Myung Rye-hyun

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Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl 명례 현
Revised
Romanization 		Myeong Rye-hyeon
McCune-
Reischauer 		Myŏng Ryehyŏn

Myung Rye-hyun (born April 14, 1926 ) is a former North Korean football player and coach.

Career

At the age of 17, Myung was already in the first team of Maronbong , the strongest and most traditional club in North Korea. As a 22-year-old, the striker was part of the Korean Olympic team in 1948.

After suffering a serious leg injury in the Korean War , Myung moved to the coaching bench. After years of training in Moscow, Prague, Budapest and East Berlin, he became the coach of the North Korean national team in 1960 . Under his direction, he prepared his team intensively for the football World Cup in 1966 for 18 months , the entire squad then consisted of players who were members of the military. With this team, Myung achieved one of the greatest sensations in World Cup history when his team beat Italy 1-0 in the preliminary round and thus reached the quarter-finals. There, North Korea lost to Portugal 3: 5 after they had already led 3: 0 after 22 minutes.

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Myung is the family name here, Rye-hyun is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Myung, Rye-hyun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 명례 현 (Hangeul); Myŏng, Ryehyŏn (McCune-Reischauer); Myeong, Rye-hyeon (Revised Romanization)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION North Korean soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1926