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Đinh Thanh Trung (born 24 January 1988) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh.

Professional career

Hanoi ACB

In January 2012, Trung was released from Hanoi ACB after an internal conflict in where he refused to play for the club in an April V-League match.^{[citation needed]}

Quảng Nam

Trung joined V.League 2 side Quảng Nam in 2013. In his first season with the club, he finished as the league's joint top scorer with 10 goals scored, leading Quảng Nam to win the 2013 V.League 2 and promote to the V.League 1 for the first time in the team's history.^[1] He was then named team captain and played a crucial role at helping team won their first V.League 1 title in 2017 in their fourth season at V.League 1. His contribution in Quảng Nam's historic achievement lead him winning the Vietnamese Golden Ball in 2017. He left the club in the end of the 2021 season, after 9 years.^[2]

Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh

In 2022, Trung signed for the club of his home town Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh and was appointed as the team captain.^[3]

Arrest

On 4 May 2024, Trung and four other teammates at Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh were arrested at a hotel in Hà Tĩnh on drug-related charges. The Vietnam Football Federation immediatly suspended these players from all football activites and Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh also removed them from the squad.^[4]^[5]

Career statistics

International goals

Vietnam U23

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 June 2016	Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, Guangzhou, China	Bahrain	1–0	3–1	2010 Asian Games

Vietnam

Scores and results list Vietnam's goal tally first.^[6]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 June 2016	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Singapore	3–0	3–0 (a.e.t.)	2016 AYA Bank Cup
2.	10 October 2017	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	Cambodia	1–0	5–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification