{{short description|American soccer player}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Minh Vu | image = Minh VuFullSizeRender.jpg | fullname = Minh Alva Vu | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|9|27}} | birth_place = Tucson, Arizona, United States | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}} | position = Attacking Midfielder<br>Forward | currentclub = Deportivo La Real | clubnumber = 10 | youthyears1 = 2009–2010 | youthclubs1 = PCC Aztecs | youthyears2 = 2011–2012 | youthclubs2 = Penn State Nittany Lions | years1 = 2014 | clubs1 = Rochester Rhinos | caps1 = 20 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2016 | clubs2 = FC Tucson | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2016 | clubs3 = Arizona United | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2018 | clubs4 = San Francisco Glens | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2020– | clubs5 = Deportivo La Real | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 12 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | medaltemplates = | pcupdate = February 7, 2021 | ntupdate = }}
'''Minh Alva Vu''', commonly known as '''Minh Vu''', (born September 27, 1990) is an American soccer player for National Soccer League US side Deportivo La Real FC.
==Career==
===College and amateur=== Vu played fours years of college soccer - two at Pima Community College between 2009 and 2010 and two at Penn State University between 2011 and 2012.<ref name="gopsusports">{{cite web|url=http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/vu_minh00.html|title=Minh Vu Bio - Penn State Official Athletic Site|publisher=gopsusports.com|accessdate=2014-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024074533/http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/vu_minh00.html|archive-date=2017-10-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Professional=== Vu signed his first professional deal with USL Pro club Rochester Rhinos on February 13, 2014.<ref name="mindingthe">{{cite web|url=http://www.mindingthe.net/?p=7630|title=Minh Vu Signs with Rochester | How Flair is Punished!|publisher=mindingthe.net|accessdate=2014-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905014909/http://www.mindingthe.net/?p=7630|archive-date=2016-09-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Personal life== Vu's father is Vietnamese and his mother is Spanish. It was reported that Vu will attempt to obtain Vietnamese citizenship in order to play for V-League club SHB Đà Nẵng in the future.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vietnamese-American striker Minh Vu to join SHB Da Nang|url=http://footballchannel.asia/2016/03/02/post9714/ |work=Football Channel Asia |date=2 March 2016|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Vietnam footballers born outside Vietnam
==References== {{reflist}}
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