The Portuguese coach of the national football squad Henrique Calisto has announced the name of 22 footballers who will go to Laos for the Southeast Asian Games 2009 this December.
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In late August, Calisto called up 33 players. After over two months of training, the VFF Cup 2009 and a number of friendly matches, the coach has now narrowed it down to 22 players.
Calisto says he has gone for younger players and where two players have similar skills he has opted for the younger one. The ten selected players this time will be at the right age for the next SEA Games. The list includes 2 goalkeepers, 8 fullbacks, 8 halfbacks and 4 strikers.
Of the seven rejected players, Calisto said 5 of them are good enough to go to Laos but they are rejected because they are older than their colleagues.
The current U23 team has only three players who participated in the SEA Games 2007 – Long Giang, Xuan Hop and Thanh Binh.
The list of U23 Vietnam squad:
Coach: Henrique Calisto
Assistants: Huỳnh Äức; Nguyá» n VÄn Sỹ, Nguyá» n Äức Thắng, Trần VÄn Khánh, Ngô Lê Bằng
Fullbacks: Xuân Hợp, Minh Äức (Thanh Hóa), Äại Äá»ng (T&T Hà Ná»i), Long Giang (Tiá»n Giang), Hoà ng Quảng (SHB Äà Nẵng), Ngá»c Anh (Nam Äá»nh), Công Minh, Äình Äá»ng (Sông Lam Nghá» An).
Halfbacks: Trá»ng Hoà ng, VÄn Bình (Sông Lam Nghá» An), Thái DÆ°Æ¡ng (HA.Gia Lai), Thà nh LÆ°Æ¡ng (Hà Ná»i ACB), Thanh HÆ°ng (SHB Äà Nẵng), Quý Sá»u (Äá»ng Tháp), Tiến Thà nh (Ninh Bình), Danh Ngá»c (Nam Äá»nh).
Strikers: Thanh Bình (Äá»ng Tâm Long An), Äình Tùng (Thanh Hóa), Mạnh DÅ©ng (Nam Äá»nh), Ngá»c Anh (Sông Lam Nghá» An).
Seven rejected players: Minh Nhá»±t, VÄn Há»c, Cao CÆ°á»ng, VÄn Khải, TÄng Tuấn, Quang Vinh and VÄn Duyá»t.
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