Đoàn Văn Hậu

On 2 September 2019, he joined SC Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivisie on a 1 year loan from Hà Nội. He made his first-team debut when coming from the bench on 2-0 win over Roda JC in KNVB Cup on 17 December 2019.[1]

In August 2020, Doan Van Hau returned to Hanoi FC from a one-year spell with SC Heerenveen after the Dutch club and the Vietnamese football club failed to reach an agreement to extend his stay in Holland.[2][3]

Đoàn Văn Hậu made his first international appearance for the Vietnam national under-20 football team in 2016 AFC U-19 Championship at the age of 16. In the match against North Korea, one of Asia's major youth giant and runners-up of previous 2014 AFC U-19 Championship, 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 FIFA 11-men football debut, the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[4] In the U-20 World Cup, he didn't score any goals as the team exited with only a point.

Đoàn 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 two goals but his Olympic team had to end up in poor note, being eliminated from the group stage.[5]

However, his role became prominent in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship. Although scoring no goal, he gave a magnificent performance, assisted for Nguyễn Quang Hải to score in the 1–2 defeat to South Korea[6] and his tackles against Iraq as Vietnam advanced to their first final in any AFC tournament, which earned reputation by Dutch press as "Doan Van Bale".[7]

In Vinaphone Cup 2018, he scored a trivela goal that helped his native Vietnam beat Oman 1–0.[8]

Đoàn played a vital role in Vietnam's SEA Games 30 campaign, scoring two goals in a 3-0 victory against Olympic Indonesia on the finale.

As of match played 19 November 2019

Due to his impressive performances at youth teams, he was named on Park Hang-seo squad for the 2018 AFF Championship 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.[9]

However, it was the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, 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 Jordan, where he prevented a number of Jordanian attacks as Vietnam marched to the quarter-finals for the second consecutive time.[10] He was later named as one of 10 best young players at the tournament.[11]

Hà Nội FC

• V.League 1:

Winners : 2018, 2019

• Vietnamese Super Cup:

Winners : 2018

Vietnam U-19

• AFF U-19 Youth Championship: Third place : (2016)
• AFC U-19 Championship: Third place : (2016)

Vietnam U-23

• AFC U-23 Championship: Runners-up (2018)
• Olympic
• Southeast Asian Games: Champions (2019)

Vietnam

• AFF Championship: Champions (2018)

• AFF Youth Player of the Year: 2017
• Youth Vietnamese Player of the Year: 2017, 2018, 2019
• 2018 AFF Championship: Best Eleven [12]