Pham Thanh Luong

Club

Phạm Thành Lương was born in Ung Hoa district, Ha Tay Province (now in Hanoi). He trained at Ha Tay Football Club before joining ACB Hanoi Young Club. In 2005, he led his club to the finals of the National U-21 Football Championship. Later on, Thành Lương was chosen to play for the first team of Hà Nội ACB. In 2008, he was assigned to move to Thể Công but it was rejected. Later that year, he won the Young Player of the Year award, Young Player of Asia in 2009. After Hà Nội F.C. folded in 2012, he moved to rival Hà Nội T&T.

International

Thành Lương was the member of the squad that won the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup. On December 8, 2008, he scored his first goal for the national team against Malaysia national football team in the tournament. Two days later, he scored a goal against Laos in the 4–0 win. He captained the U-23 Vietnam to win the silver medal at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games. His performance in the tournament was seen by the Vietnamese press and he was awarded the Vietnamese Golden Ball. Thành Lương announced his retirement from Vietnam National team after being eliminated by Indonesia in the 2nd leg of AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 Semi Final.

On 8 September 2023, Thành Lương was appointed manager of V.League 2 club Hòa Bình at the age of 35. In March 2024, he left Hòa Bình to become assistant manager to Kiatisuk Senamuang at Công An Hà Nội.

International goals

Under-19

Under-23

Vietnam

Managerial

Hanoi ACB

V.League 2: 2010; Runners-up: 2009 Vietnamese National Cup: 2006, 2008 Vietnamese Super Cup runner-up: 2008 Hanoi T&T/Hanoi FC

V.League 1: 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022; Runners-up : 2014, 2015, 2020 Vietnamese National Cup: 2019, 2020, 2022; Runner-up: 2015, 2016 Vietnamese Super Cup: 2019, 2020, 2021; Runners-up: 2014, 2016, 2017 Vietnam U23

Southeast Asian Games: Runners-up 2009 VFF Cup: 2009; Runners-up 2011 Vietnam

AFF Championship: 2008 VFF Cup: Runners-up 2008 Individual

AFF Championship Best XI: 2014 Vietnamese Golden Ball: 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 Vietnamese Silver Ball: 2010 Best Young Player of Vietnam Football Federation: 2010, 2011 Best player of the Vietnamese U21 National Championship: 2005 Team of the tournament (Best XI) ASEAN Football Championship: 2014