Nguyễn Minh Châu (footballer)

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Nguyễn Minh Châu

Nguyễn Minh Châu in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-01-09) January 9, 1985 (age 36)
Place of birth	Quảng Yên, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Youth career
1997–1998	Than Quảng Ninh
1998–2003	Hải Phòng
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2017	Hải Phòng	294	(1)
National team‡
2008–2017	Vietnam	29	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 May 2015

Nguyễn Minh Châu (born January 9, 1985)^[1] is a retired Vietnamese footballer who played as a midfielder for Hải Phòng and was a member of Vietnam national football team.

Life[]

Nguyen Minh Chau was born in a family of 7 children. He is the youngest, being the brother of 6 sisters. After graduating at Grade 12, Chau left Hai Phong to work in the U21 youth team.

Career[]

At age of 17, Chau moved to Hai Phong from his home town of Quang Ninh to join the youth team of Hải Phòng. He later promote to the senior team to attend V-League. In 2008, coach Henrique Calisto called up Chau to attend the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup with the Vietnam national football team. Then, he was a member of the Vietnamese team wins first AFF Championship title. In 2009, Nguyen Minh Chau was still attached to Haiphong Cement.

At the end of 2019, Minh Chau has finally announced his retirement. Now he is living in Australia with his family.

Honours[]

Vietnam

ASEAN Football Championship

Champions : 2008

References[]

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