Nguyễn Hoàng Đức

Nguyễn Hoàng Đức (born 11 January 1998) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for V.League 1 club Viettel and the Vietnam national team.

Early career
Hoàng Đức started playing football from the second grade for his school team. In 2008, a manager of the Viettel FC football academy in Hải Dương discovered him during a youth tournament and signed him to the academy. He integrated without much difficulties into the team and was formed to become a forward. Throughout the years in the academy, he was highly appreciated by the managers for his outstanding playing technique and his will to strive for excellence. He was regularly assigned by the managers to be the team captain during youth tournaments.

In 2016, Hoàng Đức lead Viettel to the Vietnamese National U-19 Championship final before they lost against Hanoi FC in the final and was named as the "Player of the tournament".

Club career
In 2017, he was promoted to the first team squad, playing in the V.League 2. With his impressive height, his unique skillful left-foot and his high workrate in the field, coach Nguyễn Hải Biên repositioned Hoàng Đức to play in different midfield positions.

In 2018, Hoàng Đức started 17 of the 18 games in various positions,  scoring 9 goals and providing 3 assists to help Viettel win the 2018 V.League 2, thus promoting to the V.League 1 in 2019. He was also voted the player of the season.

In 2020, Hoàng Đức was part of the Viettel squad that win the 2020 V.League 1, being a crucial starter. Later, he and Viettel failed to win the 2020 National Super Cup, after losing to Hanoi FC with a score of 0-1. In the 2021 AFC Champions League, he played all 6 games and scored 1 goal as Viettel failed to advance to the next stage.

In the 2023 V.League 1 season, as the key playmaker of Viettel, Hoàng Đức scored 5 goals and had 5 assists, helping Viettel finish third in the league. Therefore he was named as the league's Player of the Season.

International career
In 2017, Hoàng Đức was called up to the Vietnam U-20 team to participate in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He missed an open goal chance in the opening game against New Zealand which ended in a goalless draw. Vietnam later lost in the remaining matches and was eliminated from the group stage.

On 14 September 2019, he made his debut for Vietnam national team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification game against the United Arab Emirates, coming in as a substitute in the 81th minute. Later, when Vietnam reached the third round of the qualifiers, he established himself as an important starter in the team with his impressive capacities in both defending and attacking.

On 12 December 2021, Hoàng Đức scored first goal for Vietnam in the 3–0 win against Malaysia as part of the 2020 AFF Championship.

In 2022, Hoàng Đức had won his first Vietnamese Golden Ball.

In 2024, he was named in Vietnam's 26-men squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup but was later removed from the squad to fully recover from his ankle injury.

U-23

 * Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first. Only results against national teams were counted

Vietnam

 * Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first. Only results against national teams were counted

Honours
Viettel
 * V.League 1: 2020
 * V.League 2: 2018

Vietnam
 * VFF Cup: 2022

Vietnam U23/Olympic
 * Southeast Asian Games: 2019, 2021

Individual

 * V.League 2 Player of the Season: 2018
 * Vietnamese Golden Ball: 2021, 2023
 * Vietnamese Bronze Ball: 2022
 * AFF Championship Best XI: 2022
 * V.League 1 Player of the Season: 2023
 * V.League 1 Team of the Season: 2023