| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Vasileios Zikos Chua Ming Xun | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2002-04-15)15 April 2002 (age 23) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kastoria,Greece | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Tampines Rovers | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | National Football Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Geylang International | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2025 | Geylang International | 21 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | →Young Lions (loan) | 23 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Tampines Rovers | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Singapore U14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Singapore U16 | 10 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Singapore U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Singapore U23 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:14, 3 November 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:14, 3 November 2019 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Vasileios Zikos Chua Ming Xun (born 15 April 2002) is aSingaporean professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forSingapore Premier League clubTampines Rovers.[1]
Chua holds the record of being the youngest player to score four goals in a single Singapore Premier League's match history at 20 years and 114 days.
Chua was born inGreece to a Greek mother and a ChineseSingaporean father and grew up inKastoria,Macedonia,Greece,[2] with his younger brother, before returning to Singapore when he was 10.[3] He was a student atTanjong Katong Secondary School when he made his first bow as a professional footballer.[1][4] Chua studied atNanyang Junior College.[5]
Chua started his career with theNational Football Academy before he was signed by formerGeylang International head coachMohd Noor Ali for the club's Under-19 side in 2017. He has also represented Singapore at various levels and was nominated forThe New PaperDollah Kassim Award in 2017.
While playing for the National Football Academy, Chua was also representing his school,Tanjong Katong Secondary School, in the National "C" Division, scoring 26 goals in 2016 to help his school win the title.[6] He was named in Goal Singapore's 2020 NxGn list following his sublime performances for Geylang International.[7]
On 4 July 2018, Chua came on as a late substitute inGeylang International's 3–1 win overYoung Lions atJalan Besar Stadium for his professional debut at the age of 16, Chua eclipsed the previous record set byHariss Harun as the youngest ever debutant in theSingapore Premier League.[8][9] He was the youngest player to ever play in the country's top tier of soccer and is the third-youngest scorer in the history of Singapore's professional league.[10]
On 14 April 2019, Chua became the third youngest scorer in Singapore Premier League history, at 16 years and 364 days, afterHariss Harun andFareez Farhan.[11] He would than scored a brace in a 2–1 win overWarriors FC on 23 June 2019. Chua kept his exploits by becoming the youngest player ever to reach the five-goal mark in league history, at 17 years and 102 days on 27 July 2019.[12] As of April 2020, Chua has scored 5 goals in 13 matches for the Eagles.[7] His talent would not go un-noticed as he was picked up byJ.League sideMatsumoto Yamaga on a training stint.[13]
However Chua would suffer an ACL injury in 2019, setting him back.[14]
Chua would returned to Geylang International on 14 January 2024 after he completed his National Services. On 14 June 2024, he scored a brace in a 6–2 win overHougang United.
In January 2022, Chua joinedYoung Lions on loan while serving his compulsoryNational Services with theSingapore Armed Forces. He scored his first goal for the club on 19 March 2022 in a 4–3 lost againstBalestier Khalsa. On 7 August 2022, Chua scored a poker in a 4–2 win overTanjong Pagar United which was also his first career hat-trick. However on 24 August 2022, he suffered aCruciate ligament injury which ruled him out for a year.
On 29 July 2023, Chua returned to action coming on as a substitution and scoring a goal in a 6–2 lost against Hougang United.
Chua was born inGreece to a Greek mother and a ChineseSingaporean father which make him eligible to representGreece orSingapore at international level.[5]
Chua was first called up to theSingapore U22 in 2019 for the2019 Merlion Cup. He made his debut for the team on 7 June 2019, in a 3–0 win againstPhilippines U23.[15]
On 31 July 2019, Singapore U18 head coachFadzuhasny Juraimi named Chua in the Singapore squad for2019 AFF U18 Youth Championship.[16]
Chua younger brother, Christos Chua is also a professional footballer currently playing for Geylang International under-21 side while serving his National Services.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Geylang International | 2018 | S.League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Singapore Premier League | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | ||
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | ||
| Young Lions | 2022 | Singapore Premier League | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Total | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | ||
| Geylang International | 2024–25 | Singapore Premier League | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Total | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 52 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 15 | ||
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 August 2019 | Thanh Long Stadium,Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |  Thailand | 1-1 (draw) | 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship |
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 March 2017 | Po Kong Village Road Park, Hong Kong |  Qatar | 1-0 | 3-0 (won) | 2017 Jockey Cup |
| 2 | 19 March 2017 | Po Kong Village Road Park, Hong Kong | Qatar | 3-0 | 3-0 (won) | 2017 Jockey Cup |
| 3 | 24 September 2017 | Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Indonesia |  Guam | 5-0 | 8-1 (won) | 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification |
| 4 | 24 September 2017 | Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Indonesia | Guam | 8-1 | 9-1 (won) | 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification |
| 5 | 1 August 2018 | Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium, Indonesia |  Laos | 1-2 | 1-2 (lost) | 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship |
| 6 | 3 August 2018 | Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium, Indonesia | Thailand | 1-2 | 1-3 (lost) | 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship |
| 7 | 7 August 2018 | Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium, Indonesia |  Brunei | 1-0 | 5-0 (won) | 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship |
| 8 | 7 August 2018 | Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium, Indonesia | Brunei | 2-0 | 5-0 (won) | 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship |
Singapore U22
