It’s often said, fairly or not, that footballers aren’t the brightest bunch, but Andrey Hungovich Nguyen breaks the mould. Overseas Vietnamese midfielder Andrey Hungovich Nguyen (right) of Hai Phong seen in training. Photo zing.vn The overseas Vietnamese midfielder, known as Nguyen Anh Hung in Vietnamese, chose the beautiful game over a potential high-flying career in aviation engineering. Though he joined V.League 1 club Hai Phong last year, Nguyen is still something of an unknown to Vietnamese football fans. The 22-year-old was born and raised in Moscow, Russia. He has a Vietnamese father and a Russian mother and as a youngster, passed the entrance exam to Moscow Aviation Institute and played for the institute’s football club. “I studied maths and physics at the institute. In my third year, I left because I always wanted to be a professional footballer. My family wanted me to follow my father’s career, which was to be a pilot or an aeronautical engineer, at least a career associated with aviation, but I couldn’t. Football has been my dream since I was born,” said Nguyen. Nguyen started football training at the Mosvkovich club from the age of six. He and his teammates won the children’s football championship four… Read full this story
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