Lê Quá»Âc Vðợng (born 20 February 1982) is a Vietnamese former footballer and manager who played as a central midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Hòa Bình.
Quá»Âc Vðợng was born and raised in Vinh. His father, Lê VÃÂn Quang, was a former footballer for Sông Lam Nghá» An around in the 1980s, who dedicated his love for football to his son Quá»Âc Vðợng. Quá»Âc Vðợng used to live just a few hundred meters from Vinh Stadium, where he practiced weekly. In 1996, Nguyá» n Há»Âng Thanh, the president of Sông Lam Nghá» An, officially established the team's youth academy and Quá»Âc Vðợng was one of the first youth players to join.
In 2003, as Sông Lam Nghá» An had too many midfielders, they decided to loan Quá»Âc Vðợng to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. With the club, he won the 2003 V-League.
After completing his loan at Hoàng Anh Gia Lai, Quá»Âc Vðợng returned to Sông Lam Nghá» An and played for two seasons before being sentenced to prison due to match-fixing.
In 2009, after 3 years in prison, Quá»Âc Vðợng transferred to Thá» Công for a fee of 300 million VND. However, frequent injuries limited his playing time. At the end of the 2010 season, he became a free agent.
In March 2010, Quá»Âc Vðợng transferred to First Division club Xuân Thành HàTénh Cement with a 5 billion VND signing fee for a 3-year contract. After failing to win promotion to V.League, the club almost dissolved, and Quá»Âc Vðợng said he wanted to leave the club as soon as possible.
At the beginning of the 2012 season, Quá»Âc Vðợng joined Thanh Hóa with a 3-year contract and a total signing fee of 2.3 billion VND. After five rounds in the league, Thanh Hóa terminated Quá»Âc Vðợng's contract due to concerns about his undisciplined behavior. The club requested that Quá»Âc Vðợng return 400 million VND, but he refused. This led to a lawsuit that lasted until 2013 â the outcome was not disclosed.
Quá»Âc Vðợng was called up for the Vietnam U-23 in the 2003 and the 2005 SEA Games.
On the afternoon of 24 November 2005 (before the Vietnam-Myanmar match in 2005 SEA Games), Quá»Âc Vðợng met with 7 teammates to propose that if Vietnam won by one goal against Myanmar, they would be given 20 to 30 million VND each. The whole group agreed to follow Quá»Âc Vðợng's plan.
This case was tried by the on 25 January 2007, and appealed on 20 April 2007. Quá»Âc Vðợng was sentenced to 4 years in prison for being the mastermind behind the match-fixing.
In 2019, Quá»Âc Vðợng officially received a C coach license from the AFC.
In 2020, he was invited by coach Phạm Anh Tuấn to work as an assistant coach for Hải Phòng, but left after the end of the season.
At the beginning of 2021, Quá»Âc Vðợng was appointed as manager for Hòa Bình, a new club that was established in the same year.
After a successful 2023 season for Hòa Bình in the V.League 2, helping the club finish 4th, he signed for V.League 1 club Há»Âng Lénh HàTÃÂnh as an assistant coach. In the 2023-24 season, Há»Âng Lénh HàTénh avoided relegation in the league after defeating PVFâÂÂCAND in the relegation/promotion play-off game.
In 2024, Quá»Âc Vðợng returned to Hòa Bình as a manager.
In 2012, Quá»Âc Vðợng married ÃÂoàn Phðáng Thúy. They have three children together.
HoÃÂ ng Anh Gia Lai
Vietnam U23