Nhâm Mạnh Dũng

Nhâm Mạnh Dũng (born 12 April 2000) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a striker for V.League 1 club Viettel and the Vietnam national team.^[1][2][3]

Nhâm Mạnh Dũng

Nhâm Mạnh Dũng in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Nhâm Mạnh Dũng
Date of birth	(2000-04-12) 12 April 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Đông Hưng, Thái Bình, Vietnam
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Viettel
Number	23
Youth career
2008–2019	Viettel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Viettel	78	(8)
International career‡
2015–2017	Vietnam U16	7	(0)
2018–2020	Vietnam U19	9	(1)
2020–2022	Vietnam U23	21	(2)
2022–	Vietnam	2	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Vietnam SEA Games Hanoi 2021 Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 May 2022

A versatile player, he can be deployed as a forward or a centre back. Once Mạnh Dũng even played as a goalkeeper for Vietnam U23, when the team's usual starting goalkeeper was sent off.

International career

Youth

With the Vietnam under-23s, Nhâm Mạnh Dũng participated in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games. In this competition, he played five matches, scoring the only goal in the final to help defeat rivals Thailand.^[4]

Senior

Nhâm Mạnh Dũng made his senior international debut in a friendly against Singapore on 21 September 2022.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 April 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Asia		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Viettel	2019	V.League 1	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2020	V.League 1	2	0	4	1	—		—		6	1
	2021	V.League 1	3	0	0	0	4[a]	0	0	0	7	0
	2022	V.League 1	14	2	2	2	4[b]	1	—		20	5
	2023	V.League 1	20	2	5	3	—		—		25	5
	2023–24	V.League 1	13	1	0	0	—		—		13	1
Total career			54	5	11	6	8	1	0	0	73	12

1. Appearances in AFC Champions League
2. Appearances in AFC Cup

International

As of match played 21 September 2022

National team	Years	Apps	Goals
Vietnam	2022	1	0
Total		1	0

International goals

Vietnam U19

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 April 2018	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	South Korea	1–0	1–1	2018 Suwon JS Cup

Vietnam U23

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 May 2022	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	Thailand	1–0	1–0	2021 Southeast Asian Games
2.	8 June 2022	Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Malaysia	1–0	2–0	2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Honours

Viettel

• V.League 1: 2020

Vietnam U23

• Southeast Asian Games Gold medal: 2021

Vietnam

• VFF Cup: 2022

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2023	Gia đình mình vui bất thình lình	Nhâm Văn Thìn	Television series; 1 episode	[5]