Kim Yong-hwan

{{Short description|South Korean footballer (born 1993)}}

{{for|the North Korean politician|Kim Yong-hwan (politician)}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Kim Yong-hwan

| fullname = Kim Yong-hwan

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|05|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = South Korea

| height = 1.76 m

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Full-back

| youthyears1 = 2010–2012

| youthclubs1 = Daegun High School

| youthyears2 = 2012–2014

| youthclubs2 = Soongsil University

| years1 = 2014–2018

| clubs1 = Incheon United

| caps1 = 93

|goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2019–2023

| clubs2 = Pohang Steelers

| caps2 = 70

|goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2020–2021

| clubs3 = → Sangju / Gimcheon Sangmu (army)

| caps3 = 20

|goals3 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2013

| nationalteam1 = South Korea U-20

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2014–2016

| nationalteam2 = South Korea U-23

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| pcupdate = 28 October 2023

| ntupdate = 6 November 2016

}}

{{Infobox Korean name|hangul=김용환|hanja={{linktext|金|容|奐}}|rr=Gim Yonghwan|mr=Kim Yonghwan}}

Kim Yong-hwan ({{Ko-hhrm|김용환}}; born 25 May 1993) is a South Korean football full-back.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/yong-hwan-kim/298081/|title=Incheon Korea Republic - Yong-Hwan Kim - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com|access-date=November 6, 2016}}

On 10 October 2013 when the Brazil national football team went to South Korea to train, Kim joined the training with the Brazil national football team including Neymar, Dani Alves, etc.{{cite news|url=http://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=001&aid=0006528485|script-title=ko:브라질 대표 훈련 참여한 김용환, 네이버 스포츠|trans-title=Kim Yong-hwan participated in the training of Brazil National Football Team|language=korean|date=October 10, 2013|publisher=sports.news.naver.com}} Kim's main position is full-back, but he can assimilate other positions including wing-back and winger. He has great speed and overlapping ability.{{cite web|url=http://www.incheonutd.com/player/pro_player_view.asp?p_idx=UP2014607|title=인천유나이티드 - 김용환|website=incheonutd.com|access-date=November 6, 2016}}

Club career

=Early career=

Kim went on to Daegun High School, the Incheon United's under-18 team in 2010. In 2012, he graduated Daegun High School and entered Soongsil University. In 2014, after his sophomore year, It was confirmed that he would enter Incheon United.

=Incheon United=

Kim joined Incheon United in 2014.{{cite news|url=http://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=254&aid=0000000490|script-title=ko:인천 김용환, 포기하지 않는 선수로 기억되고파|trans-title=Kim Yong-hwan in Incheon United, he wanted to be remembered as the player who never give up.|language=korean|date=May 6, 2014|publisher=sports.news.naver.com}} He made his professional debut against FC Seoul in Korean FA Cup on 30 April 2014 at Seoul World Cup Stadium.{{cite news|url=http://sports.mk.co.kr/view.php?no=676622&year=2014|script-title=ko:낭떠러지 위의 인천, ‘파격 변신’ 통했다|trans-title=Incheon of crisis,'an extreme makeover' was great.|language=korean|date=2014-04-30|publisher=sports.mk.co.kr}} In the match, Kim played as a starting line-up. In the 2014 season, when Kim made his debut, he played 14 games in league. In the 2015 season, he played only 3 games (38 minutes) because of his chronic disease. In the 2016 season, he planted himself in the team again. On 24 September 2016, he scored his professional debut goal against Suwon Samsung Bluewings at Incheon Football Stadium.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/09/24/korea-republic/k-league-classic/incheon-united-fc/suwon-bluewings/2188559//|title=Incheon United vs. Suwon Bluewings - 24 September 2016 - Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com|access-date=November 6, 2016}} He played 28 games including 22 full-time games and he scored 3 goals. On 5 November 2016, he scored a winning goal against Suwon FC. Incheon United owed confirmation of remaining in the K League Classic to his winning goal.{{cite news|url=http://interfootball.heraldcorp.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=139999|title=[클래식 최종전] '김용환 결승골' 인천, 수원FC 꺾고 극적 잔류 - 인터풋볼|trans-title=K League Classic Final Round 'A Winning Goal by Kim Yong-hwan' Incheon dramatically remains by defeating Suwon|language=ko|date=2016-11-05|publisher=Interfootball}}

International career

Kim started his international football team career with the South Korea national under-20 football team in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.kfa.or.kr/national/player.asp?Query=Grade%3DMU20%26Sumons%3D969%26Player%3D1014|title=List - KFA|publisher=KFA |access-date=2016-11-06}}

He participated in 2013 Toulon Tournament and 2014 Toulon Tournament as a member of South Korea national under-20 football team. He also took part in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In this competition, Kim played 5 games and was shown a yellow card on 3 July 2013 against Colombia national under-20 football team.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=368607/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511191411/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=368607/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 11, 2016|title=FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - KIM Yonghwan|publisher=FIFA|access-date=2016-11-06}}

Club career statistics

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colspan=3 | Club performance

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | Cup

! colspan=2 | continental

! colspan=2 | Total

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colspan=3 | South Korea

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | KFA Cup

! colspan=2 | Asia

! colspan=2 | Total

2014rowspan=5|Incheon Unitedrowspan=7|K League 114010colspan=2 rowspan=7|—150
2015300030
201630210312
201718000180
201828300283
2019rowspan=2|Pohang Steelers35200352
2020300030
2021Gimcheon SangmuK League 220100colspan=2|—201
2021Pohang SteelersK League 12000colspan=2|—20
Total||colspan=2|South Korea||153||8||2||0||0||0||155||8
colspan=3 | Career total

!153||8||2||0||0||0||155||8

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