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| Defender Dinh Viet Tu (right). — Photo tintucvietnam.vn |
Viet Nam News
HA NOI — HCM City FC have signed defender Dinh Viet Tu from their V.League 1 rivals Nam Dinh, for a cool VND3billion (US$130,400).
Tu played for his hometown team for 14 years, and will earn VND35million ($1,500) per month on a three-year deal in HCM City, according to a source.
Tu has said goodbye to his native club, V.League 1’ side Nam Dinh after 14 years of playing.
The 26-year-old contributed a great deal to his former side.
Tu scored the only goal to help Nam Dinh beat Viettel 1-0 in the V.League 2 final in 2017 to secure promotion to the V.League 1 and scored the winning penalty in the 2018 V.League 1 playoff against Ha Noi B to keep his side in the top division.
“I received an invitation to compete for a southern club and Nam Dinh’s leaders agreed to let me go. The career of a professional footballer is not long so I am forced to take this decision to take care of my family,” said Tu.
During the process of preparing for the AFF Cup 2018, coach Park Hang-seo called Tu into his preliminary Viet Nam quad, but the defender didn’t make the final cut. — VNS
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