Phan Tuấn Tài

Phan Tuấn Tài (born 7 January 2001) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for V.League 1 club Thể Công–Viettel and the Vietnam national team.

Club career In 2013, Tuấn Tài began his football career in Viettel's youth academy. In 2020, Tuấn Tài was sent on loan to V.League 2 club Đắk Lắk. He was the first U23 Vietnam player to be called back by his parent club and promoted to the first team. On June 30, 2022, Tuấn Tài returned to Viettel. With this return, he was promoted to the first team to compete in the 2022 V-League.

International career Tuấn Tài was urgently included in Vietnam U23 squad for the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship due to several COVID-19 cases in the team. He started in the final match against Thailand U23 and managed to help his team keep a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory to win the tournament.

His performances at the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship gained him a spot in coach Park Hang-seo's 20 men squad for the 2021 Southeast Asian Games. In the gold medal match, Tuấn Tài assisted Nhâm Mạnh Dũng, who scored the winning goal against Thailand to help Vietnam winning their second Southeast Asian Games men's football gold medal in their history.

During the 2022 AFC U-23 Championship, Tuấn Tài had 1 goal and 1 assist, helping Vietnam reach the quarter-finals.

One day before the Vietnam U23 team departed for Qatar to compete in the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup, Tuấn Tài withdrew from the tournament due to an injury.

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International

International goals U-23 Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition1. 5 June 2022 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1–0 2–2 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Honours Vietnam U23 AFF U-23 Championship: 2022 SEA Games: Gold medal : 2021; Bronze medal: 2023 Vietnam VFF Cup: 2022 ASEAN Championship: 2026