Vũ Như Thành

Vũ Như Thành
Personal information
Full name	Vũ Như Thành
Date of birth	28 August 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Mỹ Lộc, Nam Định, Vietnam
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1997–2000	Thể Công
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2004	Thể Công
2007–2009	Becamex Bình Dương
2010–2012	Vissai Ninh Bình
2013	Hải Phòng
2014	Hùng Vương An Giang
2014–2016	XM Fico Tây Ninh
2017–2018	Phù Đổng
Total
International career
2001–2003	Vietnam U23
2003–2010	Vietnam
Managerial career
2021–2023	Phú Thọ
2023	Công An Hà Nội (assistant)
2024	Phú Thọ
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vũ Như Thành (born 28 August 1981) Vietnamese football coach and former professional player who is currently the head coach of V.League 2 club Phú Thọ.

He was a member of the Vietnam team that won the 2008 AFF Championship.

Coaching career

Phú Thọ

Vũ Như Thành was appointed manager of V.League 2 club Phú Thọ in January 2021. He lost his first V.League 2 match, 1–0 at home to Khánh Hòa on 20 March. On 1 May, Thành won his first competitive game as Phú Thọ manager when his side recorded a 2–1 victory against Đắk Lắk.

On 27 May 2023, Thành unexpectedly announced his departure from Phú Thọ, after his side fell into the relegation zone, following a 2–0 away defeat against Phù Đổng the previous day.^[1]^[2]

Công an Hà Nội

On 6 June 2023, Thành was appointed an assistant coach at Công an Hà Nội.^[3]

Return to Phú Thọ

In January 2024, Phú Thọ appointed Vũ Như Thành as manager for the second time.^[4]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[5]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Vietnam
	2003	6	0
	2006	4	0
	2007	13	0
	2008	9	0
	2009	7	1
	2010	11	1
Total		50	2

Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Thành goal.^[5]

List of international goals scored by Vũ Như Thành
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	24 October 2009	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Singapore	2–2	2–2	Friendly
2	8 October 2010	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India	India	1–2	1–3	Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of match played 18 February 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Phú Thọ	20 March 2021	26 May 2023	36	6	11	19	25	54	−29	016.67
Phú Thọ	9 January 2024	present	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total			37	6	11	20	26	56	−30	016.22

Honours

Becamex Bình Dương

V.League 1: 2007, 2008
Vietnamese Super Cup: 2007, 2008

Vietnam

AFF Championship: 2008

References

^ "Cựu tuyển thủ Vũ Như Thành chia tay Phú Thọ". Bongdaplus (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ "HLV Vũ Như Thành rời ghế nóng CLB Phú Thọ sau 5 vòng đấu". VOH Online (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ "Vũ Như Thành gia nhập CLB Công An Hà Nội" (in Vietnamese). Znews. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ "Cựu tuyển thủ Vũ Như Thành trở lại đội hạng Nhất Phú Thọ" (in Vietnamese). Sài Gòn Giải Phóng. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Vũ Như Thành". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

External links

Vũ Như Thành at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "Cựu tuyển thủ Vũ Như Thành chia tay Phú Thọ". Bongdaplus (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 17 February 2024.

[2] "HLV Vũ Như Thành rời ghế nóng CLB Phú Thọ sau 5 vòng đấu". VOH Online (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 17 February 2024.

[3] "Vũ Như Thành gia nhập CLB Công An Hà Nội" (in Vietnamese). Znews. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

[4] "Cựu tuyển thủ Vũ Như Thành trở lại đội hạng Nhất Phú Thọ" (in Vietnamese). Sài Gòn Giải Phóng. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

[NFT-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Vũ Như Thành". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

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