Lương Xuân Trường

Lương Xuân Trường

Xuân Trường with Vietnam at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name	Lương Xuân Trường
Date of birth	(1995-04-28) 28 April 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Tuyên Quang, Vietnam
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh
Number	6
Youth career
2007–2014	HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2022	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	94	(9)
2016	→ Incheon United (loan)	4	(0)
2017	→ Gangwon FC (loan)	2	(0)
2019	→ Buriram United (loan)	6	(1)
2022–2024	Hải Phòng	22	(0)
2024	→ Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh (loan)	12	(0)
2024–	Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	8	(0)
International career^‡
2013–2014	Vietnam U19	27	(2)
2015–2018	Vietnam U23	29	(3)
2016–	Vietnam	41	(1)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Vietnam AFF U-19 Youth Championship Runner-up Indonesia 2013 Runner-up Vietnam 2014 AFC U-23 Championship Runner-up China 2018 AFF Championship Winner ASEAN 2018
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 December 2021

Lương Xuân Trường (born 28 April 1995) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for V.League 1 club Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh, and the Vietnam national team.

Xuân Trường is a product of HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy and was promoted to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai first team in 2015, he was also given the captain arm band. Xuân Trường is praised for his vision, passing and free-kick ability.^[2][3]

Early life

Lương Xuân Trường was born on 28 April 1995 in Tuyên Quang in a family of 2 children, Lương Xuân Trường is the second child, above him is an older sister.^[4] His father Lương Bách Chiến who works in Tuyên Quang Power Company is a former amateur footballer in the army team, he's also the manager of Tuyên Quang Power Company's male football team.^[5] Xuân Trường started play football around the age of 5, trained by his father. He represented Tuyên Quang Province at several youth football competitions.

Club career

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai

HAGL - Arsenal JMG Academy

In 2007, when playing for Tuyên Quang U-13 team at a youth football competition in Hanoi, Xuân Trường's team happened to be at the same hotel with HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy's coaches who were there searching for candidates for the academy. Xuân Trường decided to take the trial and he got accepted into the academy.^[6]

In November 2012, Xuân Trường along with Nguyễn Công Phượng, Nguyễn Tuấn Anh, Trần Hữu Đông Triều were four of the players from the academy received the invitation to train with Arsenal U-17 team.^[7] In the letter, Arsenal's performance supervisor, Steve Morrow stated that coach Arsène Wenger was impressed with the academy's players when they beat Arsenal U-17 team in January.^[8]

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai first team

Xuân Trường was promoted to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai first team along with other academy's player from the first selection in 2015 when the club revolutionized their first team, most of their first team players were released, only a few was kept to guide young player from the academy.^[9] Xuân Trường was promoted to first team along with other academy's player from the first selection,^[10] he was also given the captain arm band.^[11]

Xuân Trường made his V.League 1 debut on 4 January 2015 at the opening game of the season against Sanna Khanh Hoa. He score his first league goal in this game as Hoàng Anh Gia Lai won the game 4–2.^[12] In February, Xuân Trường suffered an injury in the seventh-round game against XSKT Can Tho which kept him out for 4 months,^[13] he made his come back on June in the thirteenth-round game against Becamex Binh Duong^[14]

Incheon United

On 28 December 2015, Xuân Trường joined Incheon United on 2 years loan deal with the alleged transfer fee of US$300,000. He became the first Vietnamese player to play in K League. He made his debut game on 23 May 2016 versus Gwangju FC, he was named in the starting eleven of Incheon United, played 60 minutes and was replaced. After that Incheon United lost by 1 goal to nil.^[15]

Gangwon FC

On 21 December 2016, Xuân Trường moved from Incheon United to Gangwon FC on a year loan deal.^[16]

Buriram United

On 8 February 2019, Xuân Trường moved from Hoàng Anh Gia Lai to Buriram United on 1-year loan deal. On 9 April 2019, Xuân Trường made his first assist for Buriram almost immediately after being substituted in an AFC Champions League game against Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C. On 11 May 2019, he scored his first goal for Buriram United with a free kick in Toyota Thai League 2019 9-round match against Nakhon Ratchasima. then he joined the Vietnamese national football team.

Haiphong FC

On 3 January 2023, Haiphong FC completed the signing of Xuân Trường on a free transfer. He penned a two-year contract.^[17] Upon joining the club, Trường was given the number 8 shirt.

