Kim Jong-hun

Kim Jong-hun
Personnel
birthday	September 1, 1956
place of birth	North Korea
position	Defense
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
	April 25 SC
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	North Korea
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
0000-2007	April 25 SC
2007-2010	North Korea
2010–	April 25 SC
1 Only league games are given.

Kim Jong-hun (born September 1, 1956 ) is a North Korean football coach and former national player.

Career as a player

Kim was a player of April 25th SC and was part of the North Korean national team for many years , led the national team as captain and was considered one of the best defenders in his country. His international career spanned at least 1973 to 1985 when he played in the qualifying rounds for the 1974 and 1986 World Cups. In 1980 he finished fourth with the national team at the Asian Cup , North Korea's best result at the Continental Cup . In 1982 he was with the national team in the semi-finals of the Asian Games , following the 3-2 defeat after extra time against Kuwait, there were attacks on the referee, which led to a two-year ban on the national team.

Coaching career

In 2007 Kim was coach of the national team and led the selection to the 2010 World Cup , the first World Cup participation since 1966. During World Cup qualification, Kim played with an extremely defensive 4-5-1 system that tactically disciplined his players implemented and led to only five goals conceded in the 14 games of the third and fourth qualifying phases. In front of goalkeeper Ri Myong-guk there was a four-man defensive chain with Cha Jong-hyok , Ri Jun-il , Pak Nam-chol and Ri Kwang-chon . In central midfield he sat on the experienced Nam Song-chol , Kim Yong-jun and playmaker Ahn Young-hak , for the quick counter-attacks in support of the single striker Jong Tae-se were Mun In-guk and Hong Yong-jo responsible. Kim himself describes the style of play as "football, which is characterized by speed and sophisticated technology, and meets the requirements of a modern game orientation that includes a pronounced physical assertiveness".

At the World Cup finals, North Korea started with a respectable 1: 2 defeat against record world champions Brazil, but then lost to Portugal 7-0, the highest defeat in the history of the North Korean national team, and 3-0 on the last matchday against Ivory Coast . In the final standings, North Korea ranked 32nd and last. After Radio Free Asia reported on July 28, 2010 that Kim had been sentenced to forced labor on a construction site as a punishment for his poor performance during the World Cup , FIFA opened an investigation a little later. These were discontinued at the end of August 2010 after the North Korean association denied all allegations in writing and announced that the coach and team would "train as usual" and participate in the 2011 Asian Cup as planned .

At the Asian Cup, however, he was no longer the team's coach, and Jo Tong-sop took over the coaching post in his place . Kim Jong-hun then returned to the April 25 Sports Club , which he was in charge of before he started as national coach.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ goal.com: The World Cup coach: North Korea's Kim Jong-Hun - enjoy the dictator (March 14, 2010)
2. ↑ fifa.com: player profile on fifa.com
3. ↑ rdfc.com.ne.kr: North Korea International Matches - Details 1965-2005 ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ rsssf.com: Asian Games 1982
5. ↑ fifa.com: Korea DPR back on the world stage (Oct. 16, 2009)
6. ↑ rfa.org: World Cup Team Shamed, Reprimanded (July 28, 2010)
7. ↑ zeit.de: Fifa investigates North Korea's football association (12 Aug 2010)
8. ↑ sport.sf.tv: FIFA ends investigation against North Korea (25 Aug 2010)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Jong-hun is the first name.