Hlaing Bo Bo

Hlaing Bo Bo (born 8 July 1996) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Myanmar National League club Yangon United^[2] and the Myanmar national football team.^[1]

Hlaing Bo Bo

Personal information
Full name	Hlaing Bo Bo
Date of birth	(1996-07-08) 8 July 1996 (age 27)^[1]
Place of birth	Mandalay, Myanmar
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Yangon United
Number	96
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2023	Yadanarbon	167	(14)
2021	→ Sukhothai (loan)	2	(0)
2023–	Yangon United	18	(1)
International career^‡
2014–2018	Myanmar U23	21	(4)
2015–	Myanmar	41	(6)
Medal record Myanmar Under-23 Sea Games Sea Games 2015 Football Sea Games Sea Games 2019 Football
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2023

Club career

Hlaing Bo Bo played with his club at the 2015 AFC Cup, where he scored twice as well as being yellow carded in a 4-7 loss to Pahang FA.^[2][3]

He joined Sukhothai on loan, failing to make a real impact during that time. He returned to Yadanarbon and eventually became captain for the rest of the 2022 Myanmar National League season; however, he has received two red cards due to unprofessional behavior towards referees.

After a disappointing 2022 season, Hlaing Bo Bo joined Yangon United. He stated that this may be his last club and might retire, focusing on a coaching career in the near future, after joining an interview with MNL.^[4]

International career

U-23 career

Hlaing Bo Bo represented his country at the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, where in the first game against Chinese Taipei he scored twice in a 3-0 win.^[5] However, in the next match against Hong Kong Hlaing Bo Bo revived a red card^[6] and missed the rest of the qualifying games.

Hlaing Bo Bo also played at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games where he participated in every match as Myanmar made it to the final. He was also mentioned as one of Myanmar's top performers during the tournament.^[7]

Senior career

He made his senior debut on 7 September 2015 in an exhibition match against New Zealand.^[1]

International goals

Scores and results list Myanmar's goal tally first.^[1]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 November 2018	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Cambodia	1–1	4–1	2018 AFF Championship
2.				4–1
3.	30 August 2019	NFTC Stadium, China	China	1–4	1–4	Friendly
4.	7 November 2019	Mandalarthiri Stadium Mandalay	Nepal	3–0	3–0	Friendly
5.	19 November 2019	Thuwunna Stadium Yangon	Mongolia	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	11 June 2021	Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka, Japan	Kyrgyzstan	1–7	1–8

Honours

Myanmar U-23

• Southeast Asian Games   Bronze medal: 2019
• Southeast Asian Games   Silver medal: 2015

Individual

• AFF Championship Best Eleven: 2018

References

1. Hlaing Bo Bo at National-Football-Teams.com
2. Hlaing Bo Bo at Soccerway
3. Pahang FA vs Yadanarbon FC AFC Match report
4. #YangonUnited #HlaingBoBo
5. "Hlaing Bo Bo leads Myanmar to 3-0 victory over Chinese Taipei in AFC U-23 Championship 2016 qualifying". Box Scores. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
6. Hong Kong U-23 vs Myanmar U-23 AFC Match report
7. Noveanto, Eric (15 June 2015). "Myanmar v Thailand: Three key battles in the SEA Games final". Football Channel Asia. Retrieved 20 September 2015.