Trần Mạnh Dũng

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Trần, but is often simplified to Tran in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Dũng.

Trần Mạnh Dũng

Personal information
Full name	Trần Mạnh Dũng
Date of birth	(1990-03-09) March 9, 1990
Place of birth	Hải Hậu, Nam Định, Vietnam
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder, Striker
Youth career
2002–2007	Nam Định
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Nam Định	17	(0)
2011–2014	Vissai Ninh Bình	43	(2)
2015–2021	Nam Định	38	(1)
International career
2007–2008	Vietnam U20	3	(0)
2009–2010	Vietnam U21	2	(0)
2011–2012	Vietnam U23	4	(0)
2013–2014	Vietnam	7	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Trần Mạnh Dũng (born 9 March 1990) is a Vietnamese footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder, striker for Nam Định. He was also a member of the Vietnam national football team.

Match-fixing scandal

During the 2014 V.League 1 season, Vissai Ninh Bình wrote to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and to the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company to withdraw from the league due to 13 players being involved in match fixing. On August 25 of the year, Trần found guilty of the charge and was sentenced to 30 months in prison for being the groups ring-leader. In December, the VFF banned Trần for life from playing football in the country.