Phạm Hải Yến

Phạm Hải Yến (born 9 November 1994) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a forward and serves as captain for Hanoi I FC and plays as a forward in the Vietnam women's national team.

She was born in Hà Tây, a former province in northern Vietnam. After Hà Tây was merged into Hanoi, she joined and progressed through the youth academy of Hà Nội Club. With Hà Nội's U19 side, Hải Yến won the national U19 championship twice. She then graduated to the senior team, where she has claimed three national league titles and finished runner-up in the National Cup once. Individually, she was top scorer in the National Championship three times and top scorer in the National Cup once. In recognition of her achievements, she was appointed club captain ahead of the 2019 season.

Internationally, Hải Yến helped Vietnam's U16 team to third place at the 2009 AFF U-16 Youth Championship. She was spotted and called up to the senior national team by coach Trần Vân Phát in 2011, making her debut in the qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympics at just 17. She has since completed the full set of regional honours, winning one AFF Women's Championship and two SEA Games gold medals. Fans particularly remember her thunderous header against Thailand in the 2019 SEA Games final, which secured Vietnam's sixth-ever women's football gold in SEA Games history. Provided by Wikipedia