Aung Thu (footballer)
.jpg) Thu with Police Tero in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aung Thu | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Pindale Village, Meiktila Township, Mandalay Region[1] | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Buriram United | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2013 | Mandalay Football Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2020 | Yadanarbon | 69 | (31) |
| 2018 | → Police Tero (loan) | 31 | (11) |
| 2019 | → Muangthong United (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2020– | Buriram United | 30 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | Myanmar U16 | 4 | (4) |
| 2013–2017 | Myanmar U20 | 19 | (12) |
| 2017–2018 | Myanmar U23 | 16 | (5) |
| 2015–2019 | Myanmar | 41 | (9) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2019 | |||
Aung Thu (Burmese: အောင်သူ; born 22 May 1995) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as forward for Buriram United and Myanmar national team. He has represented Myanmar internationally at under-17, under-20, under-23, and senior level. Representing Myanmar at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2015, he scored his debut goal against New Zealand.[2]
Early life[edit]
He was born in Pindale Village of Meiktila Township. Later he moved to Pyinmana.[1]
Club career[edit]
Early career[edit]
In 2009, at the age of 13, Aung Thu represented Pyinmana in U-19 Division Tournament with 3 goals. He would attend the Myanmar Football Academy (Mandalay).
Yadanarbon[edit]
Yadanarbon signed Aung Thu from Myanmar Football Academy (Mandalay). He showed an impressive talent in Yadanarbon FC that increased his value to the whole team by achieving a less than anticipated goal count by assisting other teammates in making goals.[citation needed]
At the 2016 and 2017 MNL Awards Night, he was recognized as the MNL Best Player of the Year.[citation needed]
Police Tero (loan)[edit]
In November 2017, Aung Thu signed on as a loan for Thailand club Police Tero formally known as BEC Tero Sasana for the 2018 season. He scored goals and assisted others in theirs; he was recognized as the league player of the month.[3] His goal during the Thai League Week 11 against Sukhothai FC is considered one of the top 5 goals of the round.[4]
Muangthong United (loan)[edit]
Aung Thu joined Muangthong United on loan for the 2019 season with options.[5]
Buriram United[edit]
In December 2020, Aung Thu signed for Thai League Giant Club Buriram United for US$50,000.[6] On 26 December 2020, he made his debut in 2-0 away win against Chonburi.[7]
International career[edit]
Youth[edit]
Aung Thu debuted in national U-16 team that took part in 2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship.
In 2014, his crucial goal against U-19 Vietnam at the Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy tournament in Brunei and Myanmar would lead to his debut crowned champion. He immediately became a Myanmar Fans' favourite striker. His performance led to the international participation of Myanmar and the U-19 Myanmar National team participation to the FIFA U-20 World Cup, international participation last experienced in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.[2] He was noted for his powerful shots and intelligent runs in FIFA technical study book of 2015 U-20 World Cup.[8]
Senior[edit]
He made his international debut on 28 August 2015 against United Arab Emirates in a friendly. His debut goal was scored against Laos, 3–1 in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
International[edit]
- As of match played 6 June 2019
Age ( 19 years 03 months 06 days )
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar | 2015 | 6 | 1 |
| 2016 | 12 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 40 | 9 | |
International goals[edit]
- Scores and results list Myanmar's goal tally first.[9]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 October 2015 | Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok |  Laos |
3–1 | 3–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 29 March 2016 | Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon |  Lebanon |
1–0 | 1–1 | |
| 3. | 20 November 2016 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon |  Vietnam |
1–1 | 1–2 | 2016 AFF Championship |
| 4. | 23 November 2016 |  Cambodia |
3–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 5. | 5 October 2017 | Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay |  Thailand |
1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 6. | 10 October 2017 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon |  Kyrgyzstan |
1–2 | 2–2 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 7. | 9 November 2017 | Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh | Cambodia |
2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 8. | 16 November 2018 | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane | Laos |
1–1 | 3–1 | 2018 AFF Championship |
| 9. | 14 November 2019 | Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay |  Tajikistan |
3–1 | 4–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- Yadanarbon
- Buriram United
Individual[edit]
- AFF Youth Player of the Year: 2015
- Myanmar Player of the Year: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Myanmar National League Player of the Year: 2015, 2016, 2017
International[edit]
Myanmar U20
Personal life[edit]
Aung Thu married Burmese actress Poe Ei Ei Khant on 31 May 2018;[10] the wedding ceremony was held on 26 March 2019 at the Western Park.[11] They gave birth to their first son Thwin Oo Han on 19 July 2019.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Myanma Ruby in Thailand" (in Burmese).
- ^ a b "Myanmar v. New Zealand - Match Highlights FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015". 5 June 2015.
- ^ Murphy, Paul (23 November 2017). "Myanmar striker Aung Thu signs with Police Tero in Thailand". ESPN FC. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Thai League Week 11: Top 5 goals of the week – Agree or disagree?". FOX Sports Asia. 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Super Big Deal - SCG Muangthong United are proud to introduce Aung Thu".
- ^ "Yadanabon striker Aung Thu joins Buriram United".
- ^ "Buriam United 2-0 Choiburi".
- ^ "AFC U-19 Championship results". AFC. 11 October 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.
- ^ "Thu, Aung". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "အောင်သူနဲ့ လက်ထပ်ထားတာ(၉)လကျော်သွားပြီဆိုတဲ့ ပိုးအိအိခန့်" (in Burmese). Duwun. 6 March 2019.
- ^ "အောင်သူနဲ့ Game ကစားရင်း ဖူးစာဆုံခဲ့တာပါ ဆိုတဲ့ ပိုးအိအိခန့်". Duwun (in Burmese). 26 March 2019.
- ^ "ပထမဆုံး ရင်သွေး သားဦးလေး ပိုင်ဆိုင်ခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်တဲ့ အောင်သူနဲ့ ပိုးအိအိခန့်". Yangon News (in Burmese). 20 July 2019. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
External links[edit]
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Burmese footballers
- Myanmar international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Yadanarbon F.C. players
- Police Tero F.C. players
- Muangthong United F.C. players
- Buriram United F.C. players
- People from Mandalay Region
- Burmese expatriate footballers
- Burmese expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
- Expatriate footballers in Thailand
- Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Myanmar
- Southeast Asian Games competitors for Myanmar