Yan Naing Oo (; born 31 March 1996) is a Burmese

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who plays as an

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or a winger for the Myanmar national football team and Shan United. He was born in North Okkalarpa Township, Yangon Division. He also the key player of Myanmar U-20 National Football Team played in

2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition took place for the first time in New Zealand, the third time on Oceanian soil after ...

. He scored the opening goal of

Club career

Zeyar Shwe Myay

Born in North Okkalapa,

Yangon Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...

, Yan Naing Oo joined Zeyar Shwe Myay's youth setup in 2013, aged 17, after a trial period. He played one season for Zeyar Shwe Myay.

Shan United

On 2 May 2016, Yan Naing Oo had agreed a deal with MNL big club Shan United for free. He signed a five-year contract with the Shan United side, joining the club after the 2016 MNL half-season. He scored his first goal for the club on 19 June, netting the first in a 2–0 away win against Yangon United.

International career

On 11 July 2014, Yan Naing Oo was included in the Myanmar under-20 team for the

2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy The 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy was the fifth edition of the invitational tournament hosted by Brunei. The tournament take place in Brunei from 9–23 August 2014. Eleven teams from the Asean Football Federation participate in the tournament fo ...

and

, the latter of which he scored.

International

International goals

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

Honours

Shan United *

Myanmar National League The Myanmar National League (abbreviated MNL) is the premier national professional football league of Myanmar. In 2009, the league replaced the Myanmar Premier League, which consisted only of 14 Yangon-based football clubs, with eight profession ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

; runners-up:

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* General Aung San Shield:

; runners-up:

Myanmar U20 * Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy:

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Myanmar *Tri-Nation Series (India) runner-up:

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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1996 births Living people People from Yangon Region Burmese men's footballers Myanmar men's international footballers Myanmar National League players Zeyar Shwe Myay F.C. players Shan United F.C. players Yangon United F.C. players Men's association football wingers Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Myanmar SEA Games competitors for Myanmar