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Aung Thu (Burmese: အောင်သူ; born 22 May 1995) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as forward for Thailand's Buriram United F.C and Myanmar national team. He has represented Myanmar internationally at under-17, under-20, under-23, and senior level. Representing Myanmar at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand, he scored his debut World Cup goal against New Zealand national under-20 football team.[2]
 Thu with Police Tero F.C 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 | 75 | (34) |
| 2018 | → Police Tero (loan) | 31 | (11) |
| 2019 | → Muangthong United (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2020– | Buriram United | 37 | (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 | |||
Early life
He was born in Pindale Village of Meiktila Township, Myanmar. Later he moved to Pyinmana.[1]
Club career
Early career
In 2009, at the age of 13, Aung Thu represented Pyinmana in U-19 Division Tournament with 3 goals. He later joined the Myanmar Football Academy in Mandalay and was graduated from the academy.
Yadanarbon
In 2013, Yadanarbon F.C signed Aung Thu from Myanmar Football Academy (Mandalay). He showed an impressive talent in Yadanarbon F.C 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)
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)
Aung Thu joined Muangthong United on loan for the 2019 season with options.[5]
Buriram United
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 with Buriram United in 2-0 away win against Chonburi.[7]
International career
Youth
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 for ASEAN Youth Football Championship in Brunei and would lead Myanmar to emerge as the champion of 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy. He then became a Myanmar Fans' favorite striker. His performance led Myanmar to the international participation and the U-19 Myanmar National team participation to the FIFA U-20 World Cup, and it was Myanmar's first international football match after its last participation 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 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[8]
Senior
He made his international debut in Myanmar national team on 28 August 2015 against United Arab Emirates national football team in a friendly tournament. His first goal as a Myanmar national team player was scoring against Laos, 3–1 in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
International
- 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
- 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
Club
- Yadanarbon
- Myanmar National League: 2016
- Buriram United
- Thai League 1: 2021–22
- Thai FA Cup: 2021–22
- Thai League Cup: 2021–22
Individual
- 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
Myanmar U20
- Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy: 2014
Personal life
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
- "Myanma Ruby in Thailand" (in Burmese).
- "Myanmar v. New Zealand - Match Highlights FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015". YouTube. 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". Facebook.
- "Yadanabon striker Aung Thu joins Buriram United". 16 August 2014.
- "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
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[de] Aung Thu
Aung Thu (* 22. Mai 1996 in Pyinmana) ist ein myanmarischer Fußballspieler.- [en] Aung Thu (footballer)
[it] Aung Thu (calciatore)
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