Myat Kaung Khant

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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 (age 21)
Place of birth Kyonpyaw, Myanmar
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2013–2018 Myanmar Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Yadanarbon[1] 34 (12)
2020 Chainat Hornbill (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2016– Myanmar U20 24 (13)
2018– Myanmar U23 20 (5)
2018– Myanmar 3 (1)
Honours
Myanmar Under-23
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place Philippines 2019 Football
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2021

Myat Kaung Khant (Burmese: မြတ်ကောင်းခန့်; born 15 July 2000) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Myanmar national football team and Chainat Hornbill F.C.

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]

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 goals[]

Scores and results list Myanmar's goal tally first.[4]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 October 2018 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain  Bahrain 1–2 1–4 Friendly

International[]

As of match played 6 June 2019
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Myanmar 2018 2 1
2019 0 0
Total 2 1

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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