Full name Diệp Hoài Xuân Number 12 Height 1.83 m Position Forward | Playing position Years Team Current team Hải Phòng F.C. | |
Date of birth (1992-11-09) 9 November 1992 (age 24) Place of birth Cà Mau Province, Vietnam | ||
Diệp Hoài Xuân (born 9 November 1992) is a Cambodian-Vietnamese footballer who plays as a Forward for V-League (Vietnam) club Hải Phòng F.C.
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Personal life
Diệp Hoài Xuân was born to a poor Khmer Krom family in Cà Mau Province. A tall and gifted footballer he joined the local youth team of Ca Mau. He has dual Cambodian-Vietnamese citizenship.
Club career
Hoài Xuân initially had aspirations to join Dong Thap FC, but after he was told he didn't have any opportunity there he spent the next three years playing for lower club sides in the second and third division. In 2015 he joined Kirivong Sok Sen Chey and played a crucial role in the team's season, and was awarded Cambodian citizenship as a result, even though they did finish last in the 2015 Cambodian League. In 2016 he finally joined Dong Thap FC and started playing in top flight football in Vietnam.
At the end of the 2016 season Dong Thap finished bottom of the league and were relegated. However on 21 September 2016, just three days after the last match, runners up Hải Phòng revealed that they had been tracking Hoài Xuân's progress for some time and agreed to sign him.
Playing style
Hoài Xuân is known as a versatile player, he initially started out as a goalkeeper while he was playing in the youth club, and then became a forward as he played in the lower divisions and Cambodian league. He now plays as a central defender for Dong Thap FC.