Kim Yong-jun

Kim Yong-jun
Personnel
birthday	July 19, 1983
place of birth	North Korea
position	Defense, midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
	Pyongyang sports group
2006-2007	Yanbian FC
2008	Chengdu Blades
	Pyongyang sports group
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2001–	North Korea	at least 54 (7)
1 Only league games are given. 2 As of April 27, 2011

Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl	김영준
Hancha	金永峻
Revised Romanization	Gim Yeong-jun
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Yŏngchun
See also : Korean name

Kim Yong-jun (born July 19, 1983 ) is a North Korean soccer player .

Career

Kim appears internationally as a player in the Pyongyang sports group . Between 2006 and 2008, Kim was one of the few North Korean-born players allowed to play abroad. First he played for the Chinese second division club Yanbian FC in 2006 and 2007 , and in 2008 he made some appearances in China for the first division club Chengdu Blades . In 2009 he returned to North Korea to join the Pyongyang sports group.

Kim has been part of the North Korean national team since 2001 . In 2002 the defensive player won the King's Cup in Thailand with the team , and in 2003 he played in several qualifying games for the 2004 Asian Cup . In 2005 he was named Most Valuable Player in the qualifying tournament for the East Asian Championship 2005 , in the final round he finished third with the team; In 2008 he was also part of the final squad. In qualifying for the 2010 East Asian Championship , he surprisingly failed with the national team.

After Kim had already made eleven appearances in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup , he was also one of the pillars of the team in the successful qualification for the 2010 World Cup . Together with Ahn Young-hak and Nam Song-chol , he pulled the strings in midfield and acted in front of the relatively inexperienced four-man defense chain consisting of Cha Jong-hyok , Ri Jun-il , Pak Nam-chol and Ri Kwang-chon .

At the World Cup finals, Kim was also part of the squad, but only played a 32-minute mission in the second preliminary round match against Portugal (final score 0: 7).

Web links

• Kim Yong-jun in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Kim Yong-jun in the database of FIFA (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. Kim is the family name here, Yong-jun is the first name.