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David Thang
Personal information
Full name	David Thang
Date of birth	13 May 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Chin State, Myanmar
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Yangon United
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2018	Yangon United
2018–2020	Shan United
2022–	Yangon United
International career‡
2011–	Myanmar
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 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.

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

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.

As of match played 30 December 2022

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
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
Total		77	4

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

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 September 2012	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon	Singapore	1–1	1–1	Friendly
2.	30 March 2015	Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo	Indonesia	1–2	1–2	Friendly
3.	26 November 2016	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon	Malaysia	1–0	1–0	2016 AFF Championship
4.	7 November 2019	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay	Nepal	2–0	3–0	Friendly