Hoàng Anh Tuấn (footballer)

Hoàng Anh Tuấn is a Vietnamese former footballer who played as a left winger and left back. He was recently the head coach of the Vietnam national under-23 team.[1][2]

On 23 October 2016, he coached Vietnam U19 team that defeats Bahrain U19 in the quarter-finals of the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship to enter the semi-finals of the tournament, earning tickets to the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea. This is also the first time a team of 11 football player of Vietnam participated in a World Cup tournament of FIFA.[3][4] On August 26, 2023, he led the Vietnam national under-23 football team won the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship, winning his first major trophy in the career.

He is considered one of Vietnam's most well-qualified coaches. He helds the UEFA A Licence and the AFC Pro Licence. He is also the only Vietnamese coach chosen by the German Football Association (DFB) to attend the A-level (senior) training course in August 2009, at the Hennef Sports School.

In the coaching world, Tuan is very good at foreign languages and was proposed several times by the Vietnam Football Federation to become the assistant coach for foreign coaches of the Vietnam national team.