Filip Nguyen (born 14 September 1992), also spelled as Nguyá» n Filip, is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for V.League 1 club Công An HàNá»Âi. Born in Czechoslovakia, he represents the Vietnam national team.
Filip played youth football with Loko VltavÃÂn and Sparta Prague, joining the latter in 2012. On 20 October 2013, Nguyen appeared in the Sparta first-team squad for the first-team, being an unused substitute for a Czech First League home win over city rivals Dukla Prague. He departed the club in 2015 to play for SK Union ÃÂelákovice. 2016 saw Nguyen complete a move to Czech National Football League side Vlaà ¡im. He made his professional debut for Vlaà ¡im v. Karviná on 26 March. Forty-two appearances followed across his first three seasons. In February 2018, Slovan Liberec completed the signing of Nguyen; signing until 2021. In the 2022âÂÂ23 Czech First League, Filip was the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets.
On 28 June 2023, Filip signed for V.League 1 club Công An HàNá»Âi on a three-year contract. Filip made his league debut for the club on 2 July 2023, in a 0âÂÂ1 loss against SHB ÃÂàNẵng at Hòa Xuân Stadium. His first season with the Police team ended in success, as they won the V.League 1 title.
In 6 December 2023, Filip received approval to naturalize as a Vietnamese citizen.
Filip is eligible to play for either the Czech Republic or Vietnam at international level.
In July 2019, it was reported that Filip was in the process of becoming naturalized as a Vietnamese citizen, which would allow him to represent the country's national team for the succeeding 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
In September 2020, Filip received his first call-up to the Czech Republic national team for their UEFA Nations League match against Scotland on 7 September. Due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the previous Czech squad, all players and the coaching staff which faced Slovakia on 4 September had to be replaced.
On 6 December 2023, Filip announced on his Facebook page that he had successfully completed his Vietnamese naturalization, thus making him eligible to play for Vietnam.
On 25 December 2023, Filip was selected in Vietnam's 34-man provisional squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, and later made the final squad. He made his first senior international appearance against Kyrgyzstan in a 1âÂÂ2 friendly defeat on 9 January 2024 in preparation for the tournament. Filip played in all of Vietnam's three matches at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup finals.
Filip was born in Prague to a Vietnamese father and a Czech mother. His father is from Haiphong.
Filip married his long-term girlfriend Aneta Ngova in August 2021. She also is of Vietnamese and Czech descent. The couple have two children, a son and a daughter.
Slovácko
Công An HàNá»Âi
Vietnam