Filip Nguyen

Filip Nguyen (Nguyễn Filip, born 14 September 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for V.League 1 club Cong An Ha Noi. Born in Czechoslovakia, he represents the Vietnam national team.

Club career
Nguyen played youth football with Loko Vltavín and Sparta Prague, joining the latter in 2012. On 20 October 2013, Nguyen appeared in the Sparta first-team squad for the first-team, being an unused substitute for a Czech First League home win over city rivals Dukla Prague. He departed the club in 2015 to play for SK Union Čelákovice. 2016 saw Nguyen complete a move to Czech National Football League side Vlašim. He made his professional debut for Vlašim v. Karviná on 26 March. Forty-two appearances followed across his first three seasons. In February 2018, Slovan Liberec completed the signing of Nguyen; signing until 2021.

Cong An Ha Noi
On 28 June 2023, Nguyen signed for V.League 1 club Cong An Ha Noi on a three-year contract. Nguyen made his league debut for the club on 2 July 2023, in a 0–1 loss against SHB Da Nang at Hòa Xuân Stadium. His first season with CAHN ended in success, as they won the V.League 1 title.

In 6 December 2023, Nguyen received approval to naturalize as a Vietnamese citizen.

International career
Filip Nguyen is eligible to play for either the Czech Republic or Vietnam at international level.

In July 2019, it was reported that Nguyen was in the process of becoming naturalized as a Vietnamese citizen, which would allow him to represent the country's national team for the succeeding 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

In September 2020, Nguyen received his first call-up to the Czech Republic national team for their UEFA Nations League match against Scotland on 7 September. Due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the previous Czech squad, all players and the coaching staff which faced Slovakia on 4 September had to be replaced.

On 6 December 2023, Nguyen announced on his Facebook page that he had successfully completed his Vietnamese naturalization, thus making him eligible to play for Vietnam.

On 25 December 2023, Nguyen was selected in Vietnam's 34-man provisional squad for the 2023 Asian Cup, and later made the final squad. He made his first senior international appearance against Kyrgyzstan in a 1–2 friendly defeat on 9 January 2024 in preparation for the tournament. Nguyen played in all of Vietnam's three matches at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup finals.

Personal life
Filip Nguyen was born in Prague to a Vietnamese father and a Czech mother. His father is from Haiphong.

Nguyen married his long-term girlfriend Aneta Ngova in August 2021. She also is of Vietnamese and Czech descent. They have a son Filip Jr (born January 2021).

Honours
Slovácko
 * Czech Cup: 2021–22

Hanoi Police
 * V.League 1: 2023

Individual
 * Czech First League Most clean sheets: 2022–23