Zaw Win Thein

Zaw Win Thein
	Zaw Win Thein with Myanmar U-19
Personal information
Full name	Zaw Win Thein
Date of birth	1 March 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	North Dagon, Myanmar
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Yangon United
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2020	Junior Lions
2020–	Yangon United
International career‡
2014	Myanmar U14
2017	Myanmar U16
2018–2019	Myanmar U19
2020–	Myanmar U23
2022–	Myanmar
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Zaw Win Thein (Burmese: ဇော်ဝင်းသိန်း, born 1 March 2003)^[1] is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Myanmar National League club Yangon United F.C and the Myanmar national team.

Early life

Zaw Win Thein was born in Yangon and joined Mandalay Football Academy for two years since 2014 and has been selected for the Myanmar National Team aged group since 2016 for five consecutive years.

Youth career

Mandalay football academy 2014–2015

Club career

Yangon United

On 16 August 2023, Zaw Win Thein scored an injury time winner goal against Brunei DPMM to send his club to the 2023–24 AFC Cup play-offs round which will see them face Indonesia side, PSM Makassar.

Style of play

He is a modern-day hardworking midfielder with good defensive contribution and can even play as pivotal player on center midfield.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

As of match played 29 November 2023

Yangon United
2020	10	0	1
2022	18	4	2
2023	21	5	14
Total	49	9	17

International career

Myanmar U14–2014
Myanmar U16–2017
Myanmar U19–2018–2019
Myanmar U23 – 2020–

He won the Champions Trophy in Hong Kong Jockey Club International Football Tournament and was the most valuable player award of the tournament. Besides, his team placed second in the CTFA U-19 International Tournament 2019, fourth in AFF U-18 Championship 2019, and third place in U-20 BTV Cup 2019.

He was one of the players of Junior Lions which participated in the Myanmar National Youth (U-21) team in 2019 and crowned the Champions Trophy and half-season champions in Myanmar National League-2 in 2020.