Brazilian quality added to HAGL's domestic players

Since investing in football, in addition to Mr. Duc's special relationship with Thai football, the Brazilian element has always left a strong mark in the history of HAGL Club.

In the 2024 - 2025 season, HAGL used 3 foreign players, all Brazilian players, including center back Jairo Filho, midfielder Silva Marciel, and striker Washington Brandao. The results were quite impressive when Jairo scored 4 goals, Brandao scored 6 goals, while Marciel was one of the best rookies in the 2024 - 2025 V-League with 4 goals and 4 assists. This season, when the Organizing Committee agreed to increase the foreign player quota to 4, the HAGL board of directors decided to continue using 100% Brazilian foreign players. In addition to retaining Jairo and Marciel, the mountain town team added central midfielder Khevin Fraga and striker Gabriel Conceicao. Khevin Fraga (27 years old) is 1.9 m tall and has a strong playing style suitable for both the defensive midfielder and central defender positions, while Gabriel Conceicao (24 years old, 1.83 m tall) used to play for the Fluminense U.20 team and made 5 appearances for the Botafogo first team.

HAGL will add striker Gabriel Conceicao ( left ) and midfielder Khevin Fraga, increasing the Brazilian element in the squad.

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This season, the Brazilian character of the mountain town is even more evident when Higor Felliny Cruz (45 years old, 22 years of coaching experience) is brought in to take on the responsibility of upgrading the young goalkeepers as well as the HAGL domestic goalkeeper coach. In fact, as one of the teams that loves to organize fast attacks, few touches and coordinate small technical groups, HAGL's playing style is very suitable for the improvisation of Brazilian players. In addition, the adaptability of the samba dancers is also a reputable brand, while Jairo and Marciel have proven their responsibility and passion every time they take the field.

HAGL turns a new page

At this point, HAGL has officially closed the dedication cycle of the 1st and 2nd courses of HAGL JMG Academy after the departure of captain Minh Vuong along with Van Son, Quang Nho, Bao Toan... The team of the duo Technical Director Vu Tien Thanh and Head Coach Le Quang Trai will continue the strategy of developing young talents "made in Ham Rong". The current HAGL internal framework includes goalkeeper Trung Kien, defender Ly Duc, midfielder Thanh Son, Du Hoc, Dinh Lam... They will be supplemented with the creativity and fighting spirit of Brazilian foreign players to continue fighting in V-League 2025 - 2026. Coach Le Quang Trai once affirmed that HAGL is willing to sacrifice achievements on the field to maximize playing opportunities for domestic players, to contribute to the national teams. It will be another season, the third consecutive season that HAGL is out of the championship race, setting more modest goals, but the way they are doing it promises to bring a very unique color to V-League 2025 - 2026.

On June 23, just one day after the last match of the 2024-2025 V-League ended, HAGL Club officially started the project to completely renew the Pleiku stadium's turf, replacing the more than 50-year-old ginger grass with the coniferous grass currently used by most V-League teams. In the new season, when the teams travel to Pleiku stadium, in addition to having to adapt to the thin air on the plateau, it will be even more difficult as the ball will roll faster, meaning that HAGL's low-touch coordination will be even "lightning fast".

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/chat-brazil-bo-sung-cho-dan-cau-thu-noi-hagl-185250706211138727.htm