Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang

Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang (14 February 1942 – 2 June 2014) was a Vietnamese football player and coach.

Career
In 1966, Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang captained the South Vietnam national team and won the 1966 Merdeka Cup. At the same year, he and former player Do Vinh Vinh was invited to the "Asian All Star" team. At the club level, Tam Lang used to play for famous clubs such as AJS (Association de la Jeunesse sportive) and Sai Gon Port. In the following year, he was part of the South Vietnam squad that participate in the 1967 SEAP Games, in which the team finish as runners-up.

In 1977, Tam Lang retired from his playing career and decided to pursuit a coaching career. In 1981, he was sent to Ho Chi Minh City by the Ho Chi Minh City Gymnastics Department to take an international training course in the Democratic Republic of Germany. At the end of the course, Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang received a diploma in football coaching. As a coach, Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang spent much of his career at the Saigon Port team and won the most important trophies in his team's history. He contributed to the team's four championships in the seasons 1986, 1993-1994, 1997, 2001-2002 and two national cup championships 1992 and 2000, along with dozens of local championships in the south of Vietnam. He has also been invited by many foreign coaches to be the assistant coach of the Vietnam national football team.

In 2003, after the relegation of Saigon Port, Tam Lang officially retired from his coaching career, ending 28 years of Saigon Port team. He created an important historical period of this team.

Tam Lang has been awarded a medal by the Asian Football Confederation for his dedication to Vietnam and the region for 50 years. In 2013, he was awarded "Fair Play Honor" by Ho Chi Minh City Law Journal. This is an award honoring individuals who represent the spirit of Fair Play in the period before the award was formed. He was widely popular and supported by a lifetime of football and brought many noble qualities on the field.

He died of a stroke at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on 2 June 2014.