Lê Đức Tuấn
{{Short description|Vietnamese footballer (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Lê Đức Tuấn
|image = Lê Đức Tuấn.jpg
|caption = Đức Tuấn with Thanh Hóa
|full_name = Lê Đức Tuấn
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|6|13|df=y}}
|height = 1.73 m
|position = Left back
|currentclub = Hà Nội FC (head coach)
|years1 = 1999–2000
|clubs1 = General Department of Railways
|years2 = 2000–2011
|clubs2 = Hà Nội ACB
|years3 = 2011–2015
|clubs3 = Thanh Hóa
|caps3 = 78
|goals3 = 4
|nationalyears1 = 1998
|nationalteam1 = Vietnam U16
|nationalcaps1 =
|nationalgoals1 =
|nationalyears2 = 2003
|nationalteam2 = Vietnam U23
|nationalcaps2 =
|nationalgoals2 =
|manageryears1 = 2015–2019
|managerclubs1 = Phù Đổng
|manageryears2 = 2020–2022
|managerclubs2 = Hà Nội Youth
|manageryears3 = 2022–2024
|managerclubs3 = Hà Nội (assistant)
|manageryears4 = 2023
|managerclubs4 = Hà Nội (caretaker)
|manageryears5 = 2024–
|managerclubs5 = Vietnam (assistant)
|manageryears6 = 2024–2025
|managerclubs6 = Hà Nội
| medaltemplates = {{MedalTeam|Vietnam Olympic}}
{{MedalCompetition|SEA Games}}
{{MedalSilver|SEA Games 2003|Football}}
}}
Lê Đức Tuấn (born 13 June 1982) is a Vietnamese football manager and former footballer and is currently the head coach of V.League 1 club Hà Nội and the assistant coach of the Vietnam national team.
Early life
He is the son of Vietnam international Lê Khắc Chính.{{Cite web|url=http://bongdaplus.vn/VLeague/Le-Duc-Tuan-ve-Thanh-Hoa-Cuoc-phieu-luu-thu-vi/31678.bbd|title=Lê Đức Tuấn về Thanh Hóa: Cuộc phiêu lưu thú vị?|publisher=bongdaplus.vn (Archived)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718212521/http://bongdaplus.vn/VLeague/Le-Duc-Tuan-ve-Thanh-Hoa-Cuoc-phieu-luu-thu-vi/31678.bbd |archive-date=2015-07-18 }}
Career
Throughout his career, Đức Tuấn mainly operated as a full-back.{{Cite web|url=https://vpf.vn/tin-tuc/tin-vleague/hau-ve-le-duc-tuan-giai-nghe-doi-bong-xu-thanh-se-mai-trong-tim-toi/|title=Lê Đức Tuấn giải nghệ: "Đội bóng xứ Thanh sẽ mãi trong tim tôi!"|publisher=vpf.vn}} He played for Vietnamese side Hà Nội ACB between 2000 and 2011 and captained the club during a period. With the club he won the 2008 Vietnamese Cup and the 2010 V.League 2.
With Vietnam U23, Đức Tuấn featured in the 2003 SEA Games, hosted in his home country. In the final against Thailand, Đức Tuấn made a positioning mistake which allowed the opponent to score the only goal of the game. Aftermath was heavily criticized by the Vietnamese media and fans and was also suspected of match fixing, which almost forced him to retire.{{cite web|title=Lê Đức Tuấn và cuộc sống như địa ngục sau SEA Games 2003|url=https://vnexpress.net/le-duc-tuan-va-cuoc-song-nhu-dia-nguc-sau-sea-games-2003-4087966.htm|publisher=VnExpress|date=2020-04-22}}
After his retirement, Đức Tuấn became a manager. He coached Phù Đổng and managed to promote the club to the V.League 2. He then came back to his former club Hà Nội and worked as coach in the youth sectors. In 2022, he was promoted to the first team and became the assistant manager. In May 2024, following the appointment of Kim Sang-sik as Vietnam national team's head coach, Đức Tuấn was selected to become his assistant manager.{{cite web|title=HLV có bằng cao cấp nhất Việt Nam làm trợ lý ông Kim Sang Sik|url=https://bongdaplus.vn/doi-tuyen-quoc-gia-viet-nam/hlv-co-bang-cao-cap-nhat-viet-nam-lam-tro-ly-ong-kim-sang-sik-4321312405.html|publisher=Bongdaplus|date=22 May 2024}}
On 28 July 2024, Đức Tuấn was appointed as the head coach of Hà Nội.{{cite web|title=Ông Lê Đức Tuấn làm HLV trưởng Hà Nội FC|url=https://vtcnews.vn/ong-le-duc-tuan-lam-hlv-truong-ha-noi-fc-ar885958.html|publisher=VTC News|date=28 July 2024}} On 28 January 2025, he was dismissed from his role as head coach at Hanoi FC.{{cite web |title=Hanoi Football Club announces changes on the coaching bench |url=https://hanoifc.com.vn/tin-tuc/209/clb-bong-da-ha-noi-thong-bao-thay-doi-tren-bang-ghe-huan-luyen |publisher=Hanoi FC |access-date=30 January 2025}}
Personal life
Honours
References
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{{2015 V.League 1 Team of the Season}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Le, Duc Tuan}}
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Footballers from Hanoi
Category:Sportspeople from Hanoi
Category:Vietnamese football managers
Category:Vietnamese men's footballers
Category:21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen
Category:SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam
Category:SEA Games medalists in football
Category:Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games
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