Vũ Minh Tuấn (born 19 September 1990) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays for V.League 2 club Thép Cần Thơ.
Vũ Minh Tuấn began his career with Than Quang Ninh and progressed through the ranks. He scored 64 goals in 167 games as a midfielder for the club. In 2018, he signed for Thanh Hóa, but left a year later to join Viettel. He helped Viettel win the V.League 1, the club's first league title in 22 years. Minh Tuấn joined Hà Nội for free in early 2022. He remained at the team for two seasons, and signed for Bình Định in 2023.
Club career Born and raised in Cẩm Phả, his father was a former footballer, spending most his career at Than Quảng Ninh. As the result, Minh Tuấn also played for the youth ranks of Than Quảng Ninh.
In 2008, at the age of 18, Minh Tuấn was named to the first team of the Than Quảng Ninh to participate in the National First Division that year. In 2012, he was one of the contributors to Than Quảng Ninh U21's bronze medal at the National U-21 Championship.
In the 2013 V.League 2, Minh Tuấn scored 5 goals for the team, contrubuted to help the team finish second in the V.League 2, winning them a promotion to V.League 1.
In 2018, Minh Tuấn signed for FLC Thanh Hóa and helped the team finish second in the 2018 V.League 1. He left the team after one season, joining V.League fellow Viettel. He was part of the Viettel squad that won the 2020 V.League 1, the club's first league title in 22 years.
At the start of the 2022 season, Minh Tuấn joined Hà Nội as a free agent. He played for the team during two seasons before joining Bình Định in 2023.
Internationa career In 2013, Minh Tuấn was called up to the Vietnam U23 team to take part in the 2013 SEA Games.
In 2014, Minh Tuấn received his first call up to the Vietnam national team for the final match of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Hong Kong. He was also named in the squad for the 2014 AFF Championship and was considered by head coach Toshiya Miura as an important newcomer of the team.
Career statistics International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsVietnam201462201520201642201730Total154
Vietnam score listed first, score column indicates score after each Tuấn goal
+ List of international goals scored by Vũ Minh TuấnNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 25 November 2014 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam 5 1–0 3–0 2014 AFF Championship2 28 November 2014 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam 6 2–0 3–1 2014 AFF Championship3 9 October 2016 Maguwoharjo Stadium, Sleman, Indonesia 9 2–0 2–2 Friendly4 7 December 2016 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam 12 2–1 2–2 2016 AFF Championship
Honours Than Quảng Ninh Vietnamese National Cup: 2016 Vietnamese Super Cup: 2017
Viettel V.League 1: 2020
Hà Nội V.League 1: 2022 Vietnamese National Cup: 2022 Vietnamese Super Cup: 2022
Vietnam AYA Bank Cup: 2016 AFF Cup: third place 2014, 2016
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