Đoàn Văn Hậu

Đoàn Văn Hậu
	Văn Hậu at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Date of birth	19 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Thái Bình, Vietnam
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Left-back / Centre-back
Team information
Current team	SC Heerenveen (on loan from Hà Nội F.C)
Number	15
Youth career
	Hà Nội F.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–	Hà Nội F.C
2019–	→ SC Heerenveen (loan)
International career‡
2016–2018	Vietnam U19
2017–	Vietnam U22
2017–	Vietnam U23
2017–	Vietnam
2018	Vietnam Olympic
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Vietnam
AFC U-23 Championship
AFF Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 June 2019

Đoàn Văn Hậu (born 19 April 1999) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen on loan from Hà Nội F.C and Vietnam national football team.

Club career

He became a regular part of his club Hanoi F.C. 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 among one of the most impressive among youngsters in Vietnam. He won the 2018 V.League 1 and 2018 Vietnamese Super Cup with Hà Nội F.C. He was also in the 2018 V.League 1 Team of The Season.

On 31st August 2019, he joined SC Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivisie on a 1 year loan from Hà Nội F.C .

International career

Doan Van Hau (white) was playing in a match of Vietnam national football team

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.^[1] In the U-20 World Cup, he didn't score any goal as the team exit with only a point.

U-22 to Olympics

Đoàn Văn Hậu's talents got himself promoted to the U-22 and Olympic team in spite of his age. He made 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 U-22 team had to end up in poor note, being eliminated from the group stage.^[2]

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^[3] 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".^[4]

In Vinaphone Cup 2018, he scored a trivela goal that helped his native Vietnam beat Oman 1–0.^[5]

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.^[6]

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 times.^[7] He was later named as one of 10 best young players at the tournament.^[8]

International goals

U-19

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	19 September 2016	Hanoi, Vietnam	Malaysia	2–0	3–1	2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
2	14 October 2016	Isa Town, Bahrain	North Korea	2–0	2–1	2016 AFC U-19 Championship

U-22

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	13 September 2016	Wuhan, China	Uzbekistan		1-3	CFA U-22 Tournament 2016
2	15 August 2017	Selayang, Malaysia	East Timor	1–0	4-0	2017 Southeast Asian Games
3	15 August 2017	Selayang, Malaysia	East Timor	3–0	4–0	2017 Southeast Asian Games