Kim Kyong-yong

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Kim Kyong-yong

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|01|02}}

|birth_place = Pyongyang, North Korea

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|height = 1.63 m{{cite web|title=Kyong-yong Kim|url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/kyong-yong-kim_prs512799/person.shtml|website=eurosport.com|access-date=6 October 2023}}

|position = Forward

|currentclub = Naegohyang Sport Club

|clubnumber = 17

|youthyears1 = 2014–2017

|youthclubs1 = Naegohyang Sport Club

|years1 = 2017–

|clubs1 = Naegohyang Sport Club

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| nationalyears1 = 2017–2018

| nationalteam1 = North Korea U-17

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 11

| nationalyears2 = 2018–2022

| nationalteam2 = North Korea U-20

| nationalcaps2 = 14

| nationalgoals2 = 10

|nationalyears3 = 2023–

|nationalteam3 = North Korea

|nationalcaps3 = 18

|nationalgoals3 = 26

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Kim Kyong-yong (born 2 January 2002, {{korean|김경용}}) is a North Korean footballer who plays as a forward for the North Korea women's national football team.{{cite web|title=Kim Kyong-yong|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/kyong-yong-kim/559592/|publisher=Scoresway|access-date=6 October 2023}} She was part of Korea DPR's World Cup squad for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.{{cite web|title=Kim Kyong-yong - Player Info|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/kim-kyong-yong/208274/|publisher=globalsportsarchive.com|access-date=6 October 2023}}

Club career

She started playing football at the age of 9 joined the Naekohyang Sport Club in 2014. In the 2021–22 season, she contributed to Naekohyang's first ever DPR Korea Women's Premier League title, being the top scorer with 22 goals scored.{{cite web|url=https://www.tongilnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=206825|title=북한의 1부 축구연맹에서 남녀 우승팀은?|date=12 December 2022 }}

International career

Kim was a member of the under-16 and under-19 teams that finished as runners-up in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship respectively.

She already made history in the U-16 Championship back in 2017 when she scored in every match but one, racking up the highest individual scoring tally at the tournament since Australia's Caitlin Foord.{{cite web |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc_u17_womens_asian_cup/news/shooting_star_kim_kyong-yong_claims_mvp_and_top_scorer_double.html|title=Shooting star Kim Kyong-yong claims MVP and Top Scorer Double|date=24 September 2017|website=the-afc.com|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|access-date=6 October 2023}}

She made her national senior debut for Korea DPR on 24 September against Singapore as a part of the 2022 Asian Games.{{cite web |url=https://www.fas.org.sg/singapore-north-korea-asian-games-opener-match-report/|title=Lionesses suffer humbling 7-0 defeat in Asian Games opener against DPR Korea|date=25 September 2023|website=fas.org.sg|publisher=Football Association of Singapore|access-date=6 October 2023}} Kyong-yong was the key player for Korea DPR in their road to the 2022 Asian Games Gold match final, as she scored 11 goals in four games, netting a five goal thriller against Singapore on their second-leg and a super-Hat-trick against Uzbekistan in the semi-finals.{{cite web |url=https://www.chosun.com/sports/football/2023/10/03/FEUQKGVSRK7L3PGGI5BTDBZIIE/|title=한국 꺾은 북한 여자축구, 김경용 포트트릭 앞세워 우즈벡에 8대0 대승 '결승 진출'|language=ko|trans-title=North Korea who Defeated South Korea in Women's Football at the Asian Game, Led by Kim Kyong-yong's Hat-Trick, Earns an Impressive 8-0 Victory over Uzbekistan, 'Advancing to the Finals|date=4 October 2023|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=6 October 2023}}

