# Lương Xuân Trường

Lương Xuân Trường (born 28 April 1995) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for V.League 1 club Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh, and the Vietnam national team.
Xuân Trường is a product of HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy and was promoted to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai first team in 2015, he was also given the captain arm band. Xuân Trường is praised for his vision, passing and free-kick ability.

## Early life

Lương Xuân Trường was born on 28 April 1995 in Tuyên Quang in a family of 2 children, Lương Xuân Trường is the second child, above him is an older sister. His father Lương Bách Chiến who works in Tuyên Quang Power Company is a former amateur footballer in the army team, he's also the manager of Tuyên Quang Power Company's male football team. Xuân Trường started play football around the age of 5, trained by his father. He represented Tuyên Quang Province at several youth football competitions.

## Club career
### Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
#### HAGL - Arsenal JMG Academy

In 2007, when playing for Tuyên Quang U-13 team at a youth football competition in Hanoi, Xuân Trường's team happened to be at the same hotel with HAGL – Arsenal JMG Academy's coaches who were there searching for candidates for the academy. Xuân Trường decided to take the trial and he got accepted into the academy.
In November 2012, Xuân Trường along with Nguyễn Công Phượng, Nguyễn Tuấn Anh, Trần Hữu Đông Triều were four of the players from the academy received the invitation to train with Arsenal U-17 team. In the letter, Arsenal's performance supervisor, Steve Morrow stated that coach Arsène Wenger was impressed with the academy's players when they beat Arsenal U-17 team in January.

#### Hoàng Anh Gia Lai first team

Xuân Trường was promoted to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai first team along with other academy's player from the first selection in 2015 when the club revolutionized their first team, most of their first team players were released, only a few was kept to guide young player from the academy. Xuân Trường was promoted to first team along with other academy's player from the first selection, he was also given the captain arm band.
Xuân Trường made his V.League 1 debut on 4 January 2015 at the opening game of the season against Sanna Khanh Hoa. He score his first league goal in this game as Hoàng Anh Gia Lai won the game 4–2. In February, Xuân Trường suffered an injury in the seventh-round game against XSKT Can Tho which kept him out for 4 months, he made his come back on June in the thirteenth-round game against Becamex Binh Duong

### Incheon United

On 28 December 2015, Xuân Trường joined Incheon United on 2 years loan deal with the alleged transfer fee of US$300,000. He became the first Vietnamese player to play in K League. He made his debut game on 23 May 2016 versus Gwangju FC, he was named in the starting eleven of Incheon United, played 60 minutes and was replaced. After that Incheon United lost by 1 goal to nil.

### Gangwon FC

On 21 December 2016, Xuân Trường moved from Incheon United to Gangwon FC on a year loan deal.

### Buriram United

On 8 February 2019, Xuân Trường moved from Hoàng Anh Gia Lai to Buriram United on 1-year loan deal. On 9 April 2019, Xuân Trường made his first assist for Buriram almost immediately after being substituted in an AFC Champions League game against Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C. On 11 May 2019, he scored his first goal for Buriram United with a free kick in Toyota Thai League 2019 9-round match against Nakhon Ratchasima. then he joined the Vietnamese national football team.

### Haiphong FC

On 3 January 2023, Haiphong FC completed the signing of Xuân Trường on a free transfer. He penned a two-year contract. Upon joining the club, Trường was given the number 8 shirt.

### Hong Linh Ha Tinh

On 1 March 2024, in search for game time, Xuân Trường joined V.League 1 fellow Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh on loan.

## International career
### Youth

Lương Xuân Trường began his international career for Vietnam with the national youth football team and earned caps at under-19 and under-23 levels. He was named captain of the under-19 team at the 2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship. Under Trường's leadership, the team recorded impressive victories to advance to the final of the tournament. However, he missed out on the final due to injury as his team lost to the host Indonesia U19 in the penalty shootout.
Xuân Trường represented U-19 team in all of their competitions throughout 2013 to 2014 such as: 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification where his team came out as Group F winner after they shockingly beat Australia U-19 (5-1), 2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship where they finished second, and 2014 AFC U-19 Championship.
In February 2015, Xuân Trường was called up to Vietnam U-23 training camp for 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification but he was returned to his club later as the injury he suffered prior the training camp was much more serious than expected.

### Senior

On 24 March 2016, Lương Xuân Trường made his debut for the Vietnam senior team in a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Chinese Taipei. He played the full 90 minutes in a 4–1 win. He scored his first international goal in a friendly against North Korea on 6 October 2016.
On 13 November 2016, Xuân Trường was named in Vietnam's squad for the 2016 AFF Championship. On 20 November, he started as a central midfielder in the team's first AFF Championship fixture ~ a 2–1 victory over Myanmar. Vietnam were eliminated in the semi-finals of the competition following an aggregate score of 4–3 defeat to Indonesia.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 17 February 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Asia | Asia | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 2015 | V.League 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 1 |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 2018 | V.League 1 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 26 | 6 |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 2019 | V.League 1 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 2 |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 2020 | V.League 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 2021 | V.League 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 1 |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 2022 | V.League 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 |
| Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | Total | Total | 94 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 11 |
| Incheon United (loan) | 2016 | K League 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Gangwon FC (loan) | 2017 | K League 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Buriram United (loan) | 2019 | Thai League 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Hải Phòng | 2023 | V.League 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Hải Phòng | 2023–24 | V.League 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Hải Phòng | Total | Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 121 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 12 |
* ↑ Includes Vietnamese Cup, Korean FA Cup and Thai FA Cup
* 1 2 3 Appearances in AFC Champions League
* ↑ Appearance in Thai League Cup

### International

    As of match played 27 January 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Vietnam | 2016 | 11 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 2018 | 7 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 2019 | 6 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 2021 | 11 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 41 | 1 |
    Vietnam score listed first, score column indicates score after each Trường goal.
List of international goals scored by Lương Xuân Trường :
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 6 October 2016 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 6 | North Korea | 4–2 | 5–2 | Friendly |

## Honours

Vietnam
* AFF Championship: 2018
* VFF Cup: 2022
Vietnam U23
* VFF Cup: 2018
Individual
* Vietnamese Silver Ball: 2016
* Thai League Goal of the Month: May 2019
* Most favorite players: 2016