Châu Đoàn Phát

Châu Đoàn Phát (born 14 March 1999) is a futsal player who plays as an ala (midfielder) for Vietnam Futsal League team Thái Sơn Nam HCMC and the Vietnam national futsal team.

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.

In 2017, he was loaned to his hometown club Cao Bằng Futsal Club and made his debut in the Vietnam Futsal League. He remained for the club for one more season before being recalled to Thái Sơn Nam in 2019. He won four Vietnam Futsal League titles with the team in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023. He took part in the 2019 AFC Futsal Club Championship 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 Lebanon, Đoàn Phát scored the goal that qualified Vietnam to the final tournament.

Later in the year, Đoàn Phát was named in Vietnam's 16-men squad for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup. He scored 2 goals in the group stage, in the 3–2 win against Panama and in the 1–1 draw against Czech Republic, 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 Russia. 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

 * Vietnam Futsal League: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023