Struggling to stay in the league with the club
Coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet ended his contract with the Quang Ninh women's volleyball team on December 31, 2023. In early 2024, the 1976-born coach signed a 5-year contract to lead the Vietinbank women's volleyball club.
This is the second time Mr. Nguyen Tuan Kiet has led the Banking women's football team. Previously, from 2015 to 2020, Mr. Kiet left many impressions with 1 championship, 2 runner-up positions and 3rd place at the national volleyball championship with this team. He is expected to help Vietinbank restore its inherent position.
However, with a thin force and not very high quality foreign players, the 48-year-old captain encountered many difficulties in building the squad and playing style for Vietinbank.
After 2 rounds of the national volleyball championship, this team has 8 points, 3 wins and 4 losses. They are in the group of 4 teams competing for relegation with Quang Ninh, Thai Binh and Hanoi.
At the crucial moment, coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet showed his talent in commanding the team. He used the available cards, motivated his students to help Vietinbank become one of the two teams that successfully stayed in the league, along with Thai Binh women's team.
After the tournament, the captain of Vietinbank frankly shared: "After this tournament, we need to sit down and work and discuss. Vietinbank wants to stabilize the athlete force and have a good ranking, but with the current way of doing things, it is very difficult.
The team's domestic force has many young, potential faces, but it is impossible to become a big star. Every year, Vietinbank loses a lot of players leaving the team, unable to keep them. We have to find a different way. Hopefully, the whole team will overcome difficulties and have better preparation in 2025."
Success with the national women's team
After a successful 2023, coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet continued to be trusted to lead the Vietnamese women's volleyball team. Not disappointing expectations, this coach and the national women's team made important strides in 2024.
Coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet and his students participated in 5 international tournaments and achieved many good results such as winning the AVC Challenge Cup, 3rd place in the FIVB Challenger Cup, 2nd place in the SEA V.League, 5th place in the Future Stars (friendly) and 2nd place in the VTV Cup.
In particular, the greatest mark of the 1976-born coach is helping the national women's team win tickets to the 2025 World Championship as well as continuing to enhance the position of Vietnamese women's volleyball in the region, continent and gradually reaching out to the world.
In addition to the achievements, Mr. Kiet has carefully prepared the current generation of athletes, such as encouraging Bich Tuyen, helping this player overcome pressure to shine in many major tournaments and win individual titles; calling young players such as Van Ha, Pham Quynh Huong and Dang Thi Hong (members of the Vietnam U20 women's team) to join the Vietnam women's volleyball team to participate in the Future Cup 2024, thereby accumulating competition experience.
Mr. Nguyen Tuan Kiet also received a nomination for the title "Coach of the Year" at the 2024 Victory Cup.
In 2025, the Vietnam women's volleyball team and the Vietnam U20 women's youth team will both have the task of competing in international tournaments at the world level.
Coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet is the one who is given full authority to build professional plans for both volleyball teams. Therefore, this coach needs to carefully calculate the personnel after witnessing the performance of the athletes this year to aim for 2025 to continue with many impressions.
