Phùng Thanh Phương | |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1978 |
Birth Place: | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
Height: | 1.61 m |
Position: | Winger |
Years1: | 1997–2004 |
Clubs1: | Hồ Chí Minh City Police |
Nationalteam1: | Vietnam |
Nationalyears1: | 1998 |
Manageryears1: | 2010 |
Managerclubs1: | Navibank Sài Gòn (assistant) |
Manageryears2: | 2013 |
Managerclubs2: | Vietnam U23 (assistant) |
Manageryears3: | 2014–2019 |
Managerclubs3: | Hồ Chí Minh City (assistant) |
Manageryears4: | 2020 |
Managerclubs4: | Sài Gòn (assistant) |
Manageryears5: | 2021–2022 |
Managerclubs5: | Sài Gòn |
Manageryears6: | 2023– |
Managerclubs6: | Hồ Chí Minh City |
Phùng Thanh Phương (born 30 March 1978) is a Vietnamese football former footballer who mainly played as a right winger. He is currently the manager of V.League 1 club Hồ Chí Minh City.
He was part of the Vietnam national team squad that finished runners-up in the 1998 AFF Championship.
Born in Ho Chi Minh City, he was a youth product of Hồ Chí Minh City Police FC. He was promoted to the senior team in 1997, winning the Vietnamese Cup in 1998 and 2001. He was forced to retire from playing professional football in 2004 because he was unable to recover from a serious knee injury.[1]
After his retirement, he attended Ho Chi Minh City University of Sport and later became the manager of Ho Chi Minh City FC and Sài Gòn.[2] [3]