Patrik Le Giang

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Patrik Le Giang
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Patrik Le Giang in 2013
Personal information
Full name Patrik Le Giang
Date of birth (1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Lučenec, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Ho Chi Minh City
(on loan from Hanoi Police)
Number 89
Youth career
1997–2007 Fiľakovo
2007–2011 Žilina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2016 Žilina 7 (0)
2011–2012 → Zemplín Michalovce (loan) 15 (0)
2014–2016 Žilina B 39 (0)
2016–2019 Sellier & Bellot Vlašim 14 (0)
2017–2018 → Karviná (loan) 17 (0)
2019 → Prostějov (loan) 12 (0)
2019–2021 Bohemians 1905 50 (0)
2022 Pohronie 14 (0)
2023– Hanoi Police 8 (0)
2023– → Ho Chi Minh City (loan) 13 (0)
International career
2010–2011 Slovakia U19 11 (0)
2012–2015 Slovakia U21 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:33, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Patrik Le Giang (born 8 September 1992) is a Slovak footballer of Vietnamese ethnicity who currently plays as a goalkeeper for V.League 1 club Ho Chi Minh City FC, on loan from Hanoi Police.

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Le Giang's career was mostly spent in Slovakia and Czech Republic. He has represented Slovakia at under-19 and under-21.

Club career

Le Giang was born in Lučenec. He started off his career in Fiľakovo. He joined the Žilina youth system when he was fifteen. In 2011, he was promoted to the first team of MŠK Žilina. In July 2011, he joined Slovak club Zemplín Michalovce [1] on a one-year loan from Žilina. Patrik made his debut for Michalovce against LAFC Lučenec on 23 July 2011. [2] In June 2012, Le Giang returned to Žilina after his loan spell in Michalovce expired. Le Giang played his first match for Žilina on 15 May 2013 against ViOn Zlaté Moravce.

On 19 February 2023, he made his debut for Hanoi Police in a draw 1–1 against Hoang Anh Gia Lai. However in the middle of the season, he was loaned to Ho Chi Minh City due to the appearance of Filip Nguyen (both are non-naturalized Vietnamese players, but each team can only have 1 of them in the roster at the same time)

International career

Although born in Slovakia and available to play for Slovakia, he is also available to represent for Vietnam due to his origin, as well as he also possesses Vietnamese citizenship. [3] He has played for the U19 Slovakia before representing its U21 team, as well as capping for the U23 Vietnam team. [3]

Due to Vietnam's rising successes in football competition since 2019, there have been attempts to recruit the goalie into the Vietnamese team, but it is not clear will he decide to represent Vietnam or not. [4]

Personal life

Patrick Le Giang is a Vietnamese Slovakia, born to a Slovakian mother named Katarína and a Vietnamese father in Lučenec. He is the younger brother of fellow footballer Emil Le Giang.

Recognitions

On 16 November 2021, FIFPro has awarded Le Giang Merit Award for charitable contributions. [5]

Honours

Công An Hà Nội

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Michalovce sa posilnili aj o trojicu mladých Žilinčanov Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine 23.06.2011, profutbal.sk
  2. ↑ Víťazná premiéra MFK Zemplín proti Lučencu 25.08.2011, mfkzemplin.sk
  3. 1 2 "Three Vietnam-origin players making ASEAN clubs covet".
  4. ↑ "Thủ môn tỏa sáng ở CH Czech mang quốc tịch Việt Nam, thầy Park có quan tâm?". 16 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Slovenský brankár získal medzinárodné ocenenie za charitatívny prínos". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
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