Huỳnh Như

Huỳnh Như (born 28 November 1991) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a forward for Liga BPI club Vilaverdense and the Vietnam women's national team. She had won four times Vietnamese Women's Golden Ball.

Huỳnh Như

Personal information
Full name	Huỳnh Như^[1]
Date of birth	(1991-11-28) 28 November 1991 (age 31)^[2]
Place of birth	Châu Thành, Trà Vinh, Vietnam
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward^[2]^[3]
Club information
Current team	Vilaverdense
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2022	Hồ Chí Minh City I^[4]	84	(62)
2022–	Länk FC Vilaverdense	9	(3)
International career^‡
2011–	Vietnam	84	(62)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 July 2022

Career

She began her career with the local club Hồ Chí Minh City I W.F.C., making her debut in 2007, where she became an instrument of the club's domination in the semi-professional National League. She played 84 games, scored 62 goals as her club crowned champions on five seasons.

In August 2022, she wrote history as the first Vietnamese female footballer to go play professional abroad in Europe, by signing for the Portuguese club Vilaverdense in the Portuguese Campeonato Nacional Feminino.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 8 January 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ho Chi Minh City	2007–22	Vietnamese Women's Championship	?	?	?	?	–		–		84	62
	Total		?	?	?	?	–		–		84	62
Länk FC Vilaverdense	2022–23	Campeonato Nacional Feminino	9	3	2	2	1	0	–		12	5
	Total		9	3	2	2	1	0	–		12	5
Career total			9	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	96	67

1. Includes Vietnamese Women's National Cup and Taça de Portugal Feminina
2. Includes Taça da Liga Feminina

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 October 2011	New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos	Singapore	1–0	9–1	2011 AFF Women's Championship
2.				7–1
3.				9–1
4.	18 October 2011		Laos	1–0	4–0
5.	25 October 2011		Laos	2–0	6–0
6.	28 April 2013	Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi, Vietnam	Jordan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
7.	16 May 2013	Amman, Jordan	Jordan	?–0	5–1
8.				5–0
9.	24 May 2013	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Kyrgyzstan	11–0	12–0	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
10.				12–0
11.	13 December 2013	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Philippines	7–0	7–0	2013 Southeast Asian Games
12.	18 December 2013		Malaysia	4–0	4–0
13.	2 May 2015	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Myanmar	1–0	3–2	2015 AFF Women's Championship
14.				2–2
15.	4 May 2015		Malaysia	1–0	7–0
16.				4–0
17.	18 September 2015	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Myanmar	1–0	4–2	2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
18.				4–0
19.	7 March 2016	Kincho Stadium, Osaka, Japan	Japan	1–1	1–6
20.	30 July 2016	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Thailand	1–0	2–0	2016 AFF Women's Championship
21.	2 August 2016		Myanmar	1–0	3–3
22.	7 April 2017	Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi, Vietnam	Singapore	2–0	8–0	2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
23.				5–0
24.				6–0
25.	9 April 2017		Iran	4–1	6–1
26.				6–1
27.	11 April 2017		Myanmar	2–0	2–0
28.	17 August 2017	UM Arena Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	Philippines	1–0	3–0	2017 Southeast Asian Games
29.	20 August 2017		Myanmar	3–1	3–1
30.	24 August 2017	UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	Malaysia	4–0	6–0
31.	3 July 2018	Jakabaring Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia	Indonesia	1–0	6–0	2018 AFF Women's Championship
32.				5–0
33.	7 July 2018		Philippines	2–0	5–0
34.				3–0
35.	9 July 2018		Myanmar	1–0	4–3
36.				2–0
37.	3 April 2019	Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	1–0	2–1	2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Second Round
38.	6 April 2019	Transportation Institute Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hong Kong	2–0	2–1
39.	9 April 2019		Jordan	1–0	2–0
40.	16 August 2019	IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand	Cambodia	1–0	10–0	2019 AFF Women's Championship
41.				3–0
42.	18 August 2019		Indonesia	2–0	7–0
43.				4–0
44.				5–0
45.	25 August 2019		Philippines	1–1	2–1
46.	27 August 2019		Thailand	1–0	1–0
47.	29 November 2019	Biñan Football Stadium, Biñan, Philippines	Indonesia	4–0	6–0	2019 Southeast Asian Games
48.				5–0
49.	11 March 2020	Cẩm Phả Stadium, Cẩm Phả, Vietnam	Australia	1–2	1–2	2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
50.	23 September 2021	Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Maldives	8–0	16–0	2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
51.	29 September 2021		Tajikistan	3–0	7–0
52.	27 January 2022	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, India	Myanmar	2–2	2–2	2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
53.	2 February 2022		Thailand	1–0	2–0
54.	18 May 2022	Cẩm Phả Stadium, Cẩm Phả, Vietnam	Myanmar	1–0	1–0	2021 Southeast Asian Games
55.	21 May 2022		Thailand	1–0	1–0
56.	9 May 2022	Biñan Football Stadium, Biñan, Philippines	Laos	2–0	5–0	2022 AFF Women's Championship
57.				5–0
58.	11 July 2022		Timor-Leste	1–0	6–0
59.				4–0
60.	13 July 2022	Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines	Myanmar	3–0	4–0
61.	17 July 2022		Myanmar	1–1	3–4
62.				2–1

Individual

• Vietnamese Women's Golden Ball: 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Vietnamese Women's Silver Ball: 2018
• Vietnamese Women's Bronze Ball: 2015, 2017
• Vietnamese Women's Football Championship Top scorer: 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021
• Vietnamese Women's Football Championship Best of the tournament: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Women's Vietnamese Cup Best of the tournament: 2020, 2021

Medal

• Labor Order 2nd Class: 2022

References

1. Tiền đạo Huỳnh Như "dở khóc dở cười" với quà của nhà tài trợ
2. "AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 - Press Kit". AFC. p. 19. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
3. Huỳnh Như at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
4. "AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 final squads – Group B". AFC. p. 4. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
5. "Lank FC Vilaverdense - đội bóng của Huỳnh Như ở Bồ Đào Nha có gì đặc biệt?". 23 August 2022.