Who is Quan Van Chuan – the goalkeeper who will replace Van Toan in U23 Vietnam?

In the 34th minute, midfielder Ben Davis on the U23 side of Thailand hit a long shot from outside the penalty area. Although the shot was not too dangerous, goalkeeper Nguyen Van Toan could not catch the ball and let the ball go into the net. The unfortunate goal made U23 Vietnam lose its advantage after taking the lead in the 22nd second.

Mistakes from Van Toan and opportunities for Quan Van Chuan

Immediately after the goal, Van Toan signaled to ask for medical care. The goalkeeper of Vietnam U23 has pointed at his finger, implying that his finger is in pain. Doctor Choi Ju-young entered the field to check on Van Toan’s injury and this doctor immediately signaled for a substitution. Quan Van Chuan was given the opportunity to play by coach Gong Oh-kyun.

In the minutes of being on the field, Quan Van Chuan made the fans admire by his certainty, especially in anti-balloon situations. He came in and out reasonably and continuously made excellent saves. Only regret in the final minutes of injury time, a mistake in the defense of U23 Vietnam created an opportunity for Suphanat Mueanta to head at close range, not giving Quan Van Chuan the opportunity to save…

Witnessing the certainty of Quan Van Chuan, many fans believe that this 21-year-old guy will be coached by Gong Oh-kyun to continue to believe in the next matches instead of senior Nguyen Van Toan – who has been infected many times. silly mistakes in wooden frames.

Quan Van Chuan once scored with Coach Park Hang-seo

In fact, Quan Van Chuan is not a strange name to Vietnamese football fans. Before appearing in U23 Vietnam, this 1m81 tall guy was an outstanding goalkeeper in young and semi-professional tournaments.

Born in 2001 in Tuyen Quang, Quan Van Chuan was recruited into the training system of Hanoi FC in 2011 and achieved his first impressions when he and Hanoi U19 won the National U19 and U21 championship, before being coached. Guillaume Graechen called up Vietnam U19 to play 4 matches in the International U19 tournament in 2019.

The year 2020 marks the outstanding development of Van Chuan. Under the guidance of coach Duong Hong Son, a veteran Vietnamese goalkeeper, Quan Van Chuan played more and more in the Second Division, which was the fulcrum to help Phu Tho Club win the right to be promoted to play in the First Division.

This is also the first year that Van Chuan was called up by Coach Park Hang-seo to the U22 team in the August gathering. However, the excellence of Van Toan and Xuan Hoang made Quan Van Chuan no chance in two friendly matches. of U22 with the national team takes place at the end of the year.

In 2021, at the first professional tournament to be arrested, Quan Van Chuan helped Phu Tho Club keep 2 clean sheets, lost 3 goals after 6 rounds of National First Division 2021. If the tournament is not canceled because of the epidemic. , maybe Standard will have more opportunities to show off.

The efforts of the 1m81-tall goalkeeper paid off when he was given the opportunity to attend consecutive gatherings this year, before having the opportunity to pitch in the friendly matches before the 2022 AFC U23 qualifiers. Specifically, against U23 Tajikistan and U23 Kyrgyzstan, two matches where he played the full 90 minutes, with many impressive saves.