International statistics

=North Korea U17=

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
1.	rowspan=5\| 11 September 2017	rowspan=9\| Chonburi, Thailand	rowspan=5\| {{fbwu\|17\|BAN}}	align=center\|1–0	rowspan=5 align=center\| 9–0	rowspan=9\| 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2.	align=center\|2–0
3.	align=center\|5–0
4.	align=center\|7–0
5.	align=center\|8–0
6.	rowspan=2\| 14 September 2017	rowspan=2\| {{fbwu\|17\|AUS}}	align=center\|1–0	rowspan=2 align=center\| 7–0
7.	align=center\|3–0
8.	17 September 2017	{{fbwu\|17\|JPN}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center\| 1–2
9.	23 September 2017	{{fbwu\|17\|KOR}}	align=center\|2–0	align=center\| 2–0
10.	17 November 2018	rowspan=2\| Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay	{{fbwu\|17\|USA}}	align=center\|3–0	align=center\| 3–0	rowspan=2\| 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
11.	24 November 2018	{{fbwu\|17\|ESP}}	align=center\|1–1	align=center\| 1–1 (1–3 (p)

=National team=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team !Year !Apps !Goals
rowspan="4" \|North Korea
2023 \|13 \|17
2024 \|2 \|0
2025 \|3 \|9
colspan="2" \|Total !18 !26

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team

!Year

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="4" |North Korea

2023

|13

|17

2024

2025

colspan="2" |Total

!18

!26

:Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kim goal.

scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Kim Kyong-yong
align=center\|1	24 September 2023	rowspan=7\| Wenzhou Sports Centre, Wenzhou, China	{{fbw\|SGP}}	align=center\|6–0	align=center\| 7–0	rowspan="12"\|2022 Asian Games
align=center\|2	rowspan="5"\| 27 September 2023	rowspan="5"\|{{fbw\|SGP}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center rowspan="5"\|10–0
align=center\|3	align=center\|4–0
align=center\|4	align=center\|5–0
align=center\|5	align=center\|7–0
align=center\|6	align=center\|10–0
align=center\|7	30 September 2023	{{fbw\|KOR}}	align=center\|4–1	align=center\| 4–1
align=center\|8	rowspan="4"\| 3 October 2023	rowspan="4"\| Shangcheng Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China	rowspan="4"\|{{fbw\|UZB}}	align=center\|2–0	align=center rowspan="4"\|8–0
align=center\|9	align=center\|4–0
align=center\|10	align=center\|6–0
align=center\|11	align=center\|7–0
align=center\|12	6 October 2023	Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China	{{fbw\|JPN}}	align=center\|1–1	align=center\| 1–4
align=center\|13	rowspan=3\| 1 November 2023	rowspan=3\| Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China	rowspan=3\| {{fbw\|THA}}	align=center\|1–0	rowspan=3 align=center\| 7–0	rowspan=3\| 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
align=center\|14	align=center\|3–0
align=center\|15	align=center\|5–0
align=center\|16	30 November 2023	rowspan=2\| Suoka Sports Training Base Pitch 2, Zhuhai, China	{{fbw\|HKG}}	align=center\|5–0	align=center\| 11–0	rowspan=2\| 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
align=center\|17	4 December 2023	{{fbw\|NMI}}	align=center\|17–0	align=center\| 17–0
align=center\|18	rowspan=4\| 29 June 2025	rowspan=9\| Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	rowspan=4\| {{fbw\|TJK}}	align=center\|1–0	rowspan=4 align=center\| 10–0	rowspan=9\| 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
align=center\|19	align=center\|6–0
align=center\|20	align=center\|7–0
align=center\|21	align=center\|8–0
align=center\|22	rowspan=2\| 2 July 2025	rowspan=2\| {{fbw\|PLE}}	align=center\|1–0	rowspan=2 align=center\| 10–0
align=center\|23	align=center\|5–0
align=center\|24	rowspan=4\| 5 July 2025	rowspan=3\| {{fbw\|MAS}}	align=center\|3–0	rowspan=3 align=center\| 6–0
align=center\|25	align=center\|4–0
align=center\|26	align=center\|5–0

Honours

Naekohyang

DPR Korea Women's Premier League: 2021–22, 2023–24

North Korea

Asian Games:

: File:Med 2.png Runners-up: 2022

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup:

: File:Med 2.png Runners-up: 2019

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup:

: File:Med 1.png Champions: 2017

Sud Ladies Cup:

: File:Med 1.png Champions: 2019

Individual

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup Most Valuable Player: 2017
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup Top Scorer: 2017
DPR Korea Women's Premier League top scorer: 2021–22

