VietNamNet - The Cong pays US$500,000 to own top striker The Cong splash Dong for Le Cong The Cong have set a V-League transfer record by shelling out 8 billion Vietnamese Dong (US$500,000 approximately) for international striker Le Cong Vinh. ---------------------------- Vietnam football hve lost it head This must be a ASEAN record as well
That is a lot of money, but the lad is a good player, but still a lot of money between V-League sides. I could understand if he was going to somewhere like Korea or Japan for that money. Mayeb it's just Vietnam flexing their muscles.
Merdeka Cup in Malaysia from Mid October : Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam U23 will be the ASEAN teams. Other NT : Bangladesh, Sierra Leone , Afghanistan , Nepal and Bangladesh ! http://www.vff.org.vn/default.aspx?mod=DetailNews&fNewsID=9531&fCatID=37&fSncID=&fMscID=
Fixtures: October 1: Turkmenistan – Korean Students; Vietnam – Myanmar October 3: Myanmar – Turkmenistan; Vietnam – Korean Students October 5: Korean Students – Myanmar; Vietnam – Turkmenistan http://english.vietnamnet.vn/sports/2008/09/804908/
Vietnam have so many tournements coming up, all seem to be at once aswell, hard to keep track of whats happening. I read a press release the other day, stating Trinidad had turned down the invite due to world cup qualifiers. Hence the difference in opinion between Jonny and Fancom on who's playing.
U21 International Thanh Nien Cup Hosted in Vietnam Day One report from www.aseanfootball.org HUE (22 Sept 2008) – The Vietnam national Under-21 team began the U21 International Thanh Nien Cup with a fabulous 4-2 win over Asean rivals Malaysia at the Tu Do Stadium in Hue province. “I am very pleased with what my players demonstrated. However, we have a lot more to do, especially improving the defence,” said Luu Quoc Tan, the head coach of the Vietnam. The defending champions were the early aggressors and took the lead in the sixth minute off Duc Thien before Malaysia replied through Ahmad Fakri Saarani two minutes later. Van Khai then restored the advantage for Vietnam in the 20th minute as Duc Thien then gave the homesters a two-goal cushion with his second goal of the afternoon five minutes later. T. Kavichelvan then gave Malaysia a glimmer of hope on 29th minute with the second goal for the visitors. But the concession of a penalty in the 63rd minute in the second half saw Van Khai slamming home from the spot for the well-deserved victory. “We did not play as well as we should. I will have to make the necessary changes for our next encounter against Thailand,” said K. Rajagobal, the head coach for Malaysia. Vietnam are in Group A of this year’s championship alongside Malaysia and Thailand while Group B are Myanmar, Singapore and Iran.
Could somebody translate this from Vietnamese ? http://www.vff.org.vn/default.aspx?mod=DetailNews&fNewsID=9573&fCatID=12&fSncID=&fMscID= Seems that Uzbekistan will be in T & T Cup in late October.
Jonny, I heard that we gonna play a friendly against Argentine in October, do you have any info about this?
U21 International Thanh Nien Cup - Latest News HUE (23 Sept 2008) – Thailand made the semi-finals of the U21 International Thanh Nien Cup when they beat Malaysia 4-1 at the Tu Do Stadium in the central town of Hue. “I am pleased with the result,” said Kawin Kachendecha, the head coach for Thailand. “We must beat Vietnam to top Group A and avoid Iran in the semis. We want to advance further in the competition and hope to be in the final.” The loss for Malaysia, who were represented by their young Under-19 squad, was their second following their 4-2 defeat at the hands of hosts Vietnam yesterday. But the Malaysians were a lot more composed in the opening half of the game when they scored the lead off Thamil Arasu in the 11th minute. The Thais then took control of the midfield and seven minutes later, they scored the equaliser when Rachanon Sirnok headed in the cross from Theerathon Bunmathan. The Malaysian defence stood firm for much of the rest of the game until the 77th minute when Nirunrit Jaroensuk rifled in a shot from some way out to put Thailand 2-1 in front. The Thais then scored twice more towards the end of the game off Jirawut Saranan in the 89th minute and Charin Boodhad in the 90th minute for the final scoreline. With the win, Thailand and Vietnam will fight it out tomorrow to decide the group champions as Malaysia head home. “We lost because my players couldn’t control the midfield. However, we can learn a lot from this competition,” said K.Rajagopal, the head coach for Malaysia.
That's true. North Korea, Uzbekistan and Thailand will participate in T&T Cup (might be changed to VFF Cup). I was wrong about the HCM Open Cup with Myanmar, Turkmenistan and the Korean College team. Vietnam will also play 2 friendly games against Singapore. The first leg will be on 14/10 in VN. The second leg is in November in Singapore.
Alves Kesley, considered one of the best strikers in V-League in his 4 years in Viet Nam, is applying for Vietnamese citizenship. He's playing for the champion Binh Duong and is married to a Vietnamese wife.
Thank for the info Has this player won any award in the V-league like Player of the Year or Top scorer
he did. Except for the 2nd year, he won the Top Scorer in his first year and was runner up/third place for the other 2. Da Nang is also trying to persuade Almeida who has been playing for the team for about 5 yrs now and won the top scorer 3/ last 5 seasons to apply for citizenship. He scored about 21-24 goals/season.
Blog about Cambodian football. http://roubroum.blogspot.com/2008/09/andys-blog-on-cambodian-football.html
Thanks once again for the info abt Alves & the other player Certainly bth strikers hve an eye for the net & still at a good age Here the news I found abt this development but it looked like Alves will nt make it for the Suzuki Cup if it is next year
HCM City Cup 2008 1st day results Turkmenistan NT - Korea National Student team 3-1 Vietnam NT 2 - 3 Myanmar NT
Grand Royal Challenge Cup in Myanmar from 9 November : Myanmar NT , Indonesia NT , Bangladesh NT , Vietnam U23 , Malaysia U23 and Ulsan Hyundai (Korea Rep)
Only Myanmar NT and Indonesia NT have played each other before this year. Myanmar and Indonesia NT using this tournament for final preparation before finals in December , Vietnam U23 and Malaysia U23 start preparations before SEA Games 2009. ASEAN teams always prepare much better before ASEAN Championship than before World Cup qualifiers...
I don't mind at all. I just want to see Myanmar in many tournament as long as opponents are in same lvl or above. Myanmar needs international match experience.
AFC U-16 Championship Not a good day for our regions teams: Results: Group A: Singapore 0 - 7 Uzbekistan Group B: Syria 2 - 1 Indonesia Possibly our weakest side Malaysia, who qualified without actually winning our scoring a goal, get underway tomorrow against Japan. AFF U19 Youth Championship Tournement kicks off tomorrow in Thailand. Host Thailand play South Korea, China meet Australia. Tournement is in preperation for the upcoming AFC Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia Latest media release: http://www.aseanfootball.org/headlines_01.asp?id=633
West Ham United & Aston Villa send their scout to watch Indonesia U-16 Player RUDI SETIAWAN. After his imppresive performance in Manchester Premier Cup Asia Pacific and became the MVP for Asia Pacific,he also played well in MUPC 2008 in Manchester and ASEAN U-16 a few months ago, he is now being scouted by West Ham United and Aston Villa talent scouts,both clubs sending their scouts to see him playing in AFC U-16 Uzbekistan. Hopefully he will playing great in this tournament. here is a pic of him selected in MUPC 2008 ALL STARS GAME in ole gunnar solksjaer testimonoal match. he is the one who shake hand with ole