Win Naing Tun

Win Naing Tun (Burmese: ဝင်းနိုင်ထွန်း; born 3 May 2000) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ayeyawady United and the Myanmar national football team. He is considered the most promising striker in modern Myanmar football and became a top scorer of Myanmar U20 with 18 goals. He was the bronze medalist with U-22 men's national team at 2019 SEA Games.[1]

Win Naing Tun
Personal information
Full name Win Naing Tun
Date of birth (2000-05-03) 3 May 2000
Place of birth Depayin, Sagaing Region, Myanmar
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Ayeyawady United
Number 28
Youth career
2011–2015 Myanmar Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Yadanarbon FC 23 (10)
2020– Ayeyawady United
National team
2017 Myanmar U18 6 (7)
2018 Myanmar U19 9 (7)
2016– Myanmar U20 24 (18)
2018– Myanmar U23 18 (7)
2020– Myanmar 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 Feb 2020

Early life

Win Naing Tun was born on 3 May 2000 in Saipyingyi Village, Depayin in Sagaing Region. He studied football at Myanmar Football Academy.

Career

Win Naing Tun was selected to play for the national youth team. Because of his talent, he was selected for U-23 side even though he was playing for the U-18 team at the time.[1]

In 2017, Yadanarbon FC signed Win Naing Tun from Myanmar Football Academy.[2][3] He scored his first time ever goal for Yadanarbon FC against Shan United.

In December 2018, he was awarded for the Best Player at the Thanh Niên Newspaper International U-21 Football Tournament.[4] In 2020, he signed with Ayeyawady United.[1]

Honours

National Team
Myanmar U23
Bronze Medal: 2019

Individual
  • 2018: the Best Player Award at Thanh Niên Newspaper International U-21 Football Tournament

References
  1. "Ayeyawady United signs Myanmar international forward Win Naing Tun". Myanmar DigitalNews. 9 January 2020.
  2. "၁ ... ဝင်းနိုင်ထွန်း ပြည့်စုံနိုင် နှင့် မြတ်ကောင်းခန့် တို့အား ရတနာပုံ အသင်းတရားဝင် ခေါ်ယူခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်". Yadanarbon. 2017.
  3. "Win Naing Tun's late goal gives Yadanabon draw to Shan United". Myanmar DigitalNews. 20 January 2019.
  4. "Win Naing Tun named best player in Viet Nam football tourney 297". The Global New Light of Myanmar. 20 December 2018 – via Free For Readers.


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