Đoàn Văn Hậu

Đoàn Văn Hậu

Personal information
Full name	Đoàn Văn Hậu
Date of birth	(1999-04-19) 19 April 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth	Hưng Hà, Thái Bình, Vietnam
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1][2]
Position(s)	Left-back
Club information
Current team	Hà Nội
Number	5
Youth career
2010–2017	Hà Nội FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–	Hà Nội	54	(6)
2019–2020	→ SC Heerenveen (loan)	0	(0)
National team‡
2016–2017	Vietnam U19	18	(2)
2017–2019	Vietnam U20	5	(0)
2017–	Vietnam U23	30	(5)
2017–	Vietnam	27	(0)
Honours Men's football Representing  Vietnam AFC U-23 Championship Runner-up 2018 China Team AFF Championship Winner 2018 Team Southeast Asian Games Winner 2019 Philippines Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2021

Đoàn Văn Hậu (born 19 April 1999) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for V.League 1 club Hà Nội and the Vietnam national team.

Club career[]

He became a regular part of his club Hà Nội in 2017 when he was just 17, making him one of the youngest Vietnamese players to debut in the V.League 1. His performance was considered as one of the most impressive among youngsters in Vietnam. He won the 2018 V.League 1 and 2018 Vietnamese Super Cup with Hà Nội. He was also in the 2018 V.League 1 Team of The Season.

Loan to SC Heerenveen[]

On 2 September 2019, he joined SC Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivisie on a 1 year loan from Hà Nội. He made his first-team debut when coming from the bench on 2-0 win over Roda JC in KNVB Cup on 17 December 2019, making him the first Vietnamese player to play in the Netherlands.^[3]

Return to Hanoi FC[]

In August 2020, Doan Van Hau returned to Hanoi FC from a one-year spell with SC Heerenveen after the Dutch club and the Vietnamese football club failed to reach an agreement to extend his stay in Holland.^[4][5]

International career[]

U-19 and U-20 World Cup[]

Đoàn Văn Hậu made his first international appearance for the Vietnam national under-20 football team in 2016 AFC U-19 Championship at the age of 16. In the match against North Korea, one of Asia's major youth giant and runners-up of previous 2014 AFC U-19 Championship, he scored in an astonishing goal from distance as Vietnam registered their historic 2–1 win over North Korea, set up the historic journey as Vietnam would eventually make their first major FIFA 11-men football debut, the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[6] In the U-20 World Cup, he didn't score any goals as the team exited with only a point.

U-22, to U23 and Olympics[]

Đoàn Văn Hậu's talents got himself promoted to the U-22, U23 and Olympic team in spite of his age. He made his debut on the U-22 team in the CFA friendly tournament in China, and scored a goal against Uzbekistan in a 1–3 defeat. He would later participate in the 2017 SEA Games, scored two goals but his Olympic team had to end up in poor note, being eliminated from the group stage.^[7]

However, his role became prominent in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship. Although scoring no goal, he gave a magnificent performance, assisted for Nguyễn Quang Hải to score in the 1–2 defeat to South Korea^[8] and his tackles against Iraq as Vietnam advanced to their first final in any AFC tournament, which earned reputation by Dutch press as "Doan Van Bale".^[9]

In Vinaphone Cup 2018, he scored a trivela goal that helped his native Vietnam beat Oman 1–0.^[10]

Đoàn played a vital role in Vietnam's SEA Games 30 campaign, scoring two goals in a 3-0 victory against Olympic Indonesia on the finale.

Senior team[]

Due to his impressive performances at youth teams, he was named on Park Hang-seo squad for the 2018 AFF Championship and played an instrumental role on helping Vietnam to gain the second title, assisting important goals for his teammates which made him one of eleven main players of the tournament.^[11]

However, it was the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, in which he was one of the youngest players in the tournament at the age of 19, that saw him earned reputation. His notable performance was against Jordan, where he prevented a number of Jordanian attacks as Vietnam marched to the quarter-finals for the second consecutive time.^[12] He was later named as one of 10 best young players at the tournament.^[13]

Career statistics[]

As of 8 November 2020

Club[]

Club performance			League		National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2017	Hà Nội FC	V.League 1	11	1	0	0	1[a]	0	—		12	1
2018			20	5	0	0	0	0	1[b]	0	21	5
2019			21	0	0	0	11[c]	0	—		32	0
2020			2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
Totals			54	6	0	0	12	0	1	0	67	6
2019–20	SC Heerenveen (loan)	Eredivisie	0	0	1	0	—				1	0
Career total			54	6	1	0	12	0	1	0	68	6

International[]

Olympic[]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 August 2017	Selayang Municipal Council Stadium, Selayang, Malaysia	Timor-Leste	1–0	4–0	2017 Southeast Asian Games
2				3–0
3	5 August 2018	My Dinh Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	Oman	1–0	1–0	2018 Vinaphone Cup
4	10 December 2019	Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines	Indonesia	1–0	3–0	2019 Southeast Asian Games
5				3–0

Vietnam[]

As of match played 16 June 2021

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Vietnam
	2017	3	0
	2018	8	0
	2019	12	0
	2021	4	0
	Total	27	0

Honours[]

Hà Nội

• V.League 1: 2018; runner-up: 2020
• Vietnamese National Cup: 2020
• Vietnamese Super Cup: 2019, 2021

Vietnam U19

• AFF U-19 Youth Championship Third place : 2016
• AFC U-19 Championship Third place : 2016

Vietnam U23/Olympic

• AFC U-23 Championship Runners-up 2018
• Southeast Asian Games: 2019
• VFF Cup: 2018

Vietnam

• AFF Championship: 2018
• King's Cup: Runner-up 2019

Individual[]

• AFF Youth Player of the Year: 2017
• Youth Vietnamese Player of the Year: 2017, 2018, 2019
• 2018 AFF Championship: Best Eleven ^[14]

External links[]

Đoàn Văn Hậu at Soccerway

References[]