Nguyễn Minh Châu (born January 9, 1985) is a retired Vietnamese footballer who played as a midfielder for

Hải Phòng Haiphong ( vi, Hải Phòng, ), or Hải Phòng, is a major industrial city and the third-largest in Vietnam. Hai Phong is also the center of technology, economy, culture, medicine, education, science and trade in the Red River delta. Haiphong wa ...

and was a member of

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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

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from his home town of Quang Ninh to join the youth team of

. He later promote to the senior team to attend V-League. In 2008, coach

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called up Chau to attend the

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with the

. 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

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with his family.

Honours

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Champions :

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References

Vietnamese men's footballers 1985 births Living people V.League 1 players Haiphong FC players Vietnam men's international footballers People from Quảng Ninh province Men's association football midfielders {{Vietnam-footy-bio-stub