Nguyễn Công Phượng

Nguyễn Công Phượng
Công Phượng with Vietnam at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Nguyễn Công Phượng
Date of birth (1995-01-21) 21 January 1995
Place of birth Đô Lương, Nghệ An, Vietnam
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc
Number 70
Youth career
2007–2014 HAGL–Arsenal JMG Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2023 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 103 (36)
2016Mito HollyHock (loan) 5 (0)
2019Incheon United (loan) 8 (0)
2019Sint-Truiden (loan) 1 (0)
2020Ho Chi Minh City (loan) 12 (6)
2023–2024 Yokohama 0 (0)
2024– Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc 12 (7)
International career
2013–2014 Vietnam U19 22 (14)
2015–2018 Vietnam U23 64 (27)
2015– Vietnam 56 (12)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Vietnam
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
Runner-upIndonesia 2013Team
Runner-upVietnam 2014Team
Southeast Asian Games
Singapore 2015Team
AFC U-23 Championship
Runner-upChina 2018Team
AFF Championship
WinnerASEAN 2018Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2023, 21:00 (UTC)

Nguyễn Công Phượng (born 21 January 1995) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a forward or an attacking midfielder for V.League 2 club Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc and the Vietnam national team.

Công Phuợng is lauded as "Vietnamese Messi" by fans and the media due to his playing style and physique, Công Phượng is one of the most promising football talents in Vietnam. He is a product of HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy and was promoted to Hoang Anh Gia Lai senior team in 2015. Công Phượng was voted in 2015 as the 'Best Young Player of the Year. He has played in Belgium, South Korea and Japan.