Myo Hlaing Win

In this Burmese name, the given name is Myo Hlaing Win. There is no family name.

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Myo Hlaing Win

Myo Hlaing Win in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Myo Hlaing Win
Date of birth	(1973-05-24) 24 May 1973
Place of birth	Yangon, Myanmar
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–2007	Finance and Revenue	173	(154)
1990	ATM FA	14	(7)
Total		187	(161)
International career
1989–2005	Myanmar	63	(46)
Managerial career
2013–2016	Nay Pyi Taw
2019–2023	Ayeyawady United
2023–2024	Shan United
2024–2026	Myanmar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

U Myo Hlaing Win (Burmese: ဦးမျိုးလှိုင်ဝင်း) is a Burmese football coach and former player who played as a forward. He was most recently the head coach of Myanmar national football team.

Hlaing Win was the top goalscorer at the 1998 AFF Championship.

Player career

Player days: Finance Earned Levernew FC He is a one-club player who only played in . At the time, he was the undisputed star of the team, playing an active role in winning nine league championships .

As a member of the national team, he was also a legendary player for the Myanmar national team. Due to the nature of Myanmar being a weak team, they did not score a goal against a strong team, but they scored a lot of goals against a relatively weak team or a team with similar strength.

He is regarded as one of the most prominent strikers in the history of Myanmar football. Known for his pace, movement, and finishing ability, he holds the record as Myanmar's leading goalscorer at international level.

Following his playing career, he transitioned into coaching and served as head coach for top domestic clubs as well as the Myanmar National Team.

Play style

He was renowned across Southeast Asian football for his spatial awareness. Rather than relying strictly on physical hold-up play against taller defenders, Myo Hlaing Win specialized in making sharp off-the-ball runs—playing on the shoulder of the last defender to break offside traps or ghosting into space inside the penalty box.

Whether in domestic league action for Finance & Revenue FC or in major tournaments like the SEA Games and AFF (Tiger) Cup, he was an opportunistic finisher. He possessed strong technique with both feet, enabling him to convert half-chances quickly under pressure.

Despite his compact frame, his rapid acceleration over short distances allowed him to burst onto through-balls and reach crosses before defenders. His low center of gravity gave him agility when twisting away from tight marking inside the 18-yard box.

He stood out for his ability to produce under pressure. His instincts made him a consistent threat in regional tournaments, evidenced by his Golden Boot award at the 1998 Tiger Cup and top-scorer honors across multiple SEA Games campaigns (1993, 1995).

Managerial career

Nay Pyi Taw

Hlaing Win was given the opportunity to coach Nay Pyi Taw in January 2013. He helped the team finish second in the 2013 Myanmar National League which also sees the team qualified to the 2014 AFC Cup. He guided the team to runners-up in the competition sitting below Hong Kong side Kitchee in the table which sees the team advance to the round of 16. However, the club was beaten 5–0 by Vietnamese club Hà Nội T&T. Myo also guided the club all the way to the 2014 MFF Cup final but fall to a 2–0 defeat to Ayeyawady United. Myo left the club at the end of the 2016 season.

Ayeyawady United

In February 2019, Hlaing Win was recruited by Ayeyawady United as their head coach. In his first season at the club, he guided the team to finish second in the 2019 season.

Shan United

On 30 January 2024, Hlaing Win was recruited by Myanmar champions Shan United as the club new head coach. During the 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship qualifying play-offs, he helped the club to qualified to the tournament after defeating Bruneian club Kasuka 4–2 on aggregate.

Myanmar national team

After Michael Feichtenbeiner was dismissed by the Myanmar national team, Hlaing Win was appointed as Myanmar new head coach on 9 September 2024 becoming the first countrymen to lead the national team since 2019. He left the squad in July 2026.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club team and year

Club team	Year	Apps	Goals	Assists
Finance and Revenue	1988	7	3	1
	1989	8	4	2
	1991	11	10	4
	1992	9	7	1
	1993	11	16	6
	1994	10	7	5
	1995	10	13	7
	1996	10	14	4
	1997	11	12	8
	1998	11	15	5
	1999	11	11	7
	2000	9	13	6
	2001	7	5	1
	2002	11	6	1
	2003	6	2	2
	2004	11	8	2
	2005	7	4	1
	2006	4	1	1
	2007	9	3	2
Total		173	154	66

Appearances and goals by club team and year

Club team	Year	Apps	Goals	Assists
ATM FA	1990	14	7	7
Total		14	7	7

International

As of 15 Jan 2005

Age First Cap:

