Đoàn Văn Hậu (born 19 April 1999), is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a left-back for

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club Công An Hà Nội and the Vietnam national team.

Club career

Hanoi

Văn Hậu 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

. 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. Văn Hậu was also named in the 2018 V.League 1 Team of The Season.

Loan to SC Heerenveen

On 2 September 2019, Văn Hậu joined

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in the Dutch

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on 1-year loan from Hà Nội. He made his first-team debut when coming from the bench at 89th minute on 2-0 win over

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on 17 December 2019, making him the first Vietnamese player to play in the Netherlands. However, that was his only game for the first team. He was mostly used in the reserve team Jong SC Heerenveen in

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, making 10 appearances overall and got one assist before this reserve league was eventually cancelled due to

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. In August 2020, Văn Hậu returned to Hà Nội from a year spell with SC Heerenveen after the Dutch club and the Vietnamese football club failed to reach an agreement to extend his loan contract in the Netherland.

Cong An Ha Noi

After 13 years at Hà Nội, on 1 January 2023, Văn Hậu joined 2022 V.League 2 league champions and newly promoted side, Công An Hà Nội

International career

Youth

U-19 and U-20 World Cup

Văn Hậu made his first international appearance for the

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at the age of 16. In the match against

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, one of Asia's major youth giant and runners-up of previous

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, 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

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11-men football debut, the

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. 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

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 2 goals but his

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had to end up in poor note, being eliminated from the group stage. However, his role became prominent in the

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. Although scoring no goal, he gave a magnificent performance, assisted for Nguyễn Quang Hải to score in the 1–2 defeat to

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and his tackles against

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as Vietnam advanced to their first final in any AFC tournament, which earned reputation by Dutch press as "Doan Van Bale". In Vinaphone Cup 2018, he scored a trivela goal that helped his native Vietnam beat

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1–0. Văn Hậu played a vital role in Vietnam's SEA Games 30 campaign, scoring two goals in a 3-0 victory against Olympic Indonesia in the final.

Senior

Due to his mediocre performances at youth teams, Văn Hậu was named on

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squad for the

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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. However, it was the

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, 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

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, where he prevented a number of Jordanian attacks as Vietnam marched to the quarter-finals for the second consecutive time. He was later named as one of 10 best young players at the tournament. Văn Hậu appeared in all 8 matches in the

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where he contributed significantly to the team success of reaching the final round of the qualifying process. However, his recurrence of torn meniscus injury forced him to miss the first 2 matches of third round against

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and

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in early September 2021. On 13 September 2021, Hanoi FC confirmed Văn Hậu would undergo a comprehensive surgery in

to completely treat the injury, which may last at least 6 months. Therefore, he must miss all 10 matches of Vietnam in the third round.

Playing style

Văn Hậu is well known for his work-rate and hard-tackling style of play thanks to his height. He is quick, aggressive, physically strong, and a tenacious defender. However, despite his defensive abilities, he has also drawn criticism in the media due to his tendency to pick up cards, as he has often shown unsportsmanlike behaviour. On several occasions, he displayed vicious actions on the pitch during the AFF Championship through his rough tackles or his elbow strikes to the opponent player. These antics made him one of the most controversial players in

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Career statistics

Club

International

Olympic

Vietnam

International goals

Honours

Club

Hà Nội

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: 2019, 2021

Công An Hà Nội

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International

Vietnam U19 * AFF U-19 Youth Championship third place :

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third place :

Vietnam U23/Olympic *

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runner-up:

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fourth place:

* Southeast Asian Games:

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* VFF Cup:

Vietnam

* AFF Championship:

; runner-up:

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runner-up:

* VFF Cup:

Individual

* AFF Youth Player of the Year:

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* Youth Vietnamese Player of the Year: 2017, 2018, 2019 * AFF Championship Best XI:

Team of the Season:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doan, Van Hau 1999 births Living people People from Thái Bình province Vietnamese men's footballers Men's association football defenders V.League 1 players Hanoi FC players SC Heerenveen players Vietnamese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Vietnam Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games medalists in football SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam Vietnam men's international footballers