Soe Myat Min

USoe Myat Min
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-05-19) May 19, 1982[1]
Place of birthYangon, Myanmar
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PositionStriker
Team information
Current team
Myanmar U19 (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2002Finance and Revenue 50 (37)
2002–2010Kanbawza 86 (27)
Total136(64)
International career
2001–2005Myanmar U23 59 (10)
1998–2008Myanmar 90 (39)
Managerial career
2014–2018Shan United
2019Myanmar U19
2022Myanmar U19
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2017

USoe Myat Min (Burmese: ဦးစိုးမြတ်မင်း, pronounced[sómjaʔmɪ́ɰ̃]; born 19 May 1982) is a former Burmese footballer. He played for the Myanmar national team and spent the majority of his club career at Kanbawza. Making his debut for the national team since 1998, he was made captain for the 2002 Tiger Cup.

Playing career

Soe also played a key role for Myanmar at the 2004 AFF Championship, helping them qualify for the semi-finals. He himself finished the tournament as joint second top scorer of the tournament with six goals and was included in the tournament's best XI.[2]

Soe also helped Myanmar win their fourth Merdeka Cup championship in 2006 and was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Soe Myat Min was injured during training for the 2007 AFF Championship, and did not play in the group matches. Myanmar did not qualify for the semi-finals.

The Burmese star was also featured in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup and scored a goal against Nepal.[3]

Soe Myat Min helped Myanmar win the 2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup.[4] by scoring a hat-trick against Malaysia in the semi-finals[5] and both goals in the 2–1 win over Indonesia in the final.[4] Soe Myat Min became the selected player of the Myanmar U-16 soccer team in 1998. He played over 60 international matches, scoring 19 goals for the country. Soe is also the all time Second top scorer of Myanmar as of the Myanmar Football Federation.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
15 April 2000Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul Mongolia1–02–02000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
210 October 2003Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Bahrain1–31–32004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
324 October 2003Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa Malaysia1–02–12004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
412 December 2004Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia1–01–02004 AFF Championship
516 December 2004Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Timor-Leste1–03–12004 AFF Championship
629 December 2004KLFA Stadium, Cheras Singapore1–13–42004 AFF Championship
7 Singapore3–43–42004 AFF Championship
82 January 2005National Stadium, Singapore Singapore1–02–42004 AFF Championship
927 August 2006Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Malaysia2–12–12006 Merdeka Tournament
1029 August 2006Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Indonesia2–02–12006 Merdeka Tournament
1120 August 2007MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya Lesotho1–01–02007 Merdeka Tournament
1231 July 2008Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad   Nepal3–03–02008 AFC Challenge Cup
132 August 2008Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad Sri Lanka1–03–12008 AFC Challenge Cup
1422 August 2008Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta Cambodia3–17–1Independence Cup 2008
1518 November 2008Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon Malaysia1–04–12008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup
162–0
173–1
1821 November 2008Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon Indonesia1–02–12008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup
192–1

Honours

As player

Myanmar

As manager

Shan United

References

  1. ^"FIFA". FIFA profile. Archived from the original on November 21, 2007.
  2. ^"Tiger Cup | Anything can happen". Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  3. ^AFC ReportArchived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ ab"Challenge Cup: Myanmar Beat Indonesia To Win Final". Goal.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  5. ^"Challenge Cup: Myanmar Thrash Malaysia". Goal.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.