Zaw Win Thein
[1]Zaw Win Thein (Burmese: ဇော်ဝင်းသိန်း, born 1 March 2003) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a Attacking Midfielder for Myanmar national football team and Yangon United F.C.
 Zaw Win Thein with Myanmar U-19 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Zaw Win Thein | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | 46 | (6) |
| 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 | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 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 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 25 July 2023
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
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