David Htan

{{Short description|Burmese footballer (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{family name hatnote|lang=Burmese|David Htan}} {{Infobox football biography | name = David Htan | image = | caption = | fullname = David Thang | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|5|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Chin State, Myanmar | height = {{height|meters=1.65}} | currentclub = Yangon United | clubnumber = 4 | position = Right-back | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | 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 = | ntupdate = }}

'''David Htan''' ({{langx|my|ဒေးဗစ်ထန်}}; born 13 May 1990) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Myanmar National League club Yangon 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 on 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 == {{updated|match played 30 December 2022}}

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=11|Myanmar |2011||4||0 |- |2012||8||1 |- |2013||3||0 |- |2014||11||0 |- |2015||7||1 |- |2016||10||1 |- |2017||7||0 |- |2018||7||0 |- |2019||5||1 |- |2021||8||0 |- |2022||7||0 |- !colspan=2|Total||77||4 |}

===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Myanmar's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=42669|accessdate=11 November 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. ||11 September 2012 || Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon || {{fb|SIN}} || {{center|1–1}} || {{center|1–1}} || rowspan=2 | Friendly |- | 2. || 30 March 2015 || Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo || {{fb|IDN}} || {{center|1–2}} || {{center|1–2}} |- |3. || 26 November 2016 || Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon || {{fb|Malaysia}} || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 1–0 || 2016 AFF Championship |- | 4. || 7 November 2019 || Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay || {{fb|NEP}} || align=center | 2–0 || align=center | 3–0 || Friendly |}

==Honours==

'''Yangon United''' *Myanmar National League: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018 *MFF Charity Cup: 2013, 2016, 2018 *General Aung San Shield: 2011, 2018

'''Shan United''' *Myanmar National League: 2017, 2019, 2020 *MFF Charity Cup: 2019, 2020

'''Individual''' *Myanmar National League Player of the Year: 2019

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:People from Kachin State Category:Burmese men's footballers Category:Myanmar men's international footballers Category:Yangon United F.C. players Category:Shan United F.C. players Category:Myanmar National League players Category:Burmese Christians Category:Men's association football defenders