18 Vietnamese coaches go to Japan to study for professional football coaching degrees

18 coaches in Vietnam have gone to Japan to study the professional football coach training course (Pro license) of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Vietnamese coaches at Noi Bai airport ( Hanoi ) before going to Japan - Photo: FBNV

On the morning of June 30, 18 coaches working at V-League, First Division clubs and the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) left for Japan to attend phase 2 of the professional football coach training course (Pro license) jointly organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the Japan Football Federation (JFA) and the VFF.

Notable among them are Coach Dinh Hong Vinh - assistant to Coach Kim Sang Sik in the Vietnam national team, Vu Hong Viet - Coach who led Nam Dinh Club to win the V-League 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 championships for two consecutive years, Coach Nguyen Viet Thang - led Phu Dong Ninh Binh Club to promotion to the V-League 2025-2026 with an unbeaten streak.

In particular, the course also has a female student, Coach Nguyen Thi Mai Lan - former player of the Vietnam women's team and currently coach of the Vietnam youth women's team.

Coach Dinh Hong Vinh (left) works with coach Kim Sang Sik on the Vietnam national team - Photo: VFF

Coach Phan Nhu Thuat (Song Lam Nghe An ) and Pham Thanh Luong (Cong An Ha Noi) are the last two to join the trip to Japan. Both are busy with their clubs in the 2024-2025 National Cup final on the evening of June 29 and after the match, they had to immediately move from Vinh to Hanoi to make the trip in time.

The 2024-2025 professional football coach training course consists of 4 phases. The 18 coaches mentioned above have completed phase 1, which took place from July 17 to 31, 2024 at the VFF headquarters, and are now entering phase 2, which will take place from June 30 to July 21, 2025 in Japan.

During the course, students will have the opportunity to be taught by experienced lecturers from AFC on many useful topics such as: Sports medicine, club management, competition organization, women's football development and national team philosophy...

Following the success of two professional football coaching courses jointly organized by AFC and VFF (2015-2017, 2022-2023), this is the third and quite special course.

According to AFC regulations, the courses can only be held every 2 years. But this time, AFC has made a special exception to organize 2 consecutive courses, because VFF wants to help domestic coaches reach the level of AFC competition license.

List of 18 coaches studying for Pro license

Dinh Hong Vinh, Vu Hong Viet, Bui Doan Quang Huy, Van Sy Son, Nguyen Thanh Cong, Pham Minh Duc, Phan Nhu Thuat, Nguyen Viet Thang, Le Phuoc Tu, Thach Bao Khanh, Pham Thanh Luong, Huynh Quoc Anh, Tran Trong Binh, Nguyen Van Dan, Tran Tien Dai, Dang Van Thanh, Nguyen Thi Mai Lan and Mauro Alexandre Tavares Jeronimo.

Back to topic

NGUYEN KHOI

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/18-hlv-viet-nam-sang-nhat-hoc-bang-hlv-bong-da-chuyen-nghiep-20250630101251481.htm