Myat Kaung Khant ( my, မြတ်ကောင်းခန့်; born 15 July 2000) is a Burmese professional

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who plays as an

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for Liga 1 club

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and the Myanmar national team. Myat Kaung Khant was a talented home grown player of

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. 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

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, he moved to

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Club career

Myat Kaung Khant made his first professional goal against Ayeyawady United F.C. on 8 April 2018.

Club statistics

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

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at the

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in Cambodia.

Senior

He made his debut on 10 October 2018 against

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in a friendly match and scored his first international goal for the Myanmar national team against

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International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Myanmar's goal tally first.''

Honours

National Team *Tri-Nation Series (India) :* Runners-up (1):

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References

{{Reflist 2000 births Living people People from Ayeyarwady Region Burmese men's footballers Burmese expatriate men's footballers Yadanarbon F.C. players Myat Kaung Khant Shan United F.C. players Persikabo 1973 players Myanmar National League players Myat Kaung Khant Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Burmese expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Burmese expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Myanmar Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games medalists in football SEA Games bronze medalists for Myanmar Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games