Anh Duc and the path to become a Vietnamese football billionaire

Recently, football striker Nguyen Anh Duc had an online interview to share his memories and behind-the-scene stories. In particular, the story of becoming the boss of many shops was told by the hero of the Vietnamese team.

Leader of Becamex Binh Duong football team has been known as a billionaire of Vietnamese football by his teammates and fans. In addition to being a football player, Anh Duc is a businessman in real life. At present, although there are no specific statistics, Anh Duc is considered as the richest Vietnamese football player. The striker was born in 1985, established and runs his own sports shop, hotel, spa, game shop and restaurant located at favorable locations in Thu Dau Mot City. “While being a football player, I myself save a sum of money. My business started with the money gained from football. At that time, I was injured; an uncle advised me, why I was doing sports, why didn't I do business in this industry. I also had a land plot in front of provincial stadium. At the same time, my third sister married in Quang Ngai and returned to Binh Duong hometown. So I decided to open a sports shop as well as create a workplace for my sister ", striker Nguyen Anh Duc told about his start to business.

Nguyen Anh Duc and his sports shop located in front of Go Dau Stadium. 

In order to achieve business success, Anh Duc said that he himself had been in business for nearly 10 years, many times he failed. However, he drew valuable experiences, and found his own direction with the motto of putting good reputation and quality on top to serve customers. Firstly. This helps all his shops always be crowded, revenue also increases over time.

In the current Vietnamese football, Anh Duc is one of the players who receive a relatively high salary compared to the rest. After becoming a hero that contributed to the 2018 AFF Cup gold cup of Vietnamese team, rewards for this player were not small. However, Anh Duc excused himself from not revealing the specific amount of money he gained from football and business. At this moment, the Binh Duong striker is a real businessman, though he puts all efforts into fights on football fields. Anh Duc himself acknowledged that he was quite tight-lipped compared to his other colleagues.

The 33-year-old striker said he usually trained with his team until late in the evening, so most of the time after training he ate at the club with his teammates. Also, sometimes when the team is off, he will have time to have meal with his family. With experiences in different fields, but talking about his most favorite business, Anh Duc said sports business was his passion, because it was associated with the football career that Anh Duc has chosen.

Reported by Hung Cuong – Translated by Ngoc Huynh