Quế Ngọc Hải

Quế Ngọc Hải
Personal information
Full name Quế Ngọc Hải
Date of birth (1993-05-15) May 15, 1993
Place of birth Diễn Châu, Nghệ An, Vietnam[1]
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Sông Lam Nghệ An
Number 45
Youth career
Sông Lam Nghệ An
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Sông Lam Nghệ An 80 (7)
National team
2014–2015 Vietnam U-23 3 (0)
2014– Vietnam 21 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 December 2016

Quế Ngọc Hải (born May 15, 1993 in Vietnam) is a Vietnamese footballer who is a Defender for Sông Lam Nghệ An and the Vietnam national football team.

He scored his first goal for Vietnam in the 2014 AFF Championship in a 2–2 draw with Indonesia.[3][4]

Club career

Trần Anh Khoa incident

In a match on 13 September 2015 between Sông Lam Nghệ An and SHB Đà Nẵng a player from the latter team, Trần Anh Khoa, was dribbling into the box at the 21st minute when Ngọc Hải committed a dangerous and reckless tackle to stop the winger. Ngọc Hải was only shown a yellow card by the referee but Anh Khoa had to be substituted and suffered serious injury to his knee ligaments and leg bone because of the tackle.[5] Ngọc Hải was later suspended for 6 months for all football related activities, and was ordered to pay the roughly 800 million đồng for Anh Khoa's medical expenses. Anh Khoa is expected to remain injured for 12 to 18 months and had to travel to Singapore for surgery. Doctors said that there was only a 50% chance of Anh Khoa recovering enough to play professional football again.[6]

International career

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Reference
1. 22 November 2014 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi  Indonesia
1–0
2–2
2014 AFF Championship [3]

Personal life

Ngọc Hải was born in Diễn Châu District. At an early age his family moved to Vinh because of economical difficulties, where his parents made a living as fruit sellers. Ngọc Hải and his older brother Ngọc Mạnh are very close and attended the Sông Lam Nghệ An football academy together. Ngọc Mạnh suffered a serious knee injury hoever, and with little money the family had to rely on Ngọc Hải to work hard and become professional, both to provide for his family and pay for his brothers surgery.[1]

After scoring the opening goal against Indonesia in the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup Ngọc Hải lifted his shirt to reveal a picture of Nguyễn Hữu Thắng to thank his former coach for the opportunities he gave him.[1]

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