Kler Heh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kler Heh | ||
| Date of birth | 21 October 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Karen, Pha An, Myanmar | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sheffield United | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2015 | Sheffield United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Dumbarton (loan) | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1/05/2016. | |||
Kler Heh (born 21 October 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Sheffield United.
Born in Pha An, a capital city of Karem State Myanmar, he came through the youth system at Sheffield United before signing a professional contract. The 19-year-old Sheffield United winger was born and raised in a refugee camp for the Karen, a minority group facing oppression in Myanmar, before being resettled to Sheffield with his family under the British government's Gateway Protection Programme in 2006.[1]
Early career
Kler Heh was born in a refugee camp on the Thailand-Myanmar border, to Karen parents. He was resettled in the UK with his family under the government's Gateway Protection Programme in 2006.[1] In March 2015, he signed a professional contract to play for Sheffield United.[2][3]
Club career
After signing his first professional contract with the Blades in Summer 2015, he joined Scottish Championship side Dumbarton on loan in January 2016.[4] He made his senior debut as an 84th-minute substitute in a 1–0 victory over Livingston.[5]
International career
Kler Heh is eligible to represent Myanmar football team. In the summer of 2015 he announced that he would represent Myanmar internationally.[6][7] The Myanmar Football Federation has stated that it is interested in having him play for the national team but that it would be difficult due to Myanmar's strict laws forbidding dual citizenship, in effect meaning that Heh would have to renounce his Thai and British passports to play for the national team.[8][9]
References
- 1 2 Johnston, Patrick (21 July 2015). "Thai refugee eyeing Premier League with Sheffield United". Reuters. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ↑ "Sheffield United: My ambition is 'Kler' says young Blades star Heh, 18". Sheffield Telegraph. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ↑ "FURD referral Kler Heh wins professional contract with the Blades". Football Unites, Racism Divides. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ↑ http://www.dumbartonfootballclub.com/news/?mode=view&id=2271
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35390042
- ↑ "Official: Sheffield United starlet Kler Heh to play for Myanmar". Football Channel Asia. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ↑ Noveanto, Eric (29 June 2015). "Myanmar native Kler Heh determined to make Sheffield United breakthrough". Football Channel Asia. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ↑ Roebuck, Matthew (4 November 2015). "No passport for Kler Heh". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ↑ Roebuck, Matthew (6 November 2015). "Kler Heh still dreams of call-up". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 15 January 2016.