Vietnamese footballer (born 1991)
Huỳnh Như (born 28 November 1991) is a Vietnamese professional football player who plays for Hồ Chí Minh City I and the Vietnam women's national team .
She is considered as one of the best women players in Vietnam's history, having played a crucial role in the country's historical qualification to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup . She was also the first Vietnamese female footballer to play abroad while signing for Portuguese club Länk FC Vilaverdense in 2022. She won five Vietnamese Golden Balls and she is currently the best goalscorer of all time for the Vietnam women's national team .[ 5]
Club career
Ho Chi Minh City I
She began her career with the local club Ho Chi Minh City I , making her debut in 2007, where she became an instrument of the club's domination in the semi-professional National League. She played 84 games, scored 62 goals as her club crowned champions on five seasons.
In August 2022, she wrote history as the first Vietnamese female footballer to go play professional abroad in Europe, by signing for Portuguese club Länk FC Vilaverdense in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino .[ 6]
Return to Ho Chi Minh City I
In August 2024, after her contract with Länk FC Vilaverdense, Huỳnh Như returned to Ho Chi Minh City I to compete in the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League .[ 7]
International career
With 68 current goals for the Vietnamese national team, she is the player with the most goals for the Vietnamese women's national football team.[citation needed
Career statistics
Club
As of matches played 5 February 2024
International
As of match played 01 August 2023
National Team
Year
Apps
Goals
Appearances and goals by national team and year
Vietnam
2011
4
5
2012
0
0
2013
11
7
2014
0
0
2015
11
6
2016
10
3
2017
7
9
2018
13
6
2019
16
12
2020
3
1
2021
2
2
2022
18
11
2023
13
6
Total
108
68
No.
Cap.
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition
1.
1.
16 October 2011
New Laos National Stadium , Vientiane , Laos Singapore 1 –09–1
2011 AFF Women's Championship
2.
7 –1
3.
9 –1
4.
2.
18 October 2011
Laos 1 –04–0
5.
4.
25 October 2011
Laos 2 –06–0
6.
5.
28 April 2013
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi , Vietnam
Jordan 1 –01–0
Friendly
7.
6.
16 May 2013
Amman , Jordan Jordan 2 –05–1
8.
5 –0
9.
9.
24 May 2013
Bahrain National Stadium , Riffa , Bahrain Kyrgyzstan 11 –012–0
2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
10.
12 –0
11.
12.
13 December 2013
Mandalarthiri Stadium , Mandalay , Myanmar Philippines 7 –07–0
2013 Southeast Asian Games
12.
14.
18 December 2013
Malaysia 4 –04–0
13.
16.
2 May 2015
Thống Nhất Stadium , Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam Myanmar 1 –03–2
2015 AFF Women's Championship
14.
2 –2
15.
17.
4 May 2015
Malaysia 1 –07–0
16.
4 –0
17.
24.
18 September 2015
Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar
Myanmar 1 –04–2
2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
18.
4 –0
19.
32.
7 March 2016
Kincho Stadium , Osaka , Japan Japan 1 –11–6
20.
35.
30 July 2016
Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar
Thailand 1 –02–0
2016 AFF Women's Championship
21.
36.
2 August 2016
Myanmar 1 –03–3 (a.e.t. ) (5–4 p )
22.
37.
7 April 2017
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
Singapore 2 –08–0
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
23.
5 –0
24.
6 –0
25.
38.
9 April 2017
Iran 4 –16–1
26.
6 –1
27.
39.
11 April 2017
Myanmar 2 –02–0
28.
40.
17 August 2017
UM Arena Stadium , Shah Alam , Malaysia Philippines 1 –03–0
2017 Southeast Asian Games
29.
41.
20 August 2017
Myanmar 3 –13–1
30.
43.
24 August 2017
UiTM Stadium , Shah Alam, MalaysiaMalaysia 4 –06–0
31.
50.
3 July 2018
Jakabaring Stadium , Palembang , Indonesia Indonesia 1 –06–0
2018 AFF Women's Championship
32.
5 –0
33.
52.
7 July 2018
Philippines 2 –05–0
34.
3 –0
35.
53.
9 July 2018
Myanmar 1 –04–3
36.
2 –0
37.
59.
3 April 2019
Lokomotiv Stadium , Tashkent , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 1 –02–1
2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
38.
60.
6 April 2019
Transportation Institute Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Hong Kong 2 –02–1
39.
61.
9 April 2019
Jordan 1 –02–0
40.
62.
16 August 2019
IPE Chonburi Stadium , Chonburi , Thailand Cambodia 1 –010–0
2019 AFF Women's Championship
41.
3 –0
42.
63.
18 August 2019
Indonesia 2 –07–0
43.
4 –0
44.
5 –0
45.
65.
25 August 2019
Philippines 1 –12–1
46.
66.
27 August 2019
Thailand 1 –01–0
47.
70.
29 November 2019
Biñan Football Stadium , Biñan , Philippines Indonesia 4 –06–0
2019 Southeast Asian Games
48.
5 –0
49.
75.
11 March 2020
Cẩm Phả Stadium , Cẩm Phả , VietnamAustralia 1 –21–2
2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
50.
76.
23 September 2021
Pamir Stadium , Dushanbe , Tajikistan Maldives 8 –016–0
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
51.
77.
29 September 2021
Tajikistan 3 –07–0
52.
80.
27 January 2022
DY Patil Stadium , Navi Mumbai , India Myanmar 2 –22–2
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
53.
82.
2 February 2022
Thailand 1 –02–0
54.
87.
18 May 2022
Cẩm Phả Stadium, Cẩm Phả, Vietnam
Myanmar 1 –01–0
2021 Southeast Asian Games
55.
88.
21 May 2022
Thailand 1 –01–0
56.
91.
9 May 2022
Biñan Football Stadium, Biñan, Philippines
Laos 2 –05–0
2022 AFF Women's Championship
57.
5 –0
58.
92.
11 July 2022
Timor-Leste 1 –06–0
59.
4 –0
60.
93.
13 July 2022
Rizal Memorial Stadium , Manila , PhilippinesMyanmar 3 –04–0
61.
95.
17 July 2022
Myanmar 1 –13–4
62.
2 –1
63.
96.
5 April 2023
Dasarath Rangasala , Kathmandu , Nepal Nepal 2 –05–1
2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
64.
4 –0
65.
99.
6 May 2023
RCAF Old Stadium , Phnom Penh , Cambodia Myanmar 1 –03–1
2023 Southeast Asian Games
66.
101.
12 May 2023
Olympic Stadium , Phnom Penh, CambodiaCambodia 4 –04–0
67.
102.
15 May 2023
Myanmar 1 –02–0
68.
107.
29 October 2023
Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
India 1 –03–1
2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Honours
Individual
Vietnamese Women's Golden Ball : 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022Vietnamese Women's Silver Ball : 2018, 2023Vietnamese Women's Bronze Ball : 2015, 2017Vietnamese Women's Football Championship Top scorer: 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022Vietnamese Women's Football Championship Best of the tournament: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021Women's Vietnamese Cup Best of the tournament: 2020, 2021Medal
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