Filip Nguyen (born 14 September 1992), also spelled as Nguyễn Filip, is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội. Born in Czechoslovakia, he represents the Vietnam national team.
Filip played youth football with Loko Vltavín and Sparta Prague, joining the latter in 2012.[citation needed] On 20 October 2013, Nguyen appeared in the Sparta first-team squad for the first-team, being an unused substitute for a Czech First League home win over city rivals Dukla Prague.[2] He departed the club in 2015 to play for SK Union Čelákovice.[citation needed] 2016 saw Nguyen complete a move to Czech National Football League side Vlašim.[2] He made his professional debut for Vlašim v. Karviná on 26 March.[2] Forty-two appearances followed across his first three seasons.[2] In February 2018, Slovan Liberec completed the signing of Nguyen; signing until 2021.[3][4] In the 2022–23 Czech First League, Filip was the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets.[5]
On 28 June 2023, Filip signed for V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội on a three-year contract.[6][7] Filip made his league debut for the club on 2 July 2023, in a 0–1 loss against SHB Đà Nẵng at Hòa Xuân Stadium.[8] His first season with the Police team ended in success, as they won the V.League 1 title.[9]
In 6 December 2023, Filip received approval to naturalize as a Vietnamese citizen.[10][11]
Filip is eligible to play for either the Czech Republic or Vietnam at international level.
In July 2019, it was reported that Filip was in the process of becoming naturalized as a Vietnamese citizen, which would allow him to represent the country's national team for the succeeding 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[12]
In September 2020, Filip received his first call-up to the Czech Republic national team for their UEFA Nations League match against Scotland on 7 September.[13] Due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the previous Czech squad, all players and the coaching staff which faced Slovakia on 4 September had to be replaced.[14][15][16]
On 6 December 2023, Filip announced on his Facebook page that he had successfully completed his Vietnamese naturalization, thus making him eligible to play for Vietnam.[10]
On 25 December 2023, Filip was selected in Vietnam's 34-man provisional squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup,[17] and later made the final squad.[18][19] He made his first senior international appearance against Kyrgyzstan in a 1–2 friendly defeat on 9 January 2024 in preparation for the tournament. Filip played in all of Vietnam's three matches at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup finals.
Filip was born in Prague to a Vietnamese father and a Czech mother.[20] His father is from Haiphong.
Filip married his long-term girlfriend Aneta Ngova in August 2021. She also is of Vietnamese and Czech descent.[21] The couple have two children, a son and a daughter.[22]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sparta Prague | 2013–14 | First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vlašim | 2015–16 | National Football League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | National Football League | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | National Football League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||
| Slovan Liberec | 2017–18 | First League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | First League | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | First League | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | First League | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | ||
| Slovácko | 2021–22 | First League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | First League | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Công An Hà Nội | 2023 | V.League 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | V.League 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[e] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | V.League 1 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 8[f] | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | V.League 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[g] | 0 | 3[h] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 62 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 244 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 299 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2024 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | |
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