Midfielder Bui Dinh Chau (SLNA): Talented yet to have a chance with V.League

Born in Nghi Dien commune (Nghi Loc), from a young age, Bui Dinh Chau showed that he was a boy with an innate talent for playing football. In the rice fields, on the school yard, Chau was elected by his friends as the "captain" because any "team" with Chau's participation easily won. Seeing their son's passion for football, Chau's parents asked an acquaintance to send him to the SLNA "furnace" to try his hand. After a preliminary examination, the SLNA coaches were very surprised that a boy without formal training had quite skillful personal techniques.

When he was only 14 years old, Bui Dinh Chau was selected to be in the main squad of U15 SLNA to participate in the 2011 National U15 Finals. That season, due to lack of experience, Chau's team had to stop right before the Finals. Although he did not achieve the desired results, this tournament helped Chau gain more battle experience.

After the final match of the 2012 National U17, the Organizing Committee awarded the Best Player of the tournament award to Bui Dinh Chau (SLNA) - a player who had just turned 16 years old at that time, to the surprise of many people. But for experts and spectators who watched the entire tournament... it was a worthy reward for the small player from Nghi Loc.

The championship that SLNA U17 won 6 years ago had a great mark of Bui Dinh Chau. If Ho Tuan Tai is an excellent shooter, Hoang Van Khanh is a solid shield, then Bui Dinh Chau is a cannon guarding the gate, both defending and attacking from afar.

Bui Dinh Chau in the U21 SLNA jersey. Photo: FBNV

Combining with Hoang Vu Dat in the center of midfield, the player wearing the number 18 shirt has successfully completed the task of blocking the opponent's central attacks. Bui Dinh Chau's intelligence and determination have helped the U17 SLNA midfield take the initiative in the midfield in matches.

Besides, Bui Dinh Chau's ball-holding and long passes are also extremely dangerous. With excellent tactical vision, this midfielder unexpectedly sends long balls behind the opponent's defense to take advantage of the aggressive and cunning ability of the striker pair Ho Tuan Tai - Phan Van Duc in the front line.

Despite his slim physique, with his intelligent playing style, Bui Dinh Chau often knows how to turn physical moves into gentle, artistic moves. Watching the player from Nghi Loc play, the audience often has to admire his delicate and confident moves. However, Bui Dinh Chau is not the type of player who only knows how to play gentle football. On the contrary, this small midfielder often has fierce ball-snatching and one-on-one battles with all opponents.

In the 2016 season, Bui Dinh Chau was loaned by SLNA to Phu Yen to play in the First Division. At the new team, this midfielder still proved his inherent qualities. It is no coincidence that this player is often named in the starting lineup. According to statistics, Bui Dinh Chau started 14/20 matches and scored 1 goal for Phu Yen in this tournament. That number would have been even higher, if this player had not been injured for a long time.

Midfielder Bui Dinh Chau, the player who won the bronze medal at the 2017 U21 National Championship with Van Duc and Xuan Manh, joined Phu Dong on loan. Photo: FBNV

In 2017, while Phan Van Duc and Pham Xuan Manh had another professional season, Bui Dinh Chau was still struggling in a foreign country. Because the Nghe An team still has many other central midfielders such as Ngoc Toan, Sy Sam, Khac Ngoc...

However, at the 2017 National U21 Championship, Bui Dinh Chau was the captain of the SLNA youth team, who quietly passed the group stage and stopped at the semi-finals, receiving a bronze medal. The tournament had the contribution of the pair Pham Xuan Manh and Phan Van Duc. Also from that National U21 Championship, the two young stars of SLNA were discovered by assistant coach Park Hang-seo and shone at the Asian U23 Championship.

In 2018, Bui Dinh Chau was not promoted to the SLNA first team by coach Duc Thang because he was not mature enough and in the period when SLNA played on three fronts: AFC Cup, V.League and National Cup, they really needed experienced players. This strong and stubborn midfielder, along with Phi Ha and his juniors, wandered to Ba Ria - Vung Tau to play in the Second Division but were not promoted successfully and had to return.

Recently, Bui Dinh Chau continued to be recruited by Phu Dong Club from SLNA on loan. He, Nguyen Huu Tuan, Pham Hong Dinh joined this rookie First Division team with the goal of promotion.

SLNA now has Quang Tinh, Van Binh, Khac Ngoc, Ngoc Toan, Manh Dung, Bui Dinh Chau once again missed the V.League, but with many years of experience in competition, I believe that the opportunity will come to him in the near future./.

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