At the end of their disappointing draw with Granada this week, their forward line consisted of Manchester United reject Memphis Depay and centre-half Gerard Piqué deployed as a make-shift striker.
Fame and fortune were quickly followed by a massive dip in form, loss of confidence, and even allegations of match-fixing. He went from national number one to a man out of work. But now his luck has changed once more, and he's back where he belongs, in goal for Việt Nam.
Vietnamese midfielder Nguyễn Văn Hiếu has been named among the best five young players at the Futsal World Cup in Lithuania.
Việt Nam are out of the Futsal World Cup after they were beaten by old foes Russia 3-2 in the last eight of the knock out stages on September 22 in Vilnious, Lithuania.
Players of Than Quảng Ninh find themselves in a horrible situation.
Việt Nam have discovered who they will face as they begin their defence of the AFF Cup. They have been drawn in Group B and will play Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia and Laos after the draw was made by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) in Singapore on Tuesday.
Việt Nam will play Russia in the knock-out stages of the Futsal World Cup in Lithuania after a 1-1 draw in the final group match against the Czech Republic on Sunday.
The Vietnamese national football team has arrived in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, ready to vie for their best results at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup's qualifiers.
A man of the match performance from goalkeeper Hồ Văn Ý and an effort from striker Châu Đoàn Phát helped Việt Nam clinch a spot in the knock-out stages of the Futsal World Cup in Lithuania.
Young, talented and determined, Lê Đức Phát is tipped to be a badminton star in the near future. He hopes he will take his first steps to success at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Việt Nam.
Việt Nam entered their second group stage match in the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2021 against Panama on Thursday, knowing a win was vital if they wanted to progress to the next round.
“I would like more people to come to the next game on Saturday,” Pep pleaded post-match, sounding like a pub manager plugging a charity curry night down the local. "We need the people, please, because we will be tired. So I invite all our people to come next Saturday at 3pm to watch.”
Following Đoàn Văn Hậu, goalkeeper Đặng Văn Lâm is the next player to miss out on the rest of this year's World Cup’s final round qualification due to injury.
Club president Trần Văn Hoàn wants to replace Mỹ Đình stadium with Hải Phòng FC’s Lạch Tray stadium as the home ground of the Việt Nam national team in the final round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers campaign.
National team defender Đoàn Văn Hậu has been ruled out of the remaining World Cup qualifiers through injury.
The Viet Nam national team failed to take a point in either of their first two matches in the third round of World Cup qualification, and while calling the two performances failures would be awfully harsh, we did learn an awful lot about the team.
Việt Nam opened their FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021 Group D campaign with a 9-1 defeat against five times winners Brazil at the Klaipėda Arena on Tuesday.
The future of striker Hà Đức Chinh is up in the air after rumours surfaced he is looking for a move away from SHB Đà Nẵng.