Trần Đình Trọng (born 25 April 1997) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a center-back for V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội and the Vietnam national team.
Club career A youth product of the Hà Nội Academy, Đình Trọng began his career at Công An Nhân Dân in the V.League 2, before being transferred to Sài Gòn, a satellite club of Hà Nội. After winning the 2015 V.League 2 with Sài Gòn, Đình Trọng returned to Hà Nội in the V.League 1. There, he was part of the Hà Nội squad that won back-to-back V.League 1 titles in 2018 and 2019.
Following these accomplishments, Đình Trọng regularly sat out the football field for a long period due to injuries, resulting on his departure from Hà Nội in 2022, signing for Quy Nhơn Bình Định. In the 2023–24, he finished as V.League 1 runners-up with in Quy Nhơn Bình Đinh as an important starter player.
On 27 July 2024, Đình Trọng joined Công An Hà Nội.
International career Considered as one of the most promising Vietnamese defenders after the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Đình Trọng accomplished several successes in his early career. He played a crucial role on Vietnam U23's runner-up campaign at the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship, and later achieved the 2018 AFF Championship title with Vietnam national team.
In March 2026, Đình Trọng was called up by head coach Kim Sang-Sik to the Vietnam national team for the first time in after 4 years, for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification game against Malaysia on 31 March 2026.
Honours Sài Gòn V.League 2: 2015
Hà Nội V.League 1: 2018, 2019 Vietnamese National Cup: 2019, 2020 Vietnamese Super Cup: 2019, 2020, 2021
Công An Hà Nội V.League 1: 2025–26 Vietnamese National Cup: 2024–25 Vietnamese Super Cup: 2025
Vietnam U23/Olympic AFC U-23 Championship runner-up: 2018 Asian Games Fourth place: 2018 VFF Cup: 2018
Vietnam AFF Championship: 2018 VFF Cup: 2022 King's Cup runner-up: 2019
Individual AFF Championship Best Eleven: 2018 ASEAN Club Championship All-Star XI: 2024–25
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