Trần Thị Kim Thanh

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| name = Trần Thị Kim Thanh

| image = Tran Thi Kim Thanh.png

| caption = Kim Thanh in 2022

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|9|18|df=y}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PDFFiles/afc-women-s-asian-cup-jordan-2018-press-kit|title=AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 - Press Kit|website=AFC|page=19|accessdate=20 May 2020}}{{soccerway|341557|accessdate=20 May 2020}}

| birth_place = Đức Hòa, Long An, Vietnam

| height = 1.65 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Thái Nguyên T&T

| clubnumber = 1

| years1 = 2010–2024

| clubs1 = Hồ Chí Minh City I{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PDFFiles/afc-women-s-asian-cup-jordan-2018-final-squads-group-b|title=AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 final squads – Group B|website=AFC|page=4|accessdate=20 May 2020}}

| caps1 = 84

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2024–

| clubs2 = Thái Nguyên T&T

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| nationalyears1 = 2014–

| nationalteam1 = Vietnam

| nationalcaps1 = 54

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| ntupdate = 29 September 2021

}}

Trần Thị Kim Thanh (born 18 September 1993) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Championship club Thái Nguyên T&T and the Vietnam women's national team.

Early life

Trần Thị Kim Thanh was born on 18 September 1993 in Đức Hóa, Long An, Vietnam. Trần's father was a construction worker and her mother was a farmhand on a bean farm. Throughout her childhood, Kim Thanh would help her mother harvesting beans in the fields when she returned home from school. Her father recounts struggling financially while raising his children and not having enough money for food.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-02-09 |title=Thủ môn Kim Thanh: Tuổi thơ quẩn quanh dưới ruộng, không biết ước mơ là gì |url=https://vtc.vn/thu-mon-kim-thanh-tuoi-tho-quan-quanh-duoi-ruong-khong-biet-uoc-mo-la-gi-ar660481.html |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Báo điện tử VTC News |language=vi}}

At the age of 15, Kim Thanh left school and moved away from her hometown to play football in Ho Chi Minh City.

Club career

Kim Thanh spent 14 years playing for Hồ Chí Minh City I. In March 2024, she joined Thái Nguyên T&T after signing a two-year contract deal.{{cite web|url=https://nld.com.vn/clb-thai-nguyen-chinh-thuc-chieu-mo-bo-ba-cau-thu-nu-tp-hcm-196240314224122861.htm|title=CLB Thái Nguyên chính thức chiêu mộ bộ ba cầu thủ nữ TP HCM|publisher=Người Lao Động|date=15 March 2024}}

International career

Kim Thanh received her first national team cap in 2014, but did not become a starter until Đặng Thị Kiều Trinh retired in 2018. In one of her first starts as Vietnam's first choice goalkeeper, she conceded 4 goals against Australia's U20 team in the semifinals of the 2018 AFF Women's Championship.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=12 July 2018 |title=Vietnam to face Myanmar for third place of women's football tourney |url=https://vietnamnet.vn/en/vietnam-to-face-myanmar-for-third-place-of-womens-football-tourney-E204027.html |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=VietNamNet News |language=}} After the match, she doubted her ability to start for Vietnam until being consoled by the coaching staff and team captain Huỳnh Như.

Kim Thanh was Vietnam's starting keeper at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, where she rose to international prominence for her heroic goalkeeping display. Prior to their opening match against the United States, Vietnam were expected to lose by a very large margin, and were compared to the Thailand team that lost 0–13 to the United States at the 2019 edition of the tournament.{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Doug |date=21 July 2023 |title=Don't fret if USWNT doesn't blow out Vietnam in World Cup opener |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/dont-fret-if-uswnt-doesnt-blow-out-vietnam-in-world-cup-opener |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=FOX Sports |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=O'Connor-Simpson |first=Matt |date=2023-07-20 |title=Can Vietnam avoid 'doing a Thailand'? What the USWNT can expect from their opening World Cup opponents {{!}} Goal.com UK |url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/vietnam-what-uswnt-expect-world-cup-opener-opponents/blt80dbef603260aaac |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=www.goal.com |language=en-GB}} Instead, Kim Thanh kept the scoreline down to a 0-3 loss despite the United States having 26 total shots.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-22 |title=U.S. women's national soccer team starts World Cup with 3-0 win over Vietnam |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/live-blog/us-women-national-team-world-cup-live-updates-rcna95399 |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=NBC News |language=en}} She also stopped a penalty from Alex Morgan in the 44th minute.{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Zach |date=2023-07-22 |title=Without much offense, Vietnam plays tough against US in Women's World Cup debut |url=https://apnews.com/article/womens-world-cup-vietnam-c798730481bbf7f6aa7c057424b69dda |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=AP News |language=en}}

Career statistics

colspan=2\|Total\|\|51\|\|0
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !National Team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals \|+Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="9" \|Vietnam \|2015	3	0
2016	1	0
2017	1	0
2018	4	0
2019	13	0
2020	4	0
2021	2	0
2022	15	0
2023	8	0