Introduction
Doan Van Hau is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a left-back. He was born on April 19, 1999, in Thai Binh. During his career he has been associated with Hanoi FC and had a loan spell at SC Heerenveen in the Netherlands. He was a member of Vietnam's 2018 AFF Cup winning squad and the U.22 Vietnam team that won the gold medal at the 2019 SEA Games.
Club career
Doan Van Hau was promoted to Hanoi FC's first team in 2017. With the capital club, he won the national championship in 2018 and 2019.
In September 2019, he joined SC Heerenveen of the Netherlands on a one-year loan deal. According to the source, he was the first Vietnamese player to compete in the Dutch national championship.
National team career
In 2017, he represented four national teams in a single year: U.18 Vietnam at the 2017 AFF U.18 Championship, U.20 Vietnam at the U.20 World Cup in South Korea, U.23 Vietnam at the SEA Games in Malaysia, and the senior Vietnam team in the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers. Earlier, after strong performances for U.19 Vietnam at the 2016 AFC U.19 Championship, he was part of the U.20 Vietnam squad at the 2017 U.20 World Cup in South Korea.
At the 2018 AFF Cup, he was the youngest member of Vietnam's winning squad at the age of 19. In the U.22 Vietnam squad that won gold at the 2019 SEA Games, he was also the youngest player and the first to score a brace in a final since the SEA Games became a youth competition.
Milestones and recognition
According to the source, by the age of 21 he held several records in Vietnamese football: youngest player to win the AFF Cup and SEA Games, youngest Vietnamese player to play abroad, youngest to appear at the U.20 World Cup, youngest to win the V-League twice, and best young player for three consecutive years (2017, 2018, 2019) awarded by Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper.
At 21, he had collected almost all of the most prestigious honors available to a Vietnamese player, lacking only the Golden Ball award.