Nguyễn Hiểu Minh (born 5 August 2004) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a center back for V.League 1 club PVF-CAND.
 Hiểu Minh in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nguyễn Hiểu Minh | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 August 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Thạch Thất, Hanoi, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Center back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | PVF-CAND | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2022 | PVF | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | PVF-CAND | 50 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Vietnam U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Vietnam U23 | 10 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 July 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBorn in Hà Tây (a part of Hanoi today), Hiểu Minh traveled to Ho Chi Minh City at the age of 9 to participate in PVF Football Academy's entry test. He was later admitted to the team.[2] He was part of the PVF U-19 team that won the Vietnamese U-19 Championship.[3]
In 2022, he was promoted to PVF's first team and made his V.League 2 debut on 12 April 2022, starting in his team's 1–1 draw against Phú Thọ. This made him the youngest player to ever appear in an official match for PVF-CAND.[4] He scored his first career goal on 23 July in his team's 3–0 victory against Huế.[5]
At the end of the 2024–25 season, after establishing himself as the leader in PVF-CAND's defense, Hiểu Minh was named in the V.League 2's Team of the Season and was named as the league's Best Young player of the Season.[6]
International career
editIn July 2025, Hiểu Minh featured in Vietnam U23's squad for the 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship.[7] In the opening game against Laos, he scored two goals in the 3–0 win.[8]
Honours
editVietnam U23
Individual
- V.League 2 Team of the Season: 2024–25
- V.League 2 Young player of the Season: 2024–25
References
edit- ^ "Nguyễn Hiểu Minh". Vietnam Professional Football.
- ^ "08 năm ở PVF của Nguyễn Hiểu Minh". PVF Academy. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Nguyễn Hiểu Minh: Sao mai đầy hứa hẹn của CLB Phố Hiến". Thể Thao 247. 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Chuyện chưa kể về Nguyễn Hiểu Minh, sao mai tiềm năng của Phố Hiến". kinhtemoitruong.vn. 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Phố Hiến dẫn đầu giải hạng nhất, niềm vui cho U.19 Việt Nam". Thanh Niên. 26 July 2022.
- ^ "V.League Awards 2025: Tôn vinh giá trị bản sắc!" (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Football Federation. 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Danh sách 23 cầu thủ Đội tuyển U23 Việt Nam tham dự Giải vô địch U23 Đông Nam Á 2025" (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Football Federation. 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Nguyễn Hiểu Minh - trung vệ 1m84 lập cú đúp vào lưới U23 Lào, có gì đặc biệt?" (in Vietnamese). Dân Việt. 20 July 2025.