Thái Bá Đạt
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| Full name | Thái Bá Đạt | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 March 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Thanh Hóa, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | PVF-CAND | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Viettel | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2023 | PVF | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | PVF | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | PVF-CAND | 42 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Vietnam U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Thái Bá Đạt (born 23 March 2005) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 1 club PVF-CAND and the Vietnam national under-23 team.
Born in Thanh Hóa, Bá Đạt started his youth career playing for local team Viettel Sầm Sơn. In 2014, after participating in the Vietnamese National U11 Tournament qualifiers, Bá Đạt gained the attention of Nguyễn Duy Đông, the manager of U15 PVF. After his parents' agreement, Bá Đạt joined the PVF Football Academy.[2] In 2020, Bá Đạt won the National U-15 Championship with PVF.[3] Two years after, in 2022, as the captain of U17 PVF, Bá Đạt lead his team win the Vietnamese National U-17 Championship. He was the top scorer of the tournament with 5 goals and won the "Player of the tournament" award".[4] His performances in the tournament made him one the most promising midfielders in his generation according to Vietnamese media.[5][6][7]
In 2023, he captained PVF at the Vietnamese National U-21 Championship. He scored 3 goals during his team's campaign to ensure progression to the final match, where he scored the tournament-winning penalty kick for PVF against Sông Lam Nghệ An, which allowed his club to win their first U-21 title. Aftermath, he was given the "Best player of the tournament" award.[8]
Club career
With PVF, Bá Đạt played in the Vietnamese Football League Second Division during the 2022 and the 2023 season as his team finished 7th and 4th in the league regular season table, respectively.[9][10]
Following much individual success for the reserves, Bá Đạt was promoted to PVF's first team PVF-CAND for the 2023–24 season. On 5 November 2023, made his professional debut in PVF-CAND 0–0 V.League 2 draw against SHB Đà Nẵng. On 3 December 2023, on his ever match as a starter for PVF-CAND, he scored a brace to help his team secure a 2–2 draw against Long An.[11]