Hein Htet Aung

Hein Htet Aung (Burmese: ဟိန္းထက္ေအာင္; born 5 October 2001 ) is a Burmese Professional footballer who plays as a winger for Hanthawaddy United FC. He is a graduate of Myanmar Football Academy. He was named player of the month for the 2020 Myanmar National League in September.

Hein Htet Aung
Personal information
Full name Hein Htet Aung
Date of birth (2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 [1]
Place of birth Bago, Myanmar
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2011-2017 Myanmar Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Hanthawaddy United FC. 29 (4)
National team
2019– Myanmar U18 12 (2)
2017– Myanmar U19 10 (0)
2017– Myanmar U20 24 (8)
2017– Myanmar U23 11 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 March 2019

Career

Myanmar Football Academy

Hein Htet Aung joined Myanmar Football Academy in 2011 at the age of 10. Tipped as a gem in the squad, Hein Htet Aung represented the national team throughout his spell at the academy annually. Starting from Under 12, he went all the way up to Under 22 where he is currently playing. Hein Htet Aung began his career as a forward but after some years, he switched to the wings where he can operate as both left and right winger. In 2018, he transferred to his hometown club Hanthawaddy United FC to begin his professional career.

Hanthawaddy United F.C.

Hein Htet Aung began his professional career at Hanthawaddy United in 2018 after graduating from Myanmar Football Academy Mandalay. Deemed to be the next rising star of the country, Hein Htet Aung settled in Hanthawaddy United not long after he arrived at the club. In his first season, he helped his team finished fourth in 2018 Myanmar National League as well as claiming a second place in 2018 General Aung San Shield. 2019 was a tough year for Hein Htet Aung as Hanthawaddy United finished fifth in 2019 Myanmar National League. However, after major changes were made within the club, including a managerial change, Hein Htet Aung once again showed his full potential in the following year. 2020 was a successful year for Hein Htet Aung as he helped Hanthawaddy United FC finished second in 2020 Myanmar National League, which was the biggest achievement in club's history. Despite being only 18 years old at the time, Hein Htet Aung scored 6 goals and laid on 9 assists which made him a join top assister with his national teammate Lwin Moe Aung. Not only that he won Player Of The Month award in September, he was named the best young player of 2020 Myanmar National League at the end of the season. After a successful 3 years spell at Hanthawaddy United FC, scoring a total of 9 goals over 54 appearances, Hein Htet Aung has decided to part ways with the team in order to achieve his dream of playing abroad. He is expected to join a Selangor based team in Malaysia for 2021-22 season.

Honours
Hanthawaddy United F.C.
Myanmar U-22 National Football Team
  • Bronze medal : 2019 BTV Cup

References
  1. "profile of Hein Htet Aung". globalsportsarchive.


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