List of international goals scored by Lê Công Vinh

Lê Công Vinh is a former professional football player who played as a forward for the Vietnam national football team from 2004 to 2016.[1] He scored 51 goals with the national team, making him the all-time top goalscorer for Vietnam.[2][3] He is also the nation's most capped player, having appeared in 83 matches.[1] In June 2016 at the age of 30, Vinh announced he would retire at the conclusion of the 2016 AFF Championship.[4]

Lê Công Vinh holding a microphone
Lê Công Vinh is top goalscorer and most capped player for the Vietnam national football team.

International goals edit

Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vinh goal.[5]
Key
Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
International goals scored by Lê Công Vinh
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 2 20 August 2004 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam   Myanmar 1–0‡ 5–0 2004 LG Cup [6][7]
2 5–0
3 3 24 August 2004 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam   India 1–0 2–1 2004 LG Cup [8]
4 8 9 December 2004 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam   Cambodia 3–1 9–1 2004 AFF Championship [9]
5 8–1
6 9–1
7 10 15 December 2004 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Laos 1–0 3–0 2004 AFF Championship [10]
8 12 26 December 2006 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand   Kazakhstan 2–1 2–1 2006 King's Cup [11][12]
9 13 28 December 2006 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand   Singapore 3–2 3–2 2006 King's Cup [13]
10 16 17 January 2007 Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore   Laos 1–0 9–0 2007 AFF Championship [14]
11 2–0
12 5–0
13 19 24 June 2007 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Jamaica 1–0 3–0 Friendly [15][16]
14 20 30 June 2007 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Bahrain 1–1 5–3 Friendly [17]
15 2–1
16 21 8 July 2007 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   United Arab Emirates 1–0 2–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup [18]
17 27 1 October 2008 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam   Myanmar 1–1 2–3 2008 Ho Chi Minh City International Football Tournament [19][20]
18 2–3
19 28 5 October 2008 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam   Turkmenistan 2–3 2–3 2008 Ho Chi Minh City International Football Tournament [21]
20 32 26 November 2008 Jurong East Stadium, Jurong East, Singapore   Singapore 1–1 2–2 (4–5 pen.) Friendly[a] [22]
21 38 24 December 2008 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand   Thailand 2–0 2–1 2008 AFF Championship [23]
22 39 28 December 2008 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Thailand 1–1 1–1 2008 AFF Championship [24]
23 40 14 January 2009 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Lebanon 2–0 3–1 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification [25]
24 43 17 January 2010 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   China 1–2‡ 1–2 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification [26]
25 44 29 June 2011 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam   Macau 1–0 6–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) [27]
26 2–0
27 3–0‡
28 45 3 July 2011 Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau   Macau 3–0 7–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) [b]
29 4–0
30 5–1
31 6–1‡
32 52 11 September 2012 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia   Malaysia 1–0 2–0 Friendly [32]
33 57 2 July 2014 Gò Đậu Stadium, Thủ Dầu Một, Vietnam   Myanmar 3–0 6–0 Friendly [33]
34 4–0
35 5–0
36 58 6 September 2014 Lạch Tray Stadium, Haiphong, Vietnam   Hong Kong 3–1 3–1 Friendly [34]
37 61 22 November 2014 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Indonesia 2–1 2–2 2014 AFF Championship [35]
38 62 25 November 2014 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Laos 2–0 3–0 2014 AFF Championship [36]
39 65 11 December 2014 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Malaysia 1–2‡ 2–4 2014 AFF Championship [37]
40 2–4
41 69 8 October 2015 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Iraq 1–0 1–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) [38][39]
42 71 24 March 2016 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Chinese Taipei 1–1 4–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) [40]
43 4–1
44 73 31 May 2016 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Syria 1–0 2–0 Friendly [41]
45 74 3 June 2016 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar   Hong Kong 1–1 2–2 (4–3 pen.) 2016 AYA Bank Cup [42][43]
46 2–1
47 75 6 June 2016 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar   Singapore 1–0 3–0 (a.e.t.) 2016 AYA Bank Cup [44]
48 76 6 October 2016 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam   North Korea 2–1 5–2 Friendly [45]
49 78 8 November 2016 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Indonesia 1–1 3–2 Friendly [46]
50 79 20 November 2016 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar   Myanmar 2–1 2–1 2016 AFF Championship [47]
51 81 26 November 2016 Wunna Theikdi Stadium, Naypyidaw, Myanmar   Cambodia 1–0 2–1 2016 AFF Championship [48]

International statistics edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ This match is not recognised by FIFA as a full international.
  2. ^ News articles after the match originally attributed five goals to Vinh.[28][29] Retrospective and updated sources attribute four goals to Vinh and instead credit the first goal of the match to Huỳnh Quang Thanh.[30][31]

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