Hong Yong-jo

{{short description|North Korean footballer}}

{{family name hatnote|Hong||lang=Korean}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hong Yong-jo

| image = Hong.JPG

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|5|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pyongyang, North Korea

| height = {{height|m=1.74|precision=0}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

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| years1 = 2004–2007 |clubs1 = 25 April |caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = 2008 |clubs2 = Bežanija |caps2 = 7 |goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2008–2010 |clubs3 = Rostov |caps3 = 31 |goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2011–2012 |clubs4 = 25 April |caps4 = |goals4 =

| nationalyears1 = 2002–2011 |nationalteam1 = North Korea |nationalcaps1 = 51 |nationalgoals1 = 13

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{{Infobox Korean name

| context = north

| hangul = 홍영조

| hanja = {{linktext|洪|映|早}}

| rr= Hong Yeong-jo

| mr= Hong Yŏngjo

|

}}

Hong Yong-jo ({{korean|hangul=홍영조|hanja=洪映早|context=north}}; born 22 May 1982{{Soccerway|yong-jo-hong/72494}}) is a former North Korean football midfielder. He captained North Korea at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.{{NFT player|id=4866|name=Hong Yong-Jo}}

Hong is one of the few North Korean footballers to ever play abroad, having had spells in Russia and Serbia.{{cite web|publisher=Daily NK|author=Tertitskiy, Fyodor|title=North Korean Footballers in Russia|url=http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=4510|date=2 February 2009|access-date=14 September 2009}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rfa.org/korean/weekly_program/joosungha/co-sh-01292021075953.html|title=한광성과 홍영조의 불쌍한 운명|publisher=Radio Free Asia}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.donga.com/news/Opinion/article/all/20210121/105019813/1|title=검사가 된 북한 축구 최고 스타[주성하 기자의 서울과 평양사이]|date=21 January 2021 |publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4120130|title='정대세·홍영조 봉쇄 자신!' 허정무 감독 "이기는 경기 할 것"|date=21 June 2008 |publisher=No Cut News}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/01/16/2011011600484.html|title=북한 부진, 정대세와 홍영조에 무슨 일이 생긴걸까|date=August 2020 |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=2041226|title=북한 홍영조 '남아공서 어게인 1966'|publisher=Korean Broadcasting System}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kyongbuk.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=268766|title=북한 본선행 주역 정대세ㆍ홍영조|date=18 June 2009 |publisher=kyongbuk.co.kr}}{{Cite web|url=https://m.khan.co.kr/sports/football/article/200803231740355|title=北 공격의 핵 '인민 베컴' 홍영조를 막아라|date=23 March 2008 |publisher=Kyunghyang Shinmun}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20090331052800007|title=박지성-홍영조 '태양은 하나'|date=31 March 2009 |publisher=Yonhap News Agency}}{{Cite web|url=https://lenta.ru/articles/2014/07/30/juchefootball/|title=Особенности национального футбола в КНДР|publisher=lenta.ru|access-date=8 September 2023|archive-date=16 February 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216071215/https://lenta.ru/articles/2014/07/30/juchefootball/|url-status=bot: unknown}}{{Cite web|url=http://championat-rostov.ru/article/view/688/|title=Тимофей Калачёв: Хон Ён Чо в "Ростове" был как шапка-невидимка|publisher=championat-rostov.ru}}