Nguyen Quang Hai holds up a dress for his wife, Thieu Thanh Huyen, at their wedding in Hanoi on March 28, 2024. Photo credit: VnExpress/Hieu Luong |
For the wedding, Hai wore a white suit with a black bow tie, while his bride, Chu Thanh Huyen, chose a vintage-style dress. Huyen, 24, is pregnant with Hai's first child.
V-League midfielder Cong Anh Hanoi (CAHN) hired organizers to set up a large wedding hall at a soccer field in Dong Anh, his hometown in Hanoi, and hosted about 1,200 guests. The entire wedding venue is decorated with fresh flowers and large photographs of the bride and groom.
Coach Park Han-seo also attended and congratulated his former players. The two also had a brief conversation. They worked together in the Vietnam national team and the U23 team from November 2017 to January 2023, winning the 2018 AFC U23 Championship runners-up, the 2018 AFF Cup championship, and the two U23 Championships in 2019 and 2019. They achieved many unprecedented feats in the history of Vietnamese football, including winning the gold medal. 2021 SEA Games.
Park was appointed as the Vietnam national team coach at the end of 2017 and has achieved great success, leading the team to the final qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup for the first time in its history.
Park left the national team in early 2023, much to the disappointment of many fans. He recently avoided media questions about his possible return to the team after his poor performance led to the early termination of the contract of his replacement, Philippe Troussier.
Coach Park Han-seo (right) attended Nguyen Quang Hai's wedding in Hanoi on March 28, 2024. Photo credit: VnExpress/Hieu Luong |
Since leaving the team, Park has been working with a youth soccer academy in Vietnam, and recently became a senior advisor to second division Bac Ninh FC.
National team left-back Doan Van Hau and his beauty queen wife Doan Hai My were also in attendance. Howe is still recovering from her heel injury, and Haimi is pregnant with her first son.
Howe was one of the few players to attend High's wedding. The remaining players are busy preparing with their clubs for the next round of the V League, which will be held this weekend.
Doan Van Hau (right) and his wife Doan Hai My (left) attend Nguyen Quang Hai's wedding in Hanoi on March 28, 2024. Photo: VnExpress/Hieu Luong |
Another close teammate of Hai, defender Do Duy Man, also came to the wedding. The two have played together not only at Hanoi FC, but also at youth level and the national team.
Hai and Huen started dating three years ago, but kept it a secret on social media. In 2022, when High was playing for Pau FC in France, Huen traveled to France with the midfielder's parents to see him. She stayed there with High until High left Pau FC and returned home to join CAHN.
On April 6, the 27-year-old midfielder will hold a more private wedding party at a five-star hotel in Hanoi. The wedding party is expected to attract some of the most famous names in Vietnamese football.