Van Quyet’s international career is so difficult that on the Wikipedia page, apart from introducing the time of his debut and the number of goals, there is not a single line regarding him in the team.
The generations of coaches, from Falko Gotze, Phan Thanh Hung, Hoang Van Phuc, Toshiya Miura, Nguyen Huu Thang to Park Hang-seo (excluding interim coaches), did not classify Van Quyet as a pillar group. . Therefore, following 12 years, Van Quyet has only 55 matches for the team, while the younger players have closely followed him.
He is a member of the 2018 AFF Cup winning team (even the captain) and the runner-up of the AFF Cup 2022, but the influence is almost zero because coach Park Hang-seo rarely uses it.
However, with 16 goals so far, Van Quyet is still in the Top 4 best strikers in the history of the national team…
At the end of the AFF Cup 2022, Park Hang-seo also ended his term as a team coach. When the VFF was regarding to appoint a replacement, it was expected that there would be some changes to make Van Quyet’s role in the team clearer.
The Vietnamese team had hoped that Xuan Truong or Tuan Anh would play the role of conductor, regulating the tempo of the match, but failed. Quang Hai can’t show leadership ability, Hung Dung is diligent but not enough…
Meanwhile, people who understand football see the pacing in Van Quyet’s style. Of course, with more and more experience and bravery, he knows how to do the best.
Is 31 years old too old to be recruited? Not compared with 38-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo, right in Southeast Asia, Theerathon Bunmathan – 32 years old, has shown at the last AFF Cup that no one has forgotten.
Of course, the style and philosophy of the coach is important, but the team’s achievements are also tied to the form and experience that the players show.