Khuất Văn Khang

Khuất Văn Khang (born May 11, 2003) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for Viettel and the Vietnam national team.

Khuất Văn Khang
Personal information
Full name Khuất Văn Khang
Date of birth (2003-05-11) 11 May 2003
Place of birth Phúc Thọ, Hanoi, Vietnam
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Viettel
Number 11
Youth career
2013–2021 Viettel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Viettel 32 (3)
International career‡
2017–2018 Vietnam U15 6 (1)
2018–2019 Vietnam U16 3 (1)
2022–2023 Vietnam U20 19 (9)
2022– Vietnam U23 28 (3)
2022– Vietnam 15 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Vietnam
AFF U-17 Youth Championship
WinnerThailand 2017
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
Indonesia 2022
SEA Games
Phnom Penh 2023Team
AFF U-23 Championship
WinnerThailand 2023
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 April 2024

Văn Khang signed for Viettel in 2013 and made his professional debut for them in the V.League 1 in October 2022.

Having represented Vietnam at under-15, under-16, under-20 and under-23 levels, Văn Khang made his senior debut for Vietnam in September 2022.

Club career

In 2013, Khuất Văn Khang started his career as a player at the training system of Viettel.[2] He was promoted to Viettel's first team for the second part of the 2022 season. On 18 October 2022, he made his professional debut in a league game against Hoàng Anh Gia Lai.[3]

International career

Youth

In 2017, Văn Khang and Vietnam U15 won the championship 2017 AFF U-15 Championship.[4]

In 2018, at 2018 AFC U-16 Championship, although U-16 Vietnam was eliminated from the group stage, but Văn Khang still left a mark with a sublime free-kick goal against U-16 Indonesia.

Khuất Văn Khang debuts U-23 Vietnam in a 2–2 draw against U-23 Thailand at 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup. In the match against U-23 Korea Republic after that, Văn Khang and the whole team created "seismic"[5] when his team was able to draw the opponent, he was also personally rated as man of the match.[6][7]

Senior

On 21 September 2022, Văn Khang made his international debut with Vietnam in the 2022 VFF Tri-Nations Series, appearing and also scored his first international goal in 4–0 win against Singapore.[8]

In January 2024, he was named in Vietnam's 26-men squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[9]

Career statistics

U-15 Vietnam
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 July 2017IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand Philippines6–07–02017 AFF U-15 Youth Championship

U-16 Vietnam
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.24 September 2018Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Indonesia1–01–12018 AFC U-16 Championship

U-19 Vietnam
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 July 2022GBK Madya Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia Philippines3–14–12022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
2.8 July 2022 Myanmar3–03–1
3.10 July 2022 Thailand1–11–1
4.7 August 2022Go Dau Stadium, Binh Duong, Vietnam Malaysia2–12–12022 International U-19 Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup
5.14 September 2022Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya, Indonesia Hong Kong4–05–12023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification
6.16 September 2022Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya, Indonesia East Timor4–04–02023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification
7.18 February 2023Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia1–02–1Friendly

U-23 Vietnam
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 May 2023Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Myanmar3–03–02023 SEA Games
2.19 September 2023Linping Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China Mongolia3–04–22022 Asian Games
3.20 April 2024Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar Malaysia1–02–02024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Vietnam
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 September 2022Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Singapore4–04–02022 VFF Tri-Nations Series

Honours

Vietnam U15

Vietnam U19

Vietnam U23

Vietnam

Individual

References
  1. "Khuất Văn Khang". Vietnam Professional Football.
  2. "Khuất Văn Khang – "Của để dành" ở U23 Việt Nam là ai?". Dân Việt. 3 May 2022.
  3. "Khuất Văn Khang lần đầu tiên xuất hiện ở V-League 2022". Tin Bóng đá 24h. 18 October 2022.
  4. "Khuất Văn Khang và Nguyễn Văn Trường là ai ?". Thanh niên. 26 May 2022.
  5. "U23 Việt Nam tạo nên địa chấn trước đương kim vô địch U23 Hàn Quốc". VietnamPlus. 5 June 2022.
  6. "Văn Khang hay nhất trận, phải kiểm tra doping". Zingnews. 6 June 2022.
  7. "Cầu thủ trẻ nhất U23 Việt Nam được AFC vinh danh sau trận hòa Hàn Quốc". Dân trí. 6 June 2022.
  8. "Tuyển Việt Nam dễ dàng thắng đậm Singapore" (in Vietnamese). Vietnamnet. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  9. "Đội tuyển Việt Nam công bố danh sách chính thức 26 cầu thủ tham dự VCK Asian Cup 2023" (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Football Federation. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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