Kim Nam-il

Kim Nam-il
Personnel
birthday	March 14, 1977
place of birth	Incheon ,  South Korea
size	182 cm
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2002-2004	Chunnam Dragons	92 (7)
2002-2003	→  Excelsior Rotterdam  (loan)	8 (0)
2004-2008	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	45 (4)
2008-2010	Vissel Kobe	54 (1)
2010-2011	Tom Tomsk	41 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
1998–	South Korea	96 (2)
1 Only league games are given. As of January 10, 2012 2 As of June 22, 2010

Korean spelling
Hangeul	김남일
Hanja	金 南 一
Revised Romanization	Gim Nam-il
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Namil
See also : Korean name

Kim Nam-il (born March 14, 1977 in Incheon , South Korea ) is a South Korean football player .

Career

Kim Nam-il started playing soccer as a student. Initially active in attacking midfield, he was instructed to play a more defensive style under Guus Hiddink . He then celebrated his breakthrough in the national team at the 2002 World Cup and became a symbol of the successful team. Previously relatively unknown, many companies tried to use its popularity for advertising campaigns and Kim was able to conclude lucrative advertising contracts.

Following the tournament, Kim switched to Excelsior Rotterdam on loan , as he hoped, like his compatriot Song Chong-gug , to play at Feyenoord Rotterdam . However, he did not know how to convince sustainably and returned to his home club Chunnam Dragons .

In 2004, Kim switched to Suwon Samsung Bluewings in exchange for Ko Jong-soo , with whom he became Korean champions in 2004 and 2008. A foot injury at the end of 2005 threatened his involvement in the 2006 World Cup , but he recovered in time and was able to take part in the tournament. He played all three games for his country at the tournament and announced after the tournament that he had buried his hopes of being able to play in Europe and that he wanted to play in the K-League forever . In August 2006, Kim was named the new captain of the national team and remained captain until the 2007 Asian Cup, which he missed because of a hernia .

In January 2008, Kim moved to Vissel Kobe in Japan . After two years in Kobe, he moved to Russia in January 2010 , where he moved to Tom Tomsk .

At the beginning of the qualifying games for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Kim returned to the national team and was back as captain in all six games of the third round. At the beginning of the fourth round in September 2008 he was suspended after a foul on Hong Yong-jo in the game against North Korea and returned to the national team in November 2009 before the friendlies against Denmark and Serbia.

titles and achievements

• South Korean champion : 2004 and 2008 with the Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Web links

• Kim Nam-il in the database of weltfussball.de

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, Nam-il is the first name.