To Young-hak

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To Young-hak
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Personnel
birthday October 25, 1978
place of birth Kurashiki ,  Japan
position Midfielder (defensive)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2002-2004 Albirex Niigata 94 (7)
2005 Nagoya Grampus Eight 21 (0)
2006-2007 Busan I'Park 39 (5)
2008-2009 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 18 (2)
2010 Ōmiya Ardija 17 (0)
2011– Kashiwa Reysol 2 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2002– North Korea at least 36 (2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 19, 2012

2 As of June 19, 2012

Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl 안영학
Hancha 安 英 學
Revised
Romanization 		To Yeong-hak
McCune-
Reischauer 		To Yŏnghak

An Young-hak (born October 25, 1978 in Kurashiki ) is a Japanese-born football player of Korean descent with North Korean nationality.

Club career

Ans parents were born in Japan as members of the Korean minority. An grew up in Japan and attended a school there that was ideologically oriented towards North Korea . He is a North Korean citizen and does not have a Japanese passport.

His professional career began in 2002 with the Japanese second division club Albirex Niigata , and in 2003 he was promoted to the J. League with the club . For the 2005 season he moved to league rivals Nagoya Grampus Eight , before he signed a contract with Busan I'Park in 2006 in the South Korean K-League . From 2008 to 2009 he played for Suwon Samsung Bluewings , with whom he won the Korean championship in 2008 and the Korean cup competition in 2009. In 2010 he returned to Japan and continued his career with the first division club Ōmiya Ardija .

National team

The midfielder has been part of the North Korean national team since 2002. In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup , An made five appearances and was part of the squad in the final round of the 2008 East Asian Cup , but otherwise rarely takes part in games outside of the official FIFA calendar.

In the successful qualification for the 2010 World Cup , he was one of the pillars of the team as a playmaker with 13 missions.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ guardian.co.uk: Chosun one prepares for crucial qualifier (March 25, 2008)
  2. ↑ fifa.com: Korea DPR back on the world stage (Oct. 16, 2009)
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. An is the family name here, Young-hak is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME On, Young-hak
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 안영학 (Hangeul); 安 英 學 (Hanja); An, Yeong-hak (Revised Romanization); An, Yŏnghak (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION North Korean soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Kurashiki , Japan