Nguyễn Quốc Thiện Esele

{{short description|Nigerian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Theophilus Esele
Nguyễn Quốc Thiện Esele

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| fullname = Nguyễn Quốc Thiện Esele

| birth_name = Theophilus Esele

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria

| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2005–2011

| clubs1 = Hòa Phát Hà Nội

| caps1 = 195

| goals1 = 0

| caps2 = 44

| goals2 = 0

| years2 = 2012–2016

| clubs2 = Becamex Bình Dương

| caps3 = 13

| goals3 = 0

| years3 = 2017

| clubs3 = Hồ Chí Minh City

| years4 = 2018

| clubs4 = Nam Định

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 0

| club-update = 15 July 2018

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Nguyễn Quốc Thiện Esele (born as Theophilus Esele on 29 April 1984) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, he played for V-league 1 clubs such as Hoa Phat Hanoi, Becamex Binh Duong, Ho Chi Minh City.{{cite web|language=Vietnamese|title=Ngoại binh Becamex Bình Dương hạnh phúc chơi đùa cùng trẻ mồ côi (Foreign Binh Duong players happily volunteer at Orphanage |url=http://kenh14.vn/sport/ngoai-binh-becamex-binh-duong-hanh-phuc-choi-dua-cung-tre-mo-coi-20150911124131553.chn |work=kenh14.vn |date=11 September 2015 |accessdate=26 November 2015}}{{soccerway|theophilus-esele/299600}} He last played in Nam Dinh before retired in 2018.