Kyaw Min Oo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kyaw Min Oo | ||
| Date of birth | 16 May 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Oktwin, Myanmar | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PDRM | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010 | Yangon Sport College | ||
| 2011–2013 | Mandalay Football Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Ayeyawady United | 10 | (2) |
| 2016–2019 | Yangon United | 28 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Yangon United | 17 | (0) |
| 2023– | PDRM | 45 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Myanmar U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Myanmar U19[1] | 12 | (0) |
| 2013–2019 | Myanmar U23 | 6 | (0) |
| 2014– | Myanmar | 28 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 November 2023 | |||
Kyaw Min Oo (Burmese: ကျော်မင်းဦး; born 16 June 1996) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Malaysia Super League club PDRM, whom he captains and the Myanmar national team.
Kyaw has represented Myanmar at U17, U20, U23, and senior level. In 2015, he represented Myanmar at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]
Club career
Kyaw was born in Oktwin Township, Bago District. He studied in Myanmar Football Academy (Mandalay) for about three years.
On 25 January 2014, Ayeyawady United signed Kyaw where played two years for Ayeyawady United and then he moved to Yangon United at the end of his contract in January 2016.
Kyaw retired in early 2019, citing several injuries from he suffered since 2016.[3] In May 2022, he healed his injuries with help from the president of the Myanmar Football Federation, Zaw Zaw and returned to the playing football professionally after a three years break.[4] Kyaw returned and featured for Yangon United in May 2022.
On 8 February 2023, Kyaw was recruited by Malaysia Super League club PDRM as their ASEAN import. He make his club debut on 25 February in a 4–0 lost to Sabah. Kyaw recorded a brace of assists in a 3–0 win against Penang on 27 August. He then scored his first goal since his returned from injury in a 7–2 win over Kelantan on 10 December.
During the start of the 2025–26 season, Kyaw was name as the club captain of PDRM.
International career
Youth
Kyaw first appeared in Myanmar under-16 team that took part in 2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship before gradually rising to all levels of national teams.[5] He is a playmaker with good passing, tackling, good vision.
Kyaw played an important role in Myanmar under-20 squad for 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.
Senior
Club statistics
| Club team | Year | Apps | Goals | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDRM | 2023 | 27 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 27 | 1 | 3 | |
Career statistics
International
- As of 21 November 2023[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar | 2014 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 1 | |
- As of match played 30 December 2022:
Myanmar score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kyaw Min Oo goal[6]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 December 2022 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar | 20 |  Laos |
1–1 | 2–2 | 2022 AFF Championship | [7] |
Honours
National Team
- Tri-Nation Series (India)
Runners-up (1):2023
PDRM
- MFL Challenge Cup: 2023[8]
References
- ^ "AFC U-19 Championship results". AFC. 11 October 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.
- ^ "Singin' in the rain". The Myanmar Times. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Myanmar national team star retires at the age of 22". FOX Sports Asia. 14 January 2019. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "ကွင်းလယ်ကစားသမား ကျော်မင်းဦးနှင့် ဇေယျာနိုင်တို့၏ ဒူးဒဏ်ရာခွဲစိတ်ကုသမှု အောင်မြင်". Eleven Media Group (in Burmese). 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Kyaw Min Oo returns to action despite fine". The Myanmar Times. 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Kyaw Min Oo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Myanmar vs. Laos - 30 December 2022 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Police crowned MFL Challenge Cup champions | New Straits Times". www.nst.com.my. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.