Châu Đoàn Phát (born 14 March 1999) is a futsal player who plays as an ala (midfielder) for

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team Thái Sơn Nam HCMC and the

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Club career

Đoàn Phát is a youth product of Thái Sơn Nam. He was recruited to the club's youth academy in 2012 after displaying good performances during a youth futsal tournament in

Cao Bằng Cao Bằng () is a city in northern Vietnam. It is the capital and largest settlement of Cao Bằng Province. It is located on the bank of the Bằng Giang river, and is around away from the border with China's Guangxi region. According to the 2 ...

. In 2017, he was loaned to his hometown club Cao Bằng Futsal Club and made his debut in the

. He remained for the club for one more season before being recalled to Thái Sơn Nam in 2019. He won four

titles with the team in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023. He took part in the

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and helped the team finish in the third place.

International career

In May 2021, in the deciding 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup play off game against

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, Đoàn Phát scored the goal that qualified

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to the final tournament. Later in the year, Đoàn Phát was named in Vietnam's 16-men squad for the

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. He scored 2 goals in the group stage, in the 3–2 win against

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and in the 1–1 draw against

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, which helped Vietnam qualify to the round of 16 as one of the best third-placed teams. In the round of 16, Vietnam was defeated 2–3 by

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. His performance in the tournament was deemed by the Vietnamese press as "heroic" and "brave" as his goals played a crucial role in helping Vietnam pass the World Cup group stage for the second time in history.

Honours

Thái Sơn Nam *

: 2019, 2020, 2021,

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, 2024

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chau, Doan Phat 1999 births Living people Vietnamese men's futsal players People from Cao Bằng province