References

Category:2002 births

Category:Living people

Category:North Korean women's footballers

Category:21st-century North Korean sportswomen

Category:North Korea women's international footballers

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

Category:Women's association football forwards

Category:Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea

Category:Asian Games footballers for North Korea

Category:Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games

Category:Asian Games silver medalists in football

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
1.	rowspan=5\| 11 September 2017	rowspan=9\| Chonburi, Thailand	rowspan=5\| {{fbwu\|17\|BAN}}	align=center\|1–0	rowspan=5 align=center\| 9–0	rowspan=9\| 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2.	align=center\|2–0
3.	align=center\|5–0
4.	align=center\|7–0
5.	align=center\|8–0
6.	rowspan=2\| 14 September 2017	rowspan=2\| {{fbwu\|17\|AUS}}	align=center\|1–0	rowspan=2 align=center\| 7–0
7.	align=center\|3–0
8.	17 September 2017	{{fbwu\|17\|JPN}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center\| 1–2
9.	23 September 2017	{{fbwu\|17\|KOR}}	align=center\|2–0	align=center\| 2–0
10.	17 November 2018	rowspan=2\| Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay	{{fbwu\|17\|USA}}	align=center\|3–0	align=center\| 3–0	rowspan=2\| 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
11.	24 November 2018	{{fbwu\|17\|ESP}}	align=center\|1–1	align=center\| 1–1 (1–3 (p)

scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Kim Kyong-yong
align=center\|1	24 September 2023	rowspan=7\| Wenzhou Sports Centre, Wenzhou, China	{{fbw\|SGP}}	align=center\|6–0	align=center\| 7–0	rowspan="12"\|2022 Asian Games
align=center\|2	rowspan="5"\| 27 September 2023	rowspan="5"\|{{fbw\|SGP}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center rowspan="5"\|10–0
align=center\|3	align=center\|4–0
align=center\|4	align=center\|5–0
align=center\|5	align=center\|7–0
align=center\|6	align=center\|10–0
align=center\|7	30 September 2023	{{fbw\|KOR}}	align=center\|4–1	align=center\| 4–1
align=center\|8	rowspan="4"\| 3 October 2023	rowspan="4"\| Shangcheng Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China	rowspan="4"\|{{fbw\|UZB}}	align=center\|2–0	align=center rowspan="4"\|8–0
align=center\|9	align=center\|4–0
align=center\|10	align=center\|6–0
align=center\|11	align=center\|7–0
align=center\|12	6 October 2023	Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China	{{fbw\|JPN}}	align=center\|1–1	align=center\| 1–4
align=center\|13	rowspan=3\| 1 November 2023	rowspan=3\| Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China	rowspan=3\| {{fbw\|THA}}	align=center\|1–0	rowspan=3 align=center\| 7–0	rowspan=3\| 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
align=center\|14	align=center\|3–0
align=center\|15	align=center\|5–0
align=center\|16	30 November 2023	rowspan=2\| Suoka Sports Training Base Pitch 2, Zhuhai, China	{{fbw\|HKG}}	align=center\|5–0	align=center\| 11–0	rowspan=2\| 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
align=center\|17	4 December 2023	{{fbw\|NMI}}	align=center\|17–0	align=center\| 17–0
align=center\|18	rowspan=4\| 29 June 2025	rowspan=9\| Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	rowspan=4\| {{fbw\|TJK}}	align=center\|1–0	rowspan=4 align=center\| 10–0	rowspan=9\| 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
align=center\|19	align=center\|6–0
align=center\|20	align=center\|7–0
align=center\|21	align=center\|8–0
align=center\|22	rowspan=2\| 2 July 2025	rowspan=2\| {{fbw\|PLE}}	align=center\|1–0	rowspan=2 align=center\| 10–0
align=center\|23	align=center\|5–0
align=center\|24	rowspan=4\| 5 July 2025	rowspan=3\| {{fbw\|MAS}}	align=center\|3–0	rowspan=3 align=center\| 6–0
align=center\|25	align=center\|4–0
align=center\|26	align=center\|5–0