Nguyễn Minh Châu (footballer)

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.

Nguyễn Minh Châu
Nguyễn Minh Châu in 2008
Personal information
Full name Nguyễn Minh Châu
Date of birth (1985-01-09) January 9, 1985
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)
International career
2008–2015 Vietnam 29 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 May 2015

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 2017, Minh Chau has finally announced his retirement.He is known as a legend in Haiphong FC for 14 years played for the club with 294 appearances. Now he is living in Australia with his family.

Honours

Vietnam

ASEAN Football Championship

1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions : 2008

References

  1. "Nguyen Minh Chau". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 January 2010.


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