Vietnamese footballer to play for Spanish futsal club

Vietnamese futsal player Pham Duc Hoa has signed a contract to play for O Parrulo Ferrol FS of Spain after a successful trial with the team recently.
Vietnamese footballer to play for Spanish futsal club ảnh 1Futsal player Pham Duc Hoa will play at Spanish O Parrulo Ferrol FS in 2020 season (Photo: www.oparrulofs.es)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese futsalplayer Pham Duc Hoa has signed a contract to play for O Parrulo Ferrol FS ofSpain after a successful trial with the team recently.

Hoa and his teammate Tran Van Vu fromnational champion Thai Son Nam were invited to O Parrulo Ferrol for two-monthtrial in November.

Their performance during this time impressedthe club’s managers who finally want to have them for this season’s schedule.However, Thai Son Nam’s boss Tran Anh Tu agreed to release Hoa only as hewanted Vu to continue with his team in 2020.

On their website, O Parrulo Ferrolposted that Hoa would wear the jersey No 19 while no more details of thecontract was revealed.

O Parrulo compete in the Premiera Division,the highest level of Spain’s futsal system. The team is managed by Hector Soutowho experienced Vietnam’s futsal environment for several years.

O Parrulo finished at eleventh among 16teams last season. After 18 matches, they won five, drew five and lost eight tofinish with 20 points.

Hoa was a key player of Thai Son Nam and thenational team for years. He won Silver Ball statue for second best futsalplayer of 2017, a Bronze Ball in 2018 and is in the shortlist of Golden Ball in2019.

Hoa, 28, will make his official appearancewith the new club after next month’s Asian Futsal Championship./.
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