Aung Thu (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aung Thu | ||
Date of birth | 22 May 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Pyinmana, Myanmar | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward / Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Police Tero (on loan from Yadanarbon) | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2013 | Mandalay Football Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Yadanarbon | 58 | (24) |
2018 | → Police Tero (loan) | 31 | (11) |
2019 | → Muangthong United (loan) | 13 | (3) |
2020– | → Police Tero (loan) | 0 | (0) |
Total | 99 | (38) | |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Myanmar U-16 | 4 | (4) |
2013– | Myanmar U-20 | 19 | (12) |
2017–2018 | Myanmar U-23 | 16 | (5) |
2015– | Myanmar | 41 | (10) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 March 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2019 |
Aung Thu (Burmese: အောင်သူ; born 22 May 1996) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as forward for Thai League 1 club Police Tero and the Myanmar national team. He has represented Myanmar at Under-17, Under-20, Under-23, and full international level. Representing Myanmar at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2015, his debut goal scored against New Zealand.[1]
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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.[2] His goal during the Thai League Week 11 against Sukhothai FC is considered one of the top 5 goals of the round.[3]
Muangthong United (loan)[edit]
Aung Thu joined Muangthong United on loan for the 2019 season with options.[4]
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 led 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.[1] He was noted for his powerful shots and intelligent runs in FIFA technical study book of 2015 U-20 World Cup.[5]
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
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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.[6]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 13 October 2015 | Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok | ![]() |
3–1 | 3–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 29 March 2016 | Saida International Stadium, Sidon | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | |
3. | 20 November 2016 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–2 | 2016 AFF Championship |
4. | 23 November 2016 | ![]() |
3–1 | 3–1 | ||
5. | 5 October 2017 | Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
6. | 10 October 2017 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–2 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
7. | 9 November 2017 | Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
8. | 16 November 2018 | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–1 | 2018 AFF Championship |
9. | 14 November 2019 | Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay | ![]() |
3–1 | 4–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- Yadanarbon
Individual[edit]
- AFF Youth Player of the Year (1): 2015
- Myanmar player of the year (4): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Myanmar national league player of the year (3): 2015, 2016, 2017
International[edit]
- Myanmar U20
- 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup : Group Stage
Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy: 2014
Personal life[edit]
Aung Thu is married to Poe Ei Ei Khant, an actress, on 31 May 2018[7] and the wedding ceremony held on 26 March 2019 at the Western Park.[8] They gave birth to their first son Thwin Oo Han on 19 July 2019.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ 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".
- ^ "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.
External links[edit]
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Burmese footballers
- Myanmar international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Yadanarbon 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