Zaw Win Thein

Zaw Win Thein (Burmese: ဇော်ဝင်းသိန်း, born 1 March 2003)[1] is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Myanmar National League club Yangon United F.C and the Myanmar national team.

In this Burmese name, the given name is Zaw Win Thein. There is no family name.
Zaw Win Thein
Zaw Win Thein with Myanmar U-19
Personal information
Full name Zaw Win Thein
Date of birth (2003-03-01) 1 March 2003
Place of birth North Dagon, Myanmar
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Yangon United
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Junior Lions 7 (5)
2020– Yangon United 49 (8)
International career‡
2014 Myanmar U14 4 (0)
2017 Myanmar U16 8 (0)
2018–2019 Myanmar U19 14 (4)
2020– Myanmar U23 22 (0)
2022– Myanmar 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Early life

Zaw Win Thein was born in Yangon and joined Mandalay Football Academy for two years since 2014 and has been selected for the Myanmar National Team aged group since 2016 for five consecutive years.

Youth career
  • Mandalay football academy 2014–2015

Club career

Yangon United

On 16 August 2023, Zaw Win Thein scored an injury time winner goal against Brunei DPMM to send his club to the 2023–24 AFC Cup play-offs round which will see them face Indonesia side, PSM Makassar.

Style of play

He is a modern-day hardworking midfielder with good defensive contribution and can even play as pivotal player on center midfield.

Career statistics
As of match played 29 November 2023
Yangon United
20201001
20221842
202321514
Total49917

International career

He won the Champions Trophy in Hong Kong Jockey Club International Football Tournament and was the most valuable player award of the tournament. Besides, his team placed second in the CTFA U-19 International Tournament 2019, fourth in AFF U-18 Championship 2019, and third place in U-20 BTV Cup 2019.

He was one of the players of Junior Lions which participated in the Myanmar National Youth (U-21) team in 2019 and crowned the Champions Trophy and half-season champions in Myanmar National League-2 in 2020.

International
As of match played 21 November 2023

Age First Cap:

  • ( 19 years 7 months 26 days 27-5-2022 vs. Bahrain 0-2 )
Myanmar national team
202240
202360
Total100

Honours

International

Tri-Nation Series (India)

  • Runners-up (1):2023

Junior Lions

Gold medal: 2019 Myanmar National League U-21

U-19

U-23 National Football Team

Yangon United

References
  1. "Myanmar - Zaw Win Thein - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
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