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Filip Nguyen
Personal information
Full name Nguyễn Filip [1]
Date of birth (1992-09-14) 14 September 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Cong An Ha Noi
Number 1
Youth career
2009–2011 Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2011–2014 Sparta Prague 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Loko Vltavín (loan) 0 (0)
2014–2016 SK Union 2013 16 (0)
2016–2018 Vlašim 43 (0)
2018–2022 Slovan Liberec 77 (0)
2021–2022 → 1. FC Slovácko (loan) 26 (0)
2022–2023 1. FC Slovácko 34 (0)
2023– Cong An Ha Noi 23 (0)
International career‡
2024– Vietnam 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Filip Nguyen ( Vietnamese: 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. [3] 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. [2] He departed the club in 2015 to play for SK Union Čelákovice. [3] 2016 saw Nguyen complete a move to Czech National Football League side Vlašim. [2] He made his professional debut for Vlašim v. Karviná on 26 March. [2] Forty-two appearances followed across his first three seasons. [2] In February 2018, Slovan Liberec completed the signing of Nguyen; signing until 2021. [4] [5]

Cong An Ha Noi

On 28 June 2023, Nguyen signed for V.League 1 club Cong An Ha Noi on a three-year contract. [6] [7] 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. [8] His first season with CAHN ended in success, as they won the V.League 1 title. [9]

In December 2023, Nguyen received approval to naturalise as a Vietnamese citizen. [10] [11]

International career

Filip Nguyen is eligible to play for 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. [12]

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. [13] [14]

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. [10]

On 25 December 2023, Nguyen was selected in Vietnam's 34-man provisional squad for the 2023 Asian Cup, [15] and later made the final squad. [16] 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. [17] His father is from Haiphong.

Nguyen married his long-term girlfriend Aneta Ngova in August 2021. She also is of Vietnamese and Czech descent. [18] They have a son Filip Jr (born January 2021). [19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 April 2024 [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sparta Prague 2013–14 First League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014–15 First League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vlašim 2015–16 National Football League 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
2016–17 National Football League 26 0 1 0 — 0 0 27 0
2017–18 National Football League 15 0 1 0 — 0 0 16 0
Total 43 0 2 0 — 0 0 45 0
Slovan Liberec 2017–18 First League 2 0 1 0 — 0 0 3 0
2018–19 First League 26 0 4 0 — 0 0 30 0
2019–20 First League 33 0 1 0 — 0 0 34 0
2020–21 First League 16 0 2 0 7 [a] 0 0 0 25 0
Total 77 0 8 0 7 0 0 0 92 0
Slovácko 2021–22 First League 26 0 2 0 2 [b] 0 0 0 30 0
2022–23 First League 34 0 3 0 9 [c] 0 0 0 46 0
Total 60 0 5 0 11 0 0 0 76 0
Cong An Ha Noi 2023 V.League 1 8 0 1 0 — — 9 0
2023–24 V.League 1 15 0 1 0 — 1 [d] 0 17 0
Total 23 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 0
Career total 203 0 17 0 18 0 1 0 239 0
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, seven appearances in UEFA Conference League
  4. ^ Appearance in Vietnamese Super Cup

International

As of match played 26 March 2024 [20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Vietnam 2024 5 0
Total 5 0

Honours

Slovácko

Hanoi Police

See also

References

  1. ^ "Quyết định 1477/QĐ-CTN 2023 cho nhập quốc tịch Việt Nam đối với Ông Nguyễn Filip" (in Vietnamese). Thu Vien Phap Luat.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Czech Republic - F. Nguyen". Soccerway. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Filip Nguyen - Slovan Liberec". Football Database. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Posila do branky: Filip Nguyen přestupuje do Slovanu!". FC Slovan Liberec. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Velké loučení v Liberci! Nguyen ztratil pozici, zkusí to ve Slovácku". blesk.cz. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. ^ "CLB CÔNG AN HÀ NỘI HOÀN TẤT THỦ TỤC CHIÊU MỘ FILIP NGUYỄN". Cong An Ha Noi FC (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Filip Nguyễn signs as a goalkeeper for HN Police". Vietnam News.
  8. ^ "Vietnamese-Czech goalkeeper struggles with hot weather in Hanoi". VnExpress International. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  9. ^ "CAHN vô địch V-League 2023" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Czech goalkeeper obtains Vietnamese citizenship". VnExpress. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Hanoi Department of Justice awards the decision to acquire Vietnamese citizenship to goalkeeper Nguyen Filip". Vietnam Football Federation. 22 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Vietnamese-Czech goalkeeper applies for Vietnamese citizenship". VnExpress International. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Nominace na pondělní utkání se Skotskem". Football Association of the Czech Republic (in Czech). 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Vietnam may lose talented goalkeeper to Czech Republic". VnExpress International. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  15. ^ "The Vietnam team prepares for the 2023 Asian Cup with 34 players". Vietnam Football Federation. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  16. ^ "The Vietnam team announced the official list of 26 players participating in the 2023 Asian Cup". Vietnam Football Federation. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Naturalized goalkeeper talks childhood, learning Vietnamese". VnExpress International. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  18. ^ "V.League's most expensive transfer and wife enjoy married bliss". VnExpress International. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Vietnamese-Czech footballer's wife loves living in Vietnam". VnExpress International. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Filip Nguyen". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

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