Myat Kaung Khant

In this Burmese name, the given name is Myat Kaung Khant. There is no family name.

Myat Kaung Khant (Burmese: မြတ်ကောင်းခန့်; born 15 July 2000) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Myanmar National League club Shan United and the Myanmar national team.

Myat Kaung Khant

Personal information
Full name	Myat Kaung Khant
Date of birth	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Kyonpyaw, Myanmar
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Shan United
Number	26
Youth career
2013–2018	Myanmar Football Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Yadanarbon	35	(12)
2019–2020	Chainat Hornbill	2	(0)
2022–2023	Shan United	22	(6)
2023–2024	Persikabo 1973	16	(2)
2024–	Shan United	0	(0)
International career‡
2016–2020	Myanmar U20	24	(13)
2018–2023	Myanmar U23	20	(5)
2018–	Myanmar	28	(1)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Myanmar Tri-Nation Series 2023 India AFF U-19 Youth Championship 2018 Indonesia Sea Games 2019 philippines
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 November 2023

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 on his debut game. After spending 2 years in Myanmar National League, he moved 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.^[1]

Club statistics

Appearances and goals by club team and year

Club team	Year	Apps	Goals	Assists
Yadanarbon	2018	15	7	4
	2019	19	5	3
	2020	11	0	4
Chainat Hornbill	2020	2	0	0
Shan United	2022	8	2	1
	2023	16	4	5
Persikabo 1973	2023	16	2	0
Total		77	20	17

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.^[2]

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

As of match played 15 November 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Myanmar	2018	4	1
	2019	6	0
	2021	8	0
	2022	7	0
	2023	3	0
Total		28	1

International goals

Scores and results list Myanmar's goal tally first.^[3]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 October 2018	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	1–2	1–4	Friendly

Honours

National Team

• Tri-Nation Series (India)

• Runners-up (1):2023

Shan United

• Myanmar National League (1): 2022