Khuất Văn Khang

Khuất Văn Khang (born May 11, 2003) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for V.League 1 club Thể Công-Viettel and the Vietnam national team.

Văn Khang signed for Viettel in 2013 and made his professional debut for them in the V.League 1 in October 2022.

Having represented Vietnam at under-15, under-16, under-20 and under-23 levels, Văn Khang made his senior debut for Vietnam in September 2022.

Club career In 2013, Khuất Văn Khang started his career as a player at the training system of Viettel. He was promoted to Viettel's first team for the second part of the 2022 season. On 18 October 2022, he made his professional debut in a league game against Hoàng Anh Gia Lai.

International career Youth In 2017, Văn Khang and Vietnam U15 won the championship 2017 AFF U-15 Championship.

In 2018, at 2018 AFC U-16 Championship, although U-16 Vietnam was eliminated from the group stage, but Văn Khang still left a mark with a sublime free-kick goal against U-16 Indonesia.

Khuất Văn Khang debuts U-23 Vietnam in a 2–2 draw against U-23 Thailand at 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup. In the match against U-23 Korea Republic after that, Văn Khang and the whole team created "seismic" when his team was able to draw the opponent, he was also personally rated as man of the match.

Senior On 21 September 2022, Văn Khang made his international debut with Vietnam in the 2022 VFF Tri-Nations Series, appearing and also scored his first international goal in 4–0 win against Singapore.

In January 2024, he was named in Vietnam's 26-men squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.

Career statistics Club

International

Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first. No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 21 September 2022 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 4–0 4–0 2022 VFF Tri-Nations Series

International goals U-15 Vietnam Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition1. 14 July 2017 IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand 6–0 7–0 2017 AFF U-15 Youth Championship

U-16 Vietnam Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition1. 24 September 2018 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1–0 1–1 2018 AFC U-16 Championship

U-19 Vietnam Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition1. 4 July 2022 GBK Madya Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia 3–1 4–1 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship2. 8 July 2022 3–0 3–13. 10 July 2022 1–1 1–14. 7 August 2022 Go Dau Stadium, Binh Duong, Vietnam 2–1 2–1 2022 International U-19 Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup5. 14 September 2022 Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya, Indonesia 4–0 5–1 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification6. 16 September 2022 Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya, Indonesia 4–04–0 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification7. 18 February 2023 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1–02–1 Friendly

U-23 Vietnam Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition1. 16 May 2023 Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 3–0 3–0 2023 SEA Games2. 19 September 2023 Linping Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China 3–0 4–2 2022 Asian Games3. 20 April 2024 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar 1–0 2–0 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup4. 19 July 2025 Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi, Indonesia 1–0 3–0 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship5. 9 January 2026 King Abdullah Sports City Hall Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 1–0 2–1 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Honours Vietnam U15 AFF U-15 Youth Championship: 2017 Vietnam U19 AFF U-19 Youth Championship third place: 2022 International Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup: 2022 Vietnam U23 SEA Games gold medal: 2025; bronze medal: 2023 ASEAN U-23 Championship: 2023, 2025 AFC U-23 Asian Cup: third place 2026 Vietnam ASEAN Championship: 2024 VFF Cup: 2022 Individual AFF U-23 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023