Maung Maung Lwin (Burmese: မောင်မောင်လွင်; born 18 June 1995) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Thai League 1 club Lamphun Warriors and captains the Myanmar national team. He also represented his country at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maung Maung Lwin (မောင်မောင်လွင်) | ||
| Date of birth | 18 June 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Dala Township, Myanmar (Burma) | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Hantharwady United | 87 | (14) |
| 2017–2021 | Yangon United | 72 | (27) |
| 2021–2026 | Lamphun Warriors | 117 | (14) |
| 2026– | Yangon United | 10 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Myanmar U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Myanmar U23 | 16 | (5) |
| 2022 | Myanmar U23 (Wildcard) | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2025,2026– | Myanmar | 90 | (15) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2026 | |||
In 2022, Maung won the Thai League 2 with Lamphun Warriors, making him the first Burmese footballer to win a trophy abroad.
In 2025, Maung scored the only goal for ASEAN All-Stars against Manchester United in their 1–0 win. This makes him the first Burmese footballer in Myanmar football history to score a goal against an English team.[1]
Club career
editMaung started his professional football career with Hantharwady United in January 2014.[2]
Yangon United
editOn 23 November 2017, Maung moved to the capital city to join Yangon United. He made his debut for the club in the 2018 season against his former club in a 2–1 win on 14 January 2018. In his first season, he won the league title and the 2018 MFF Charity Cup with the club.
Maung make his AFC Cup debut on 26 February 2019 in a 3–1 lost to Singapore club Tampines Rovers. He would go on to scored the only goal in the match in a 1–0 away win against Vietnamese club Hà Nội on 2 April 2019. During the 2020 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs against Bruneian club Indera, Maung was instrumental in both tie as he scored a goal and recorded three assists in a 9–2 aggregate win which send his team to the 2020 AFC Cup.
Lamphun Warriors
editOn 21 December 2021, Maung Maung Lwin moved to Thailand to joined with Thai League 2 club Lamphun Warriors. On 8 January 2022, he provided an assist on his debut in a 2–0 win to Customs United. Maung then scored his first goal for the club in 3–1 win against Muangkan United on 12 February. Maung then put on a 'Man of the Match' performances with a goal scored and providing two assists which put his team in a 3–2 win over Chiangmai on 25 February. In his first season at the club, he won the 2021–22 Thai League 2 where he became the first ever Myanmar player to win the Thai League 2 title. After 2025-26 Thai League 1 season, Lamphun Warriors announced a farewell for Maung Maung Lwin.
International career
editMaung was called up to the Myanmar national team in September 2015 for a friendly match against New Zealand but didn't featured in the match. He had to wait until October where he made his debut against Lebanon on 8 October during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Maung scored his first goal for Myanmar on 6 June 2016 against Hong Kong where he also provided an assist in a 3–0 win in the 2016 AYA Bank Cup.
Maung was selected to captain Myanmar in the October 2018 international friendly match against Bolivia and Bahrain.
During the second round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification on 14 November 2019. Maung scored a goal and provided an assist which gave Myanmar their first win in Group F in a 4–3 win over Tajikistan.
In the 2022 AFF Championship, Maung scored a brace in a 3–2 loss against Singapore on 24 December 2022.
In the 2024 AFF Championship, he scored a goal from a free kick against Philippines. He is known for his free kick taking ability.
In the Maybank Challenge Cup, he scored the winning goal for ASEAN All-Stars against Manchester United in the 71st minute.[3]
Career statistics
editInternationals goals and apps
edit| Team | Internationals | Goals | assists | apps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yangon United | AFC Champions League | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| AFC Champions League 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | ||
| National Team | Internationals | Goals | apps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar U20 | FIFA U20 World Cup | 0 | 3 | |
Club
edit| Club team | Year | Apps | Goals | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hantharwady United | 2014 | 21 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 22 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 22 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 22 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 87 | 14 | 12 | |
| Club team | Year | Apps | Goals | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yangon United | 2018 | 28 | 12 | 6 |
| 2019 | 30 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 14 | 4 | 7 | |
| Total | 72 | 27 | 14 | |
| Club team | Year | Apps | Goals | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamphun Warriors | 2021–2022 | 18 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022–2023 | 25 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2023–2024 | 34 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2024–2025 | 25 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2025–2026 | 15 | 2 | 6 | |
| Total | 117 | 14 | 30 | |
| Club team | Year | Apps | Goals | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yangon United | 2025–2026 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Total | 10 | 5 | 4 | |
International
edit- As of match played 21 November 2023
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International goals
edit- Scores and results list Myanmar's goal tally first.[4]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 June 2016 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar |  Hong Kong | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2016 AYA Bank Cup |
| 2. | 21 March 2017 | Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Indonesia |  Indonesia | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 16 November 2018 | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos |  Laos | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2018 AFF Championship |
| 4 | 14 November 2019 | Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar |  Tajikistan | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 25 November 2021 | Emirhan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey | Indonesia | 1–4 | 1–4 | Friendly |
| 6 | 8 December 2021 | National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore |  Timor-Leste | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2020 AFF Championship |
| 7. | 24 December 2022 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore |  Singapore | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2022 AFF Championship |
| 8. | 2–2 | |||||
| 9. | 30 December 2022 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar | Laos | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
| 10. | 19 June 2023 | Dalian Pro Soccer Academy Base, Dalian, China |  Macau | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 11. | 10 October 2024 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar |  Sri Lanka | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 12. | 19 November 2024 |  Lebanon | 1–1 | 2–3 | ||
| 13. | 12 December 2024 | Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines |  Philippines | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| 14. | 25 March 2025 | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar |  Afghanistan | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 15. | 6 June 2026 | Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines |  Guam | 2–0 | 6–1 | Friendly |
Honours
editYangon United
Lamphun Warrior
ASEAN All-Stars
Myanmar
- Tri-Nation Series (India) runner-up: 2023
Individual
References
edit- ↑ "ရာသီကြိုခြေစမ်းပွဲတွင် မောင်မောင်လွင်၏ သွင်းဂိုးကြောင့် မန်ယူအသင်း ရှုံးပွဲတွေ့ကြုံ". မလေးရှားနိုင်ငံမှာ ရာသီကြိုခြေစမ်းပွဲ လာရောက်ကစားတဲ့ မန်ယူနိုက်တက်အသင်းဟာ မြန်မာ့လက်ရွေးစင်ကစားသမား မောင်မောင်လွင်ရဲ့ သွင်းဂိုးကြောင့် ရှုံးပွဲတွေ့ခဲ့ရပါတယ်။အာဆီယံအောစတားအသင်းရဲ့ ပွဲထွက်လူစာရင်းမ…. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ↑ Sportstar, Team (28 May 2025). "Who is Maung Maung Lwin, the ASEAN All-Stars player who scored against Manchester United?". Sportstar. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ↑ Lay, Ko Nyi (29 May 2025). "Maung Maung Lwin makes history with goal against Man United". The Global New Light of Myanmar. Archived from the original on 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ↑ Maung Maung Lwin at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
edit- Maung Maung Lwin at Soccerway
- Maung Maung Lwin at National-Football-Teams.com