Hong Linh Ha Tinh

On 1 March 2024, in search for game time, Xuân Trường joined V.League 1 fellow Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh on loan.^[18]

International career

Youth

Lương Xuân Trường began his international career for Vietnam with the national youth football team and earned caps at under-19 and under-23 levels. He was named captain of the under-19 team at the 2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship. Under Trường's leadership, the team recorded impressive victories to advance to the final of the tournament. However, he missed out on the final due to injury as his team lost to the host Indonesia U19 in the penalty shootout.^[19]

Xuân Trường represented U-19 team^[20] in all of their competitions throughout 2013 to 2014 such as: 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification where his team came out as Group F winner after they shockingly beat Australia U-19 (5-1),^[21] 2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship where they finished second, and 2014 AFC U-19 Championship.

In February 2015, Xuân Trường was called up to Vietnam U-23 training camp for 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification but he was returned to his club later as the injury he suffered prior the training camp was much more serious than expected.^[22]

Senior

On 24 March 2016, Lương Xuân Trường made his debut for the Vietnam senior team in a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Chinese Taipei. He played the full 90 minutes in a 4–1 win. He scored his first international goal in a friendly against North Korea on 6 October 2016.

On 13 November 2016, Xuân Trường was named in Vietnam's squad for the 2016 AFF Championship.^[23] On 20 November, he started as a central midfielder in the team's first AFF Championship fixture ~ a 2–1 victory over Myanmar. Vietnam were eliminated in the semi-finals of the competition following an aggregate score of 4–3 defeat to Indonesia.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 February 2024^[24]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Asia		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	2015	V.League 1	18	1	0	0	—		—		18	1
	2018	V.League 1	22	4	4	2	—		—		26	6
	2019	V.League 1	11	2	—		—		—		11	2
	2020	V.League 1	14	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
	2021	V.League 1	11	1	0	0	—		—		11	1
	2022	V.League 1	18	1	2	0	6[b]	0	—		26	1
	Total		94	9	6	2	6	0	0	0	106	11
Incheon United (loan)	2016	K League 1	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
Gangwon FC (loan)	2017	K League 1	2	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
Buriram United (loan)	2019	Thai League 1	6	1	0	0	3[b]	0	1[c]	0	10	1
Hải Phòng	2023	V.League 1	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	2023–24	V.League 1	4	0	0	0	4[b]	0	0	0	8	0
	Total		15	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	20	0
Career total			121	10	8	2	11	0	1	0	143	12

1. Includes Vietnamese Cup, Korean FA Cup and Thai FA Cup
2. Appearances in AFC Champions League
3. Appearance in Thai League Cup

International

As of match played 27 January 2022^[25]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Vietnam	2016	11	1
	2017	5	0
	2018	7	0
	2019	6	0
	2021	11	0
	2022	1	0
Total		41	1

Vietnam score listed first, score column indicates score after each Trường goal.^[25]

List of international goals scored by Lương Xuân Trường

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 October 2016	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	6	North Korea	4–2	5–2	Friendly

Honours

Vietnam

• AFF Championship: 2018
• VFF Cup: 2022

Vietnam U23

• VFF Cup: 2018

Individual

• Vietnamese Silver Ball: 2016
• Thai League Goal of the Month: May 2019
• Most favorite players: 2016

References

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2. "Lương Xuân Trường: Trong bóng dáng của thần tượng Steven Gerrard".
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4. "Cầu thủ U19 VN khuất phục 'đầu gấu' bằng một câu nói". 12 September 2014.
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13. "Bình phục chấn thương, Xuân Trường có thể thi đấu trở lại - BÓNG ĐÁ VIỆT NAM - Thể thao VTV". thethao.vtv.vn. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015.
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15. Tein, Edward (29 December 2015). "Vietnamese prodigy Luong Xuan Truong joins Incheon United". Football Channel Asia. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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17. "Lương Xuân Trường đầu quân cho Hải Phòng" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress. 3 January 2023.
18. "Xuân Trường chính thức ra mắt Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh" (in Vietnamese). Lao Động. 1 March 2024.
19. "Những điều ít biết về "ngôi sao" U19 Việt Nam Lương Xuân Trường".
20. "Tiền vệ Lương Xuân Trường: "Lưỡi hái" của thầy "Giôm"".
21. "Vietnam crushes Australia, qualifies for U19 championship". 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015.
22. "Xuân Trường không kịp bình phục chấn thương". 26 February 2015.
23. "Danh sách 25 cầu thủ ĐTQG Việt Nam sang Myanmar tham dự AFF Suzuki Cup 2016" (in Vietnamese). VFF.
24. Lương Xuân Trường at Soccerway
25. "Lương Xuân Trường". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

External links

• Lương Xuân Trường – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
• Lương Xuân Trường at Soccerway
• Interview and Highlights
• documentary on Lương Xuân Trường
• Diary in South Korea