Nguyễn Bảo Long (born 23 August 2005) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for V.League 2 club Công An Nhân Dân and the Vietnam national under-20 team.
Early career Born in Bắc Giang, Bao Long has joined the PVF Football Academy in 2016 through the enrollment program. Starting his career as an attacker and later a left midfielder, Bảo Long was converted to a left back by his youth team coach due to his lack of skills to play above. He won the Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championship in 2021.
Club career Bảo Long participated in the 2021 and 2022 Vietnamese Football League Second Division with PVF.
In 2023, Bảo Long was promoted to PVF Football Academy's first team PVF-CAND. On 16 April 2023, he made his V.League 2 debut in PVF-CAND's goalless draw against Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu.
International career In March 2022, Bảo Long was named in Vietnam U17 squad for a training camp in Germany. Later in the year, he was called up to Vietnam national under-19 team for the AFF U-19 Youth Championship. Bảo Long appeared in 6 matches and was a key member in helping Vietnam finish in third place.
In 2023, Bảo Long participated in the 2023 AFC U-20 Championship with Vietnam national under-20s. He didn't appear in any game as Vietnam failed to reach the quarter-finals despite having won two out of their three matches.
Honours PVF Football Academy Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championship: 2021
PVF-CAND V.League 2 runner-up: 2023 Vietnamese National Cup third place : 2023
Vietnam U19 AFF U-19 Youth Championship third place: 2022 International Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup: 2022
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