2023-07-23 09:28:00
The journey at the first World Cup in the history of Vietnamese women’s football has officially begun. In the opening match, the golden girls of Vietnamese sports faced a great challenge when they faced the reigning US champion. Despite receiving a 0-3 loss, fans still have the right to be proud of the performance of the female players. The spirit and tactics of the Vietnamese team made the US team face many difficulties.
In particular, the bright spot in this match was goalkeeper Tran Thi Kim Thanh, who excellently saved the penalty kick from the friend’s team, helping the Vietnamese team not receive more goals. The impressive performance also helped Kim Thanh get the highest score in the squad of the Vietnam team against the US.
Goalkeeper Kim Thanh is the “hero” of the Vietnamese team in the opening match of the World Cup 2023
The first mistake and the journey to become a solid “guardian” of the Vietnamese women’s national team
Kim Thanh’s ability to play well as a goalkeeper has been confirmed before when he was promoted to the national team or at the club level. She started pursuing a football career at the age of 15. After the training process, Kim Thanh won the main catch in the wooden frame of the City Club. HCM I.
In 2014, at the age of 21, Kim Thanh was called up to the Vietnamese women’s team as a backup for goalkeeper Tran Thi Kieu Trinh. After many years as a substitute, in 2018 when Kieu Trinh broke up with the team, Kim Thanh was promoted to start.
In the first match to start the national team, Kim Thanh made a mistake that caused the team to lose 2-4, this is an unforgettable memory in her goalkeeping career.
Kim Thanh has been with a career as a player since the age of 15, it has been 15 years now
Standing up from mistakes, Kim Thanh had impressive performances in consecutive SEA Games 30, 31 and 32, helping the Vietnamese team win 3 consecutive gold medals, holding the No. 1 position in Southeast Asia. In addition, the saves at the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup also contributed to helping Vietnam reach the first World Cup in history.
After the feat with the Vietnamese women’s team to reach the final round of the 2023 World Cup, Kim Thanh and his teammates were awarded the third-class Labor Medal by the State President.
At the club level, Kim Thanh and his teammates contributed to bringing Ho Chi Minh City Club I to the pinnacle of Vietnamese football for many years in a row. The female goalkeeper has a total of 7 National Championship titles and 3 National Cups.
Goalkeeper Kim Thanh is one of the key players of the Vietnamese women’s team
Coming up from difficulties, falling in love with football thanks to big hands
Tran Thi Kim Thanh was born in 1993, 30 years old this year, from Long An. She was born into a poor family, facing many financial difficulties. Kim Thanh has a father who works as a housekeeper, and her mother works as a hired laborer. In her childhood, after school hours, she followed her mother to work as hired laborers, collect beans in the field, and go fishing.
Kim Thanh once shared that when he was a child, he did not know how to play football, did not know what it was like to be a goalkeeper, and had no dreams related to sports. The life with the fields in the homeland went on and on.
The chance with football came unexpectedly when she owned a big hand, was noticed by a friend and helped introduce her to Ho Chi Minh City for goalkeeping training. Through the process of training, competing and growing up, Kim Thanh is now the key goalkeeper of the Vietnamese women’s team, fighting in major tournaments in the region and the world.
Goalkeeper Kim Thanh has the ability to be a goalkeeper since he was a child thanks to his big hands
At the 2023 World Cup, the Vietnamese women’s team is in the same group with the US, the Netherlands and Portugal. It can be said that we fall into the “table of death” when facing strong football, but fans can fully count on an impressive performance of the golden girls on the most prestigious football field in the world.
The Vietnamese women’s team will play two more group stage matches against Portugal at 2:30 p.m. on July 27 and the Netherlands at 2:00 p.m. on August 1.
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