Nguyễn Minh Châu (footballer) explained

Nguyễn Minh Châu
Fullname:Nguyễn Minh Châu
Birth Date:9 January 1985
Birth Place:Quảng Yên, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam
Position:Defensive Midfielder
Youthyears1:1997–1998
Youthclubs1:Than Quảng Ninh
Youthyears2:1998–2003
Youthclubs2:Hải Phòng
Years1:2003–2017
Clubs1:Hải Phòng
Caps1:294
Goals1:1
Nationalyears1:2008–2015
Nationalteam1:Vietnam
Nationalcaps1:29
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalteam-Update:24 May 2015

Nguyễn Minh Châu (born January 9, 1985)[1] is a retired Vietnamese footballer who played as a midfielder for Hải Phòng and was a member of Vietnam national football team.

Life

Nguyen Minh Chau was born in a family of 7 children. He is the youngest, being the brother of 6 sisters. After graduating at Grade 12, Chau left Hai Phong to work in the U21 youth team.

Career

At age of 17, Chau moved to Hai Phong from his home town of Quang Ninh to join the youth team of Hải Phòng. He later promote to the senior team to attend V-League. In 2008, coach Henrique Calisto called up Chau to attend the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup with the Vietnam national football team. Then, he was a member of the Vietnamese team wins first AFF Championship title. In 2009, Nguyen Minh Chau was still attached to Haiphong Cement.

At the end of 2017, Minh Chau has finally announced his retirement.He is known as a legend in Haiphong FC for 14 years played for the club with 294 appearances. Now he is living in Australia with his family.

Honours

Vietnam

ASEAN Football Championship

Champions : 2008

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nguyen Minh Chau. Goal.com. 17 January 2010.