Myat Kaung Khant


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

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 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chainat Hornbill
Number 8
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 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 December 2019

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 who are currently playing in Thai League 2.

Club career

2017 season

During the 2017 season, Myat Kaung Khant had scored three out of 6 goals against the Philippines at the National Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in an U-19 squad.[2]

2018 season

Myat Kaung Khant made his first professional goal against Ayeyawady United F.C. on 8 April 2018.[3]

International career

Senior

He made his debut on 10 October 2018 against Indonesia in a friendly match. He scored his first international goal for Myanmar National team against Bahrain 1–4 in a friendly match.

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

International
As of match played 6 June 2019
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Myanmar 201821
201900
Total21

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 (2017-10-25). "Perfect start for U-19 team". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. Kyaw Zin Hlaing (2018-04-09). "Yangon, Yadanarbon in tense but exciting draw". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. Myat Kaung Khant at Soccerway
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