Kang Yong

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{{Short description|South Korean footballer (born 1979)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kang Yong

| fullname = Kang Yong (강용)

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|1|14}}

| birth_place = South Korea

| height = {{height|m=1.78|precision=0}}

| currentclub = Daegu FC

| clubnumber = 3

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Korea University

| years1 = 2001–2004 | clubs1 = Pohang Steelers | caps1 = 59 | goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2005 | clubs2 = Chunnam Dragons | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2006–2007 | clubs3 = Gwangju Sangmu | caps3 = 35 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2008–2010 | clubs4 = Chunnam Dragons | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2009 | clubs5 = → Gangwon FC (loan) | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2011– | clubs6 = Daegu FC | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 1

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 =

| nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =

| pcupdate = 18 December 2012

| ntupdate =

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{{Family name hatnote|Kang||lang=Korean}}

Kang Yong ({{Korean|hangul=강용|hanja=康甬}}; born January 14, 1979) is a South Korean football player who since 2008 has played for Chunnam Dragons.{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/squad?id=1020&&cc=5739 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525205537/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/squad?id=1020&&cc=5739 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |title=Chunnam Dragons |work=ESPNsoccernet |accessdate=2009-01-30 }} He formerly played for Pohang Steelers{{cite news |title=FC Seoul Climb Atop K-League |url=http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=KORTIM0020040915e09d00006 |work=Korea Times |date=13 September 2004 |accessdate=2009-01-30 |format=fee required }} and Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo.

From 2009, he was loaned to Gangwon FC for one year.{{cite news|url=http://spn.edaily.co.kr/sports//newsRead.asp?sub_cd=EB11&newsid=01354646589587896&DirCode=0020101|title=강원FC, 수비수 강용 영입|language=Korean|date=2009-02-06|accessdate=2009-03-14|publisher=Edaily}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In July 2011, he joined Daegu FC.{{cite news|url=http://www.daegufc.co.kr/board/content.html?tb=board_2&num=1848&category=&tap=&page=1|title=대구FC, 베테랑 수비수 강용 영입|language=Korean|date=2010-07-22|accessdate=2010-07-25|publisher=Daegu FC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327110658/http://www.daegufc.co.kr/board/content.html?tb=board_2&num=1848&category=&tap=&page=1|archive-date=2012-03-27|url-status=dead}}