| Hein Htet Aung | |
| Fullname: | Hein Htet Aung[1] |
| Birth Date: | 5 October 2001 [2] |
| Birth Place: | Bago, Myanmar |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Myanmar Football Academy |
| Currentclub: | Negeri Sembilan (on loan from Selangor) |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Position: | Winger, forward |
| Years1: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Hanthawaddy United. |
| Caps1: | 28 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2021 |
| Clubs2: | Selangor II |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2021– |
| Clubs3: | Selangor |
| Caps3: | 43 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 2023– |
| Clubs4: | → Negeri Sembilan (loan) |
| Caps4: | 7 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Myanmar U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Myanmar U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017–2020 |
| Nationalteam3: | Myanmar U20 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 24 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 8 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2017– |
| Nationalteam4: | Myanmar U23 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 26 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 6 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam5: | Myanmar |
| Nationalcaps5: | 24 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 26 November 2023 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 16 November 2023 |
Hein Htet Aung (Burmese: ဟိန်းထက်အောင်; born 5 October 2001) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Negeri Sembilan, on loan from Selangor in Malaysia Super League. He is a graduate of Myanmar Football Academy. He was named player of the month for the 2020 Myanmar National League in September.
| Club team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanthawaddy United | 2018 | 18 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2020 | 18 | 6 | ||
| 2021 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Selangor | 2021 | 19 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Negeri Sembilan (loan) | 2023 | 7 | 2 | |
| Total | 134 | 17 | ||
Hein Htet Aung joined Myanmar Football Academy in 2011 at the age of 10. Tipped as a gem in the squad, Hein Htet Aung represented the national team throughout his spell at the academy annually. Starting from Under 12, he went all the way up to Under 22 where he is currently playing. Hein Htet Aung began his career as a forward but after some years, he switched to the wings where he can operate as both left and right winger. In 2018, he transferred to his hometown club Hanthawaddy United FC to begin his professional career.
Hein Htet Aung began his professional career at Hanthawaddy United in 2018 after graduating from Myanmar Football Academy Mandalay. Deemed to be the next rising star of the country, Hein Htet Aung settled in Hanthawaddy United not long after he arrived at the club. In his first season, he helped his team finish fourth in 2018 Myanmar National League as well as claiming a second place in 2018 General Aung San Shield. 2019 was a tough year for Hein Htet Aung as Hanthawaddy United finished fifth in 2019 Myanmar National League. However, after major changes were made within the club, including a managerial change, Hein Htet Aung once again showed his full potential in the following year. 2020 was a successful year for Hein Htet Aung as he helped Hanthawaddy United finish second in 2020 Myanmar National League, which was the biggest achievement in club's history. Despite being only 18 years old at the time, Hein Htet Aung scored 6 goals and laid on 9 assists which made him a join top assister with his national teammate Lwin Moe Aung. Not only that he won Player Of The Month award in September, he was named the best young player of 2020 Myanmar National League at the end of the season. After a successful 3 years spell at Hanthawaddy United, scoring a total of 9 goals over 62 appearances, Hein Htet Aung has decided to part ways with the team in order to achieve his dream of playing abroad. He is expected to join a Selangor-based team in Malaysia for 2021–22 season.
In early 2021, Htet joins Selangor for the rest of the season. On 13 August, his agent confirmed he has sign a new contract before his amazing performance against Kedah Darul Aman that he managed got two assist in 4–2 win.
On 1 August 2023, Htet signed to Negeri Sembilan on loan until the end of the 2023 season.[3] [4]
On March 6, 2021, after a match between Selangor II and PDRM FC, Hein displayed a three-finger salute showing solidarity for the ongoing Myanmar protests. As a result, on March 26, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) released a statement saying that Hein violated Article 59 of the FAM Disciplinary Code (2015 edition), and that he was given a one-match ban, not being allowed to participate in a match against Perak II on April 2.[5] [6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar | 2021 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 2 | ||
Hanthawaddy United
Best Young Player of the Year
Selangor
Myanmar U-22
Myanmar