David Htan Explained

David Htan
Fullname:David Thang
Birth Date:13 May 1990
Birth Place:Chin State, Myanmar
Currentclub:Yangon United
Clubnumber:7
Position:Right-back
Years1:2009–2018
Clubs1:Yangon United
Caps1:264
Goals1:3
Years2:2018–2020
Clubs2:Shan United
Caps2:49
Goals2:3
Years3:2022–
Clubs3:Yangon United
Caps3:31
Goals3:9
Nationalyears1:2011–
Nationalteam1:Myanmar
Nationalcaps1:77
Nationalgoals1:4
Pcupdate:1 November 2023
Ntupdate:30 May 2023

David Htan (Burmese: ဒေးဗစ်ထန်; born 13 May 1990) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Myanmar National League club Shan United and the Myanmar national team.

He is currently holding the record for the highest number of Myanmar National League appearances in history with 336 appearances.

Style of play

Despite lacking in height, he has a good positional sense and an ability to cleanly win one-on-one challenges.

Club career

David played for Yangon United from 2009 to 2018 before joining Shan United and then returning to Yangon in 2022.

International career

David made his Myanmar national team debut om 29 June 2011 during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Mongolia. On 11 September 2012, he scored his first international goal equalising the match to 1–1 against Singapore.

On 26 November 2016, David scored the only goal in the match as Myanmar beat Malaysia 1–0 in the 2016 AFF Championship.

David has participated in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup, 2016 AFF Championship, 2018 AFF Championship, 2020 AFF Championship and the 2022 AFF Championship for Myanmar. He has also played in four FIFA World Cup qualification match.

International statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Myanmar201140
201281
201330
2014110
201571
2016101
201770
201870
201951
202180
202270
Total774

International goals

Scores and results list Myanmar's goal tally first.

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 September 2012 Friendly
2. 30 March 2015
3. 26 November 2016 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon align=center 1–0 align=center 1–0 2016 AFF Championship
4. 7 November 2019 align=center 2–0 align=center 3–0 Friendly

Honours

Yangon United

2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018

2013, 2016, 2018

2011, 2018

Shan United

2017, 2019, 2020

2019, 2020

Individual