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Nguyen Xuan Son sets scoring record at ASEAN Cup

TB (according to VnExpress) January 2, 2025 22:34

A brace against Thailand tonight helped Nguyen Xuan Son become the Vietnamese player with the most goals in a Southeast Asian championship.

Xuân Son ghi siêu phẩm giúp Việt Nam dẫn trước Thái Lan 2 - 0
Xuan Son shares joy with fans after scoring a goal for Vietnam

Xuan Son currently has 7 goals, 3 more than the next group including teammate Nguyen Tien Linh, Suphanat Muenta (Thailand) and Shawal Anuar (Singapore). Of which, Anuar has no chance to improve his record because Singapore has been eliminated.

The Brazilian striker only needed 4 matches to achieve this feat, including 3 times scoring a double, including the 5-0 win over Myanmar in the final round of the group stage, the 3-1 win over Singapore in the second leg of the semi-final, and the 2-1 win over Thailand in the first leg of the final tonight, January 2.

In the first leg of the semi-finals on December 26, 2024, Son scored the winning goal 2-0 after winning a penalty for Tien Linh to open the scoring.

In today's match against Thailand, Son opened the scoring in the 59th minute with a header after a pass from Vu Van Thanh. 14 minutes later, the striker born in 1997 took advantage of a mistake by defender Chalermsak Aukkee to break away and shoot hard into the far corner to complete his double.

With a lead over his opponents with only one match left, Son is one step closer to the title of Top Scorer. If successful, he will become the second Vietnamese player to do so after Tien Linh - Top Scorer in 2022.

Son is now the first player for the Vietnamese national team to score more than 6 goals in a Southeast Asian tournament. He is also the first Vietnamese player to score in 4 consecutive matches. The previous record belonged to Le Huynh Duc, who scored in 3 consecutive matches in the 1996 Tiger Cup group stage.

Currently, the player who has scored the most goals in an ASEAN Cup is former Singapore striker Noh Alam Shah - who scored 10 goals in 2007, including 7 goals in the match against Laos.

Xuan Son, whose real name is Rafaelson, was born in 1997 and received Vietnamese citizenship in September. He became the first naturalized player without Vietnamese roots to be called up to the national team since 2009, after Phan Van Santos, Huynh Kesley Alves, Dinh Hoang Max and Dinh Hoang La.

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