Khuất Văn Khang

Khuất Văn Khang
	Văn Khang in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Khuất Văn Khang
Date of birth	11 May 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Phúc Thọ, Hanoi, Vietnam
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team	Viettel
Number	11
Youth career
2013–2021	Viettel
Senior career*
Years	Team
2022–	Viettel
International career‡
2017–2018	Vietnam U15
2018–2019	Vietnam U16
2022–2023	Vietnam U20
2022–	Vietnam U23
2022–	Vietnam
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Vietnam
AFF U-17 Youth Championship
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
SEA Games
AFF U-23 Championship
ASEAN Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 April 2024

Khuất Văn Khang (born May 11, 2003) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

International career

Youth

In 2017, Văn Khang and Vietnam U15 won the championship 2017 AFF U-15 Championship.^[4]

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"^[5] when his team was able to draw the opponent, he was also personally rated as man of the match.^[6]^[7]

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.^[8]

In January 2024, he was named in Vietnam's 26-men squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 November 2024^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Thể Công-Viettel	2022	V.League 1	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2023		8	0	0	0	—		8	0
	2023-24		24	3	3	0	—		27	3
	2024-25		8	2	0	0	—		8	2
Total career			41	5	3	0	0	0	44	5

International

As of match played 12 October 2024^[11]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Vietnam	2022	2	1
	2023	6	0
	2024	8	0
Total		16	1

International goals

U-15 Vietnam

#	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 July 2017	IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand	Philippines	6–0	7–0	2017 AFF U-15 Youth Championship

U-16 Vietnam

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

U-19 Vietnam

#	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 July 2022	GBK Madya Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Philippines	3–1	4–1	2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
2.	8 July 2022		Myanmar	3–0	3–1
3.	10 July 2022		Thailand	1–1	1–1
4.	7 August 2022	Go Dau Stadium, Binh Duong, Vietnam	Malaysia	2–1	2–1	2022 International U-19 Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup
5.	14 September 2022	Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya, Indonesia	Hong Kong	4–0	5–1	2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification
6.	16 September 2022	Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, Surabaya, Indonesia	East Timor	4–0	4–0	2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification
7.	18 February 2023	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	1–0	2–1	Friendly

U-23 Vietnam

#	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 May 2023	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Myanmar	3–0	3–0	2023 SEA Games
2.	19 September 2023	Linping Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China	Mongolia	3–0	4–2	2022 Asian Games
3.	20 April 2024	Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Malaysia	1–0	2–0	2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Vietnam

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 September 2022	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Singapore	4–0	4–0	2022 VFF Tri-Nations Series

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 bronze medal: 2023
AFF U-23 Championship: 2023

Vietnam

ASEAN Championship: 2024
VFF Cup: 2022

Individual

AFF U-23 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023

References

^ "Khuất Văn Khang". Vietnam Professional Football.
^ "Khuất Văn Khang – "Của để dành" ở U23 Việt Nam là ai?". Dân Việt. 3 May 2022.
^ "Khuất Văn Khang lần đầu tiên xuất hiện ở V-League 2022". Tin Bóng đá 24h. 18 October 2022.
^ "Khuất Văn Khang và Nguyễn Văn Trường là ai ?". Thanh niên. 26 May 2022.
^ "U23 Việt Nam tạo nên địa chấn trước đương kim vô địch U23 Hàn Quốc". VietnamPlus. 5 June 2022.
^ "Văn Khang hay nhất trận, phải kiểm tra doping". Zingnews. 6 June 2022.
^ "Cầu thủ trẻ nhất U23 Việt Nam được AFC vinh danh sau trận hòa Hàn Quốc". Dân trí. 6 June 2022.
^ "Tuyển Việt Nam dễ dàng thắng đậm Singapore" (in Vietnamese). Vietnamnet. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Đội tuyển Việt Nam công bố danh sách chính thức 26 cầu thủ tham dự VCK Asian Cup 2023" (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Football Federation. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ Khuất Văn Khang at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
^ "Văn Khang Khuất". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

[1] "Khuất Văn Khang". Vietnam Professional Football.

[DV-2] "Khuất Văn Khang – "Của để dành" ở U23 Việt Nam là ai?". Dân Việt. 3 May 2022.

[3] "Khuất Văn Khang lần đầu tiên xuất hiện ở V-League 2022". Tin Bóng đá 24h. 18 October 2022.

[4] "Khuất Văn Khang và Nguyễn Văn Trường là ai ?". Thanh niên. 26 May 2022.

[5] "U23 Việt Nam tạo nên địa chấn trước đương kim vô địch U23 Hàn Quốc". VietnamPlus. 5 June 2022.

[6] "Văn Khang hay nhất trận, phải kiểm tra doping". Zingnews. 6 June 2022.

[7] "Cầu thủ trẻ nhất U23 Việt Nam được AFC vinh danh sau trận hòa Hàn Quốc". Dân trí. 6 June 2022.

[8] "Tuyển Việt Nam dễ dàng thắng đậm Singapore" (in Vietnamese). Vietnamnet. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[9] "Đội tuyển Việt Nam công bố danh sách chính thức 26 cầu thủ tham dự VCK Asian Cup 2023" (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Football Federation. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[10] Khuất Văn Khang at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2024.

[NFT-11] "Văn Khang Khuất". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

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