Trần Đình Trọng

Trần Đình Trọng (born 25 April 1997) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a center-back for V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội and the Vietnam national team.

Club career A youth product of the Hà Nội Academy, Đình Trọng began his career at Công An Nhân Dân in the V.League 2, before being transferred to Sài Gòn, a satellite club of Hà Nội. After winning the 2015 V.League 2 with Sài Gòn, Đình Trọng returned to Hà Nội in the V.League 1. There, he was part of the Hà Nội squad that won back-to-back V.League 1 titles in 2018 and 2019.

Following these accomplishments, Đình Trọng regularly sat out the football field for a long period due to injuries, resulting on his departure from Hà Nội in 2022, signing for Quy Nhơn Bình Định. In the 2023–24, he finished as V.League 1 runners-up with in Quy Nhơn Bình Đinh as an important starter player.

On 27 July 2024, Đình Trọng joined Công An Hà Nội.

International career Considered as one of the most promising Vietnamese defenders after the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Đình Trọng accomplished several successes in his early career. He played a crucial role on Vietnam U23's runner-up campaign at the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship, and later achieved the 2018 AFF Championship title with Vietnam national team.