Van Toan at the Seoul E-Land-Cheongju match on March 1 (Photo: VNA) Speaking to the Vietnam News Agency in the RoK, Chairman of Cheonan City FC Ahn Byung-mo said thatthanks to coach Park Hang-seo’s connections, Vietnamese football has becomeclose to the RoK.
This is the first time Cheonan City FC hasrecruited two young Vietnamese players, he said, expressing his hope that Hieuand Anh will integrate themselves into the team well and grow with their Korean peers.
Ahn said that the presence of Vietnameseyoung footballers in the club is expected to bring about positive impacts on notonly Vietnamese players but also Korean teammates, creating a chance for them toadapt to and learn from each other, thus completing themselves together.
Commenting on the skills of Vietnamese players, Ahn said that they have demonstrated high quality, and hardworking and discipline attitude, so having a new playing environmentwill help them perfect their skills.
On March 1, coach Park Hang-seo came to thestadium of Cheonan city to encourage Hieu and Anh, who have arrived in the RoKfollowing their 1-year contracts, and then to Mokdong stadium in Seoul to watch Toan’s game in the jersey of Seoul E-Land.
CEO of Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC Nguyen Tan Anh, who was present at Cheonan stadium the same day, said that over the past 13 years, the club has sent many playersabroad, including Xuan Truong, Tuan Anh, Cong Phuong, Van Toan and, mostrecently, Canh Anh and Minh Hieu. He said he hopes the young players will besuccessful abroad, sharpening the skills and bringing highly qualified footballfrom leading Asian countries like the RoK and Japan and other countries to thenational team, thus narrowing the gap between the football of Vietnam and thesecountries.
Anh also underlined the high potential of footballcooperation and exchange between Vietnam and the RoK. Vietnamese players’ participationin Korean national football tournaments will give them great chances to learnand improve their capacity in a high-class environment, he added./.
VNA
