Coach Vũ Tiến Thành. — Photo thanhnien.vn

HÀ NỘI — Coach Vũ Tiến Thành has been appointed as the director of LPBank Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Football Academy.

Thành said after starting his new role: "I have a great affection for the HAGL team and HAGL Academy. When Đoàn Nguyên Đức, the chairman of HAGL Club, invited me, I gladly accepted the offer and joined the team.

"I believe I can contribute to the revival of HAGL Academy and help it regain its former prominence. Since the first generation of the academy, its development hasn't been satisfactory, so it needs to undergo some changes in order to produce more talented players."

Thành revealed that he turned down several invitations from V.League 1 teams in order to take on this responsibility. He did not provide a specific timeline but emphasised that youth football requires a long-term commitment.

Prior to this appointment, Thành had an impressive track record as a youth football coach in HCM City. He subsequently served as an assistant to various foreign coaches across multiple generations of the Vietnamese national football team. Recently, he had coaching stints with Saigon Club and HCM City before parting ways with the latter at the end of November. VNS