Lê Đức Tuấn | |
Full Name: | Lê Đức Tuấn |
Birth Date: | 13 June 1982 |
Birth Place: | Hanoi, Vietnam |
Height: | 1.73 m |
Position: | Left back |
Currentclub: | Hà Nội FC (head coach) |
Years1: | 1999–2000 |
Clubs1: | General Department of Railways |
Years2: | 2000–2011 |
Clubs2: | Hà Nội ACB |
Years3: | 2011–2015 |
Clubs3: | Thanh Hóa |
Caps3: | 78 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Nationalyears1: | 1998 |
Nationalteam1: | Vietnam U16 |
Nationalyears2: | 2003 |
Nationalteam2: | Vietnam U23 |
Manageryears1: | 2015–2019 |
Manageryears2: | 2020–2022 |
Manageryears3: | 2022–2024 |
Managerclubs3: | Hà Nội (assistant) |
Manageryears4: | 2023 |
Managerclubs4: | Hà Nội (caretaker) |
Manageryears5: | 2024– |
Managerclubs5: | Vietnam (assistant) |
Manageryears6: | 2024– |
Lê Đức Tuấn (born 13 June 1982) is a Vietnamese football manager and former footballer and is currently the head coach of V.League 1 club Hà Nội and the assistant coach of the Vietnam national team.
He is the son of Vietnam international Lê Khắc Chính.[1]
Throughout his career, Đức Tuấn mainly operated as a full-back.[2] He played for Vietnamese side Hà Nội ACB between 2000 and 2011 and captained the club during a period. With the club he won the 2008 Vietnamese Cup and the 2010 V.League 2.
With Vietnam U23, Đức Tuấn featured in the 2003 SEA Games, hosted in his home country. In the final against Thailand, Đức Tuấn made a positioning mistake which allowed the opponent to score the only goal of the game. Aftermath was heavily criticized by the Vietnamese media and fans and was also suspected of match fixing, which almost forced him to retire.[3]
After his retirement, Đức Tuấn became a manager. He coached Phù Đổng and managed to promote the club to the V.League 2. He then came back to his former club Hà Nội and worked as coach in the youth sectors. In 2022, he was promoted to the first team and became the assistant manager. In May 2024, following the appointment of Kim Sang-sik as Vietnam national team's head coach, Đức Tuấn was selected to become his assistant manager.[4]
On 28 July 2024, Đức Tuấn was appointed as the head coach of Hà Nội.[5]
He has been married and has two children.[6]
Hà Nội ACB
Vietnam U23
Silver medal 2003