Phan Văn Tài Em

{{short description|Vietnamese footballer and manager}}

{{use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Phan Văn Tài Em

| image = Phan Van Tai Em 2008.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption =

| fullname = Phan Văn Tài Em

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|04|23|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Châu Thành, Long An, Vietnam

| height = {{height|m=1.70}}

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1= 1998–2002

| youthclubs1= Long An

| years1 = 2002–2011

| years2 = 2011–2012

| years3 = 2012–2013

| years4 = 2013–2017

| clubs1 = Dong Tam Long An

| clubs2 = Navibank Sai Gon

| clubs3 = Sai Gon Xuan Thanh

| clubs4 = Long An

| caps1= 217 | goals1 = 28

| caps2= 44 | goals2 = 5

| caps3= 27 | goals3 = 2

| caps4= 88 | goals4 = 6

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2008 | nationalyears2 =2002–2011

| nationalteam1 = Vietnam U23 | nationalteam2 =Vietnam

| nationalcaps1 = 50 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | nationalcaps2 = 55 | nationalgoals2 = 7

| totalcaps = 376

| totalgoals = 40

| pcupdate = 21 June 2017

| ntupdate = 8 December 2015

| manageryears1 = 2017

| managerclubs1 = Long An (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2018

| managerclubs2 = Sai Gon

}}

Phan Văn Tài Em (born April 23, 1982, in Châu Thành District, Long An) is a retired Vietnamese footballer who last played as a midfielder for Dong Tam Long An. He was a member of the Vietnam national football team. He was awarded as the Vietnamese Golden Ball in 2005.

Discovered by Henrique Calisto in 2002, he, since then, became a regular starter in the national team. He has played for the U-23 Vietnam in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games and 2007 Southeast Asian Games. In 2007, he was chosen to play for the national team in the 2007 Asian Cup.

In 2008, Tài Em, along with Nguyễn Minh Phương, captained Vietnam to win the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup.

He spent most of his career in Gach Dong Ta Long An, but he had considered a move to Navibank Sai Gon{{cite web |url=http://www.tinmoi.vn/So-huu-nhieu-ldquosaordquo-Navibank-SG-van-gap-kho-11204744.html |title=Sở hữu nhiều "sao", Navibank SG vẫn gặp khó |website=www.tinmoi.vn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109043137/http://www.tinmoi.vn/So-huu-nhieu-ldquosaordquo-Navibank-SG-van-gap-kho-11204744.html |archive-date=2010-11-09}}

After the retirement of Nguyễn Minh Phương, Phan Văn Tài Em was handed the captain band of the Vietnam national football team by the new coach Falko Goetz.

In September 2016 Phan Văn Tài Em announced his retirement from football.{{cite web|title=Vietnamese international player Phan Van Tai Em to retire from playing football|url=http://footballchannel.asia/2016/10/09/post12707/ |work=Football Channel Asia |date=9 October 2016|accessdate=10 October 2016}}