Đinh Thế Nam

Đinh Thế Nam

Personal information
Full name	Đinh Thế Nam
Date of birth	(1965-04-30) April 30, 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Haiphong, North Vietnam
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Air Force
	Thể Công
	Haiphong Police
International career
1985–1995	Vietnam
Managerial career
2004–2005	Mitsustar Haiphong
2009	Vicem Cement Haiphong (caretaker)
2009–2010	Vicem Cement Haiphong (assistant)
2010–2011	Hà Nội T&T Youth
2012–2015	Viettel Youth
2015–2016	Vietnam U16
2016–2022	PVF Football Academy
2022	Vietnam U23 (caretaker)
2022	Vietnam U19
2023–	Hà Nội Youth (academy director)
2023–2024	Hà Nội (caretaker)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Vietnam AFF U-23 Championship Winner Cambodia 2022 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Đinh Thế Nam (born 30 April 1965) is a Vietnamese football manager and former footballer who currently is the head director of the Hanoi FC youth academy.

Early life

He is a native of Haiphong, Vietnam.^[1]

Career

He mainly operated as a midfielder and has been described as "plays skillfully, intelligently and is considered a "passing machine" for the strikers above".^[2] He had been a regular member of the Vietnam national team between 1985 and 1995.

In January 2022, he was named as the caretaker manager of the Vietnam U23 team.^[3] He helped the team win the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship.^[4]

Personal life

He has been nicknamed "Nam 'chợ'".^[5]

Honours

Player

Thể Công

• V.League: 1990

Haiphong Police

• Vietnamese Cup: 1995

Manager

Vietnam U23

• AFF U-23 Championship: 2022

References

1. "Đinh Thế Nam: Gã lãng du ở chợ Sắt". bongdaplus.vn.
2. "Đinh Thế Nam: Ông thầy 'chợ Sắt' giải cứu Hà Nội FC". vtc.vn. 31 October 2023.
3. "Nhân vật được VFF chọn thay HLV Park Hang-seo đấu Thái Lan có gì đặc biệt?". danviet.vn. January 2022.
4. "U23 Việt Nam vô địch U23 Đông Nam Á: Nghịch cảnh tạo anh hùng" (in Vietnamese). VOV. 27 February 2022.
5. "Tại sao HLV U.16 Việt Nam được gọi là... Nam 'chợ'". thanhnien.vn. 24 July 2016.