• ( 16 yr 91 d 22-8-1989 vs. Thailand 0-3 )

Age Last Cap:

• ( 31 yr 236 d 15- 1-2005 vs. Malaysia 1-2 )

Myanmar national team
Year	Apps	Goals	Assists
1989	1	0	0
1990	1	0	0
1991	0	0	0
1992	0	0	0
1993	8	12	4
1994	2	0	1
1995	8	12	6
1996	7	12	3
1997	3	7	2
1998	4	9	2
1999	4	3	2
2000	8	5	2
2001	0	0	0
2002	2	0	1
2003	4	0	6
2004	5	1	3
2005	2	0	1
Total	59	61	33

Apps and Goals by competition

Competition	Apps	Goals
SEA Games	18	21
Friendlies	8	11
Tiger Cup	12	7
AFC Asian Cup qualification	10	13
Asian Games	5	0
4-nation Tiger Trophy	3	4
1998 AFF Championship qualification	3	5
Total	59	61

International goals

Scores and results list Myanmar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Myanmar goal.

List of international goals scored by Myo Hlaing Win

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	18 April 1993	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Macau	7–1	7–1	Friendly
2	20 April 1993		Macau	3–2	3–2	Friendly
3	9 June 1993	National Stadium, Singapore	Laos	3–0	7–1	1993 Southeast Asian Games
4				5–0
5				7–0
6	13 June 1993		Malaysia	1–0	2–1
7	15 June 1993		Brunei	4–0	6–0
8				6–0
9	20 June 1993		Thailand	1–1	3–4
10				2–3
11	13 December 1993	Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh	1–2	1–3	Friendly
12	26 October 1995	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Bangladesh	4–0	4–0	4-nation Tiger Trophy
13	4 November 1995		Bangladesh	1–1	1–2
14	4 December 1995	700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand	Philippines	3–0	4–1	1995 Southeast Asian Games
15	6 December 1995		Singapore	1–0	2–4
16				2–4
17	10 December 1995		Brunei	2–0	2–0
18	14 December 1995		Vietnam	1–0	1–2
19	1 July 1996	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Maldives	1–0	3–1	1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification
20	4 July 1996	National Stadium, Singapore	Singapore	1–2	2–2
21	9 July 1996		Maldives	1–0	4–1
22				3–1
23				4–1
24	5 September 1996	Jurong Stadium, Jurong, Singapore	Cambodia	4–0	5–0	1996 AFF Championship
25	11 September 1996		Laos	4–2	4–2
26	31 August 1997	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Bangladesh	2–2	2–2	Friendly
27	7 October 1997	Lebak Bulus Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Singapore	1–2	2–2	1997 Southeast Asian Games
28				2–2
29	9 October 1997		Brunei	1–0	6–1
30				3–0
31				5–1
32	13 March 1998	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Brunei	4–1	4–1	1998 AFF Championship qualification
33	18 March 1998		Laos	1–0	3–0
34	29 August 1998	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Indonesia	1–0	2–6	1998 AFF Championship
35				2–6
36	31 August 1998		Philippines	2–1	5–2
37				5–2
38	1 August 1999	Berakas Sports Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei		1–1	4–1	1999 Southeast Asian Games
39				2–1
40				4–1
41	5 April 2000	Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	Mongolia	2–0	2–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
42	7 April 2000		Laos	1–0	4–0
43				4–0
44	9 August 2000	Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia	Malaysia	2–1	2–1	Friendly
45	1 September 2000	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Chinese Taipei	1–1	1–1	Friendly
46	16 December 2004	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Timor-Leste	3–1	3–1	2004 AFF Championship

Honours

Club

Finance and Revenue

• Myanmar Premier League (9) : 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

International

Myanmar

• AFF Championship

• Fourth place : 2004

• SEA Games

Silver medal : 1993

• Fourth place : 1995

Individual

• AFF Championship Golden Boot : 1998 (4 goals)

• AFF Championship qualification Top Scorer : 1998 (5 goals)

• Southeast Asian Games Top Scorer : 1993 (8 goals), 1995 (5 goals)
• Southeast Asian Games 2nd Top Scorer : 1997 (5 goals)

• 4-nation Tiger Trophy Top Scorer : 1995 (4 goals)

• AFC Asian Cup qualification 2nd Top Scorer : 1996 (10 goals)

See also

• List of top international men's football goalscorers by country
• List of international goals scored by Myo Hlaing Win