Kyaw Min Oo

Kyaw Min Oo (Burmese: ကျော်မင်းဦး; born 16 June 1996) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Malaysia Super League club PDRM and the Myanmar national team. He has represented Myanmar at Under-17, Under-20, Under-23, and full international level. In 2015, Kyaw represented Myanmar at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]

In this Burmese name, the given name is Kyaw Min Oo. There is no family name.
Kyaw Min Oo
Personal information
Full name Kyaw Min Oo
Date of birth (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996
Place of birth Oktwin, Myanmar
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 PDRM
Number 6
Youth career
2010 Yangon Sport College
2011–2013 Mandalay Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Ayeyawady United 10 (2)
2016–2019 Yangon United 28 (0)
2022–2023 Yangon United 17 (0)
2023– PDRM 22 (0)
International career‡
2011 Myanmar U-16 4 (0)
2013–2015 Myanmar U-19[1] 12 (0)
2013–2019 Myanmar U-23 6 (0)
2014– Myanmar 26 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 October 2023

Club
Appearances and goals by club team and year
Club teamYearAppsGoalsAssists
PDRM 20232203
Total2203

Biography

Kyaw Min Oo was born in Oktwin Township, Bago District. He studied in Myanmar Football Academy (Mandalay) for about three years. In 2014, Ayeyawady United signed Kyaw Min Oo. Kyaw Min Oo played two years for Ayeyawady United and then he moved to Yangon United at the end of his contract. Kyaw Min Oo first appeared in national under-16 team that took part in 2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship before gradually rising to all levels of national teams.[3] He is a playmaker with good passing, tackling, good vision. He played an important role in Myanmar under-20 national team for 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. He retired in early 2019, citing several injuries from 2016.[4] In May 2019, he healed his injuries by help of Zaw Zaw and returned to the club.[5]

Career statistics

International
As of 17 October 2023[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Myanmar 201450
201560
202291
202360
Total261
As of match played 30 December 2022:
Myanmar score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kyaw Min Oo goal[6]
List of international goals scored by Kyaw Min Oo
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
130 December 2022Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar20 Laos1–12–22022 AFF Championship[7]

Honours

National Team

  • Tri-Nation Series (India)
  • Runners-up (1):2023

References
  1. "AFC U-19 Championship results". AFC. 11 October 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.
  2. "Singin' in the rain". The Myanmar Times. 16 October 2015.
  3. "Kyaw Min Oo returns to action despite fine". The Myanmar Times. 19 October 2015.
  4. "Myanmar national team star retires at the age of 22". FOX Sports Asia. 14 January 2019.
  5. "ကွင်းလယ်ကစားသမား ကျော်မင်းဦးနှင့် ဇေယျာနိုင်တို့၏ ဒူးဒဏ်ရာခွဲစိတ်ကုသမှု အောင်မြင်". Eleven Media Group (in Burmese). 16 May 2019.
  6. "Kyaw Min Oo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  7. "Myanmar vs. Laos - 30 December 2022 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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