Aung Thu (footballer)

Aung Thu
အောင်သူ
Thu with Police Tero in 2018
Personal information
Full name Aung Thu
Date of birth (1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Pindale Village, Meiktila Township, Mandalay Region[1]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
Uthai Thani
Number 36
Youth career
2011–2013 Mandalay Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2020 Yadanarbon 131 (34)
2018Police Tero (loan) 30 (11)
2019Muangthong United (loan) 13 (3)
2020–2022 Buriram United 35 (4)
2023 Lamphun Warriors 13 (1)
2023– Uthai Thani 15 (2)
International career
2011 Myanmar U16 4 (4)
2013–2017 Myanmar U20 19 (12)
2017–2018 Myanmar U23 16 (5)
2015– Myanmar 48 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Aung Thu (Burmese: အောင်သူ; born 22 May 1995) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Thai League 1 club Uthai Thani 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] Considered one of the best players in the ASEAN, he is known for his dribbling, Positioning, skill, pace, and Vision.

  1. ^ "Myanma Ruby in Thailand" (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Aung was invoked but never defined (see the help page).