Vũ Văn Thanh

Vũ Văn Thanh (born 14 April 1996) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội and the Vietnam national team.

Early career
Vũ Văn Thanh was born in Thanh Miện district, Hải Dương province. He won the national under-11 football championship with Hải Dương under-11 team in 2007.

In 2007, Vũ Văn Thanh joined the HAGL-Arsenal HMG football academy  and played continuously for HAGL's youth teams in domestic and international competitions until 2014.

Club career
In 2015, Vũ Văn Thanh was promoted to the HAGL first team and quickly gain a starter spot at the club. At the 2016 V.League 1, Văn Thanh was awarded the Young Player of the Year award. He was named in the V.League 1 Team of the season for the 2017 and 2018 season.

In January 2023, Văn Thanh signed for newly promoted V.League 1 side Hanoi Police. At the end of the season, the club won the V.League 1 title, with Văn Thanh being an important player in the club's successful campaign. He was therefore named in the league's Team of the season for the third time in his career.

International career
Vũ Văn Thanh played youth international football for the Vietnam at under-19, under-22 and under-23 levels. He was part of the squad that managed to reach the final of the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship after defeating Qatar in the semi-final. However, they finished runners-up to Uzbekistan.

On 24 March 2016, Thanh made his senior international debut against Chinese Taipei. He scored his first international goal on 6 October 2016 in a 5–2 win against North Korea.

International

 * Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Thanh goal.

Honours

 * Công An Hà Nội
 * V.League 1: 2023


 * Vietnam U23
 * VFF Cup: 2018


 * Vietnam
 * VFF Cup: 2022


 * Individual
 * Vietnamese Young Player of the Year: 2016
 * V.League 1 Team of the Season: 2017, 2018, 2023