Alvin Hou, sometimes spelled as Alwin (born 18 September 1996) is a

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and

futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...

player from the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

. He plays as a

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for the Kossa in the

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and the Solomon Islands national futsal team.

Club career

Hou came through the youth ranks of Real Kakamora and made his debut for the club in 2015. In 2017 he transferred to FC Guadalcanal. A year later he moved to Solomon top club the Solomon Warriors. After one season he moved to Kossa.

International career

Hou made his debut for the Solomon Islands national futsal team on September 18, 2017 in a 4-3 victory against

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. He has played at the

2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup The 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the eighth FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in Colombia from 10 Septembe ...

International goals

:''Scores and results list Solomon Islands' goal tally first.''

Honours

Solomon Islands *

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: runner-up 2023 Solomon Islands *

MSG Prime Minister's Cup The MSG Prime Minister's Cup, formerly known as Melanesia Cup, is an association football competition played between the Melanesian countries. It was formerly used (along with the Polynesia Cup) for qualification to the OFC Nations Cup. The ori ...

: 2023 New Caledonia

References

1996 births Living people Futsal defenders Solomon Islands men's footballers Solomon Islands men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Solomon Islands men's futsal players F.C. Guadalcanal players 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup players {{Solomons-footy-bio-stub