Pyae Lyan Aung

{{short description|Burmese footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|lang=Burmese|Pyae Lyan Aung}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Pyae Lyan Aung

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Pyae Lyan Aung

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|12|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mandalay, Myanmar

| height = 1.83 m

| currentclub = YSCC Yokohama

| clubnumber = 25

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 2013–2021

| clubs1 = Yadanarbon

| caps1 = 36

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2021–

| clubs2 = YSCC Yokohama

| caps2 = 1

| goals2 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2021

| nationalteam1 = Myanmar

| nationalcaps1 = 0

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Pyae Lyan Aung ({{langx|my|ပြည့်လျှံအောင်}}) is a Burmese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J3 League side YSCC Yokohama, having played for the Myanmar national football team and Yadanarbon F.C. previously. In 2021, he fled to Japan,[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/03/world/asia/japan-myanmar-soccer-asylum.html Danger Awaited in Myanmar. So He Made a Daring Bid to Stay in Japan] nytimes.com{{cite news |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/08/b997c5cfc38f-asylum-seeking-myanmar-soccer-goalie-granted-refugee-status-in-japan.html |newspaper=Kyodo News |title=Asylum-seeking Myanmar soccer goalie granted refugee status in Japan |date=12 August 2021}} where on 12 August, the Japanese government decided to grant him refugee status, citing a strong fear that he would be persecuted if he returned to Myanmar.{{cite news |title=サッカー ミャンマー代表選手の難民認定を決定|newspaper=NHK |date=12 August 2021 |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/kansai-news/20210812/2000049736.html |access-date=13 August 2021|language=ja}}