgling team when it was first established in 2014 and is currently led by Coach Park Choong Kyun – who used to lead Hanoi FC and worked as an assistant to Coach Park Hang-seo. in Vietnam Tel.
This is the first time Seoul E-Land FC has recruited a Southeast Asian player and Van Toan is the second Southeast Asian player to play in the K-League 2.
In 2023, Van Toan will play for Seoul E-Land in the K-League 2
Recently, two other HAGL players, Vu Minh Hieu and Nguyen Canh Anh, also went abroad for a trial. Specifically, the two left for Chonburi, Thailand to join the Cheon An City club when this Korean team was present in the land of the golden temple to conduct training. If they make a good impression, both will be signed a long-term contract by Cheon An City.
According to newly updated information from HAGL Club, just one day after joining Cheon An City, Canh Anh and Minh Hieu were given the opportunity to enter the field. In the first friendly match against Gangwon FC (playing in K-League 1), midfielder Canh Anh played 60 minutes. Meanwhile, Vu Minh Hieu also had 45 minutes to be on the field.
Canh Anh and Vu Minh Hieu in Cheon An City FC shirt. Photo: HAGL Club
Before Cong Phuong, Van Toan, Canh Anh and Vu Minh Hieu, Vietnamese football has 2 players playing abroad, including Huynh Nhu and Quang Hai. Huynh Nhu is currently the main factor in the Lank FC squad playing in the Portuguese women’s national championship, while Quang Hai is still having many difficulties in asserting himself at Pau FC.