From Cong Phuong
Yokohama FC in Japan's J.League 2 football league officially announced on September 14 that Nguyen Cong Phuong will soon end his contract and move to a new team (outside of Japan).
Cong Phuong's contract with Yokohama FC will expire in January 2026, but right now, the two sides have reached an agreement for the player to leave. Thus, for two consecutive years, Vietnamese football has witnessed two of the most famous players, Nguyen Quang Hai and Nguyen Cong Phuong, failing to succeed when playing abroad.
Initially, many positive signals were given when both Quang Hai and Cong Phuong went abroad to play. Experts analyzed that Cong Phuong could have a good opportunity at Yokohama FC because he had experience playing for a foreign team before.
To Tran Thi Thanh Thuy
Tran Thi Thanh Thuy is currently the only Vietnamese volleyball player competing abroad. This player is currently doing a professional training program before the new season with the Turkish team Kuzeyboru.
This team is playing a friendly tournament before the season (taking place on September 14 and 15) and Thanh Thuy has a rare chance to play for a short time in the match on September 14.
Before coming to Türkiye, Tran Thi Thanh Thuy and her home team VTV Binh Dien Long An both aimed for the highest goal of having the player perform their best and have a place in the squad for the tournament in Turkey.
However, Kuzeyboru is a team that needs results. Therefore, only the best players are allowed to compete. When returning home, Vietnamese female volleyball players who have competed in the championship in Thailand all agree that each tournament has its own pressure, but as a player playing the role of a "foreign soldier", anyone must show their full potential, worthy of the cost that the team spent to sign a contract with them.
Otherwise, the professional mechanism in modern sports in many countries will show the very harsh truth that it is ready to eliminate those who do not meet the requirements.
On October 5, the Turkish Women's National Volleyball Championship kicked off. Everyone was waiting to see Thanh Thuy on the field.
In the signed contract, Thanh Thuy and Kuzeyboru are bound together for the first 10 months. After that, based on the player's performance and ability to meet the professional requirements, the two parties will continue to negotiate a new contract (if any).
And Le Quang Liem
Chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem is the most successful Vietnamese athlete to compete abroad. Le Quang Liem's professional achievements and achievements helped the Grandmaster receive a scholarship from Webster University and then stay to work. Currently, Le Quang Liem is the head coach of the university's chess team.
Le Quang Liem mainly lives and works in the US to focus more on chess. In the few times he has shared with the press, Le Quang Liem has affirmed that competing in international tournaments or going abroad to play for a chess team has pressure. The pressure is to achieve the results that everyone expects.
Despite working as a coach, Le Quang Liem still maintains his stable performance (even reaching 14th place on the FIDE world chess rankings). Le Quang Liem is currently competing with the Vietnamese chess team at the 2024 Olympiad in Hungary.
The leader of the Vietnamese chess team at the tournament - Mr. Nguyen Minh Thang - shared: "Le Quang Liem is a player with a professional style. This is considered one of the factors that Quang Liem accumulated while studying, competing and working abroad. The professional sports environment abroad trains athletes to be more courageous, but that courage is partly achieved when they overcome many pressures that few people understand."
