On October 17, midfielder Do Hoang Hen officially received a decision to become a Vietnamese citizen. The Brazilian midfielder expressed his pride, gratitude and desire to contribute to Vietnamese football.
This player was registered with a domestic player quota at Hanoi club. Hoang Hen will also be the name expected to soon appear in the list of the Vietnam national team if given the opportunity by coach Kim Sang-sik.
According to regulations, this player is still not eligible to compete for the Vietnam national team in 2025. According to Transfermarkt, Do Hoang Hen signed his first professional contract in Vietnam on January 12, 2021, with Binh Dinh club.
Therefore, after exactly 5 years of this milestone according to FIFA's regulations for naturalized foreign players, Do Hoang Hen is eligible to play for the Vietnam national team.
However, coach Kim Sang-sik can still name Do Hoang Hen in the upcoming training session to create adaptation and integration for the Brazilian midfielder with his teammates in the national team.
With the return of Nguyen Xuan Son, the combination of this duo promises to create strength for the Vietnam team.
Xuan Son and Hoang Hen once created the most compatible couple in the V.League, especially in the 2023-2024 season in the Nam Dinh Steel Blue shirt. The rise of Xuan Son and Hoang Hen was a big factor contributing to Nam Dinh Steel's championship.
According to Transfermarkt's statistics, the two have played together in 62 official matches. This duo showed a very high level of harmony when in addition to scoring, each of them had 11 assists for their teammates to score.
Recently, the Vietnamese team has been playing quite poorly, especially in the attack line that encountered many problems after Xuan Son was injured and could not return.
Especially the 0-4 loss to Malaysia, and recently 2 victories against Nepal, but left many questions about the playing style, especially the ineffectiveness of the attack.
In the context of Xuan Son preparing to return, Hoang Hen has also almost met all the conditions to be able to play for the Vietnam national team, and is just waiting for enough time according to regulations.
Obviously, coach Kim Sang-sik will have more quality personnel and attack options for the "Golden Star Warriors" in the coming time, especially the ability to get along and be effective of Xuan Son and Hoang Hen, at that time the strength of the Vietnamese team will increase significantly.
