Myat Kaung Khant

Myat Kaung Khant (Burmese: မြတ်ကောင်းခန့်; born 15 July 2000) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Myanmar national football team and Shan United.

In this Burmese name, the given name is Myat Kaung Khant. There is no family name.
Myat Kaung Khant
Personal information
Full name Myat Kaung Khant
Date of birth (2000-07-15) 15 July 2000
Place of birth Kyonpyaw, Myanmar
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Persikabo 1973
Youth career
2013–2018 Myanmar Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Yadanarbon[1] 65 (12)
2020 Chainat Hornbill (loan) 2 (0)
2022–2023 Shan United 24 (5)
2023– Persikabo 1973
International career‡
2016–2020 Myanmar U20 24 (13)
2018– Myanmar U23 20 (5)
2018– Myanmar 28 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Myanmar
Tri-Nation Series
Silver medal – second place2023 India
AFF U-19 Youth Championship
Silver medal – second place2018 Indonesia
Sea Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 philippines
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

Myat Kaung Khant was a talented home grown player of Myanmar Football Academy. In 2017, Yadanarbon signed Myat Kaung Khant with a transfer fee of 5,000,000 MMK. He officially made his debut in 2018 at the age of 17 and since then, he had been part of the senior squad. He scored his first ever professional goal in his debut game. After spending 2 years in Myanmar National League, he earned a move to Chainat Hornbill in Thai League 2.

Club career

Myat Kaung Khant made his first professional goal against Ayeyawady United F.C. on 8 April 2018.[2]

Club statistics
Appearances and goals by club team and year
Club teamYearAppsGoalsAssists
Yadanarbon 2018 21 7 4
2019 22 5 6
2020 9 1 3
Chainat Hornbill (loan) 2020200
Shan United 2022 8 2 5
2023 16 3 4
Persikabo 1973 2023
Total781822

International career

Under-19

Myat Kaung Khant made his debut for the Myanmar under-19 team in 2018. He scored three out of 6 goals against the Philippines at the Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium in Cambodia.[3]

Senior

He made his debut on 10 October 2018 against Indonesia in a friendly match and scored his first international goal for the Myanmar national team against Bahrain.

International
As of match played 31 December 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Myanmar 201841
201960
202180
202270
202330
Total281

International goals
Scores and results list Myanmar's goal tally first.[4]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 October 2018Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain Bahrain1–21–4Friendly

Honours

National Team

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

References
  1. "Myat Kaung Khant profile". Yadanarbon Official Website. Archived from the original on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  2. Kyaw Zin Hlaing (2018-04-09). "Yangon, Yadanarbon in tense but exciting draw". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. Kyaw Zin Hlaing (2017-10-25). "Perfect start for U-19 team". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. Myat Kaung Khant at Soccerway
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