Quoc Viet wins Top Scorer of U19 Southeast Asia
Quoc Viet monopolized the award with five tables. He scored twice in the second to help Vietnam beat the Philippines 4-1. In the penultimate round of the group stage, Haiphong striker scored two more goals and the home team defeated Myanmar 3-1. In yesterday's third-place match, China and Vietnam equalized Vietnam 1-1, and then the team defeated Thailand 5-3 in a penalty shootout.
There are three players scoring four goals in the tournament, hokky caraka, Rabbani Tasnim (Indonesia) and Peeter Phanthavong (Laos). The vietnamese player who scored the second most goals was captain midfielder Khuong Van Khang, with three goals.
Quoc Viet became the fifth player of Vietnam to win the top scorer, since 2006. Previously, Huynh Phuc Hiep (2006), Nguyen Van Thanh (2010), Nguyen Xuan Nam (2011) and Nguyen Van Toan (2013 ) Having been honored. In particular, Xuan Nam is with Egy Maulana Vikri (Indonesia) holding the record for the most goals in a U19 Southeast Asia, with eight goals.
But the period's top scorer has scored the fewest goals since 2009, if only games involving more than four teams are counted. That year, striker Thamil Arasu Ambumamee (Malaysia) also topped the list with five goals.
In the list of top scorers in the tournament in history, there are two Asian stars: Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Sardar Azmoun (Iran). They all snatched the award after scoring four goals in 2012, where Iran attended as guests. Jahanbakhsh played three Premier League seasons for Brighton, while Azmoun won the Russian Top Scorer in the 2019-2020 season.
This is not the first time Quoc Viet has won the top scorer. He has been able to do so many times in U17, U19 and U21 tournaments. Quoc Viet's goalscoring ability helps him to be nicknamed "King of the Young", replacing Nguyen Quang Hai in the past.
Quoc Viet was born on May 4, 2003 in Hai Phong, but once helped Hai Duong win the national U13 championship. He passed the HAGL JMG training furnace, before being transferred to NutiFood. The strength of Quoc Viet is the speed, ability to choose location and finish. But his skills of independent combat, walling or passing the ball still need to improve. Quoc Viet has never played in the V-League, and the day he launched a professional playground is still far away when the 19-year-old striker has not even been tried in the first place.
