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Kim Young-gwon

{{short description|South Korean footballer (born 1990)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kim Young-gwon

| image = (추꾸미) '울산 합류' 김영권.jpg

| caption = Kim in 2022

| full_name = Kim Young-gwon{{cite web |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Korea Republic|url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/10/28/62/fwyc_2009_squadlists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=13 |date=6 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013164551/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/10/28/62/fwyc_2009_squadlists.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2009 }}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|2|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, South Korea

| height = 1.86 m{{cite web|url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF|title=2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players|publisher=FIFA|page=16|date=7 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619164139/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF|archive-date=19 June 2018|url-status=dead}}

| currentclub = Ulsan HD

| clubnumber = 19

| position = Centre-back

| youthyears1 = 2005–2008

| youthclubs1 = {{ill|Jeonju Technical High School|ko|전주공업고등학교 축구부|display=1}}

| collegeyears1 = 2008–2010

| college1 = {{ill|Jeonju University|ko|전주대학교 축구부|display=1}}

| years1 = 2010

| clubs1 = FC Tokyo

| caps1 = 23

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2011–2012

| clubs2 = Omiya Ardija

| caps2 = 40

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2012–2018

| clubs3 = Guangzhou Evergrande

| caps3 = 91

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2019–2021

| clubs4 = Gamba Osaka

| caps4 = 76

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2022–

| clubs5 = Ulsan HD

| caps5 = 95

| goals5 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2009

| nationalteam1 = South Korea U20

| nationalcaps1 = 20

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2009–2012

| nationalteam2 = South Korea U23

| nationalcaps2 = 23

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2009

| nationalteam3 = South Korea Universiade

| nationalcaps3 = 6

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2009{{cite web |url=https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/646035 |script-title=ko:홍명보호 수비수, 풋살 대표팀 공격수로 뜁니다 |language=ko |publisher=No Cut News |date=28 October 2009 |access-date=9 March 2020}}

| nationalteam4 = South Korea (futsal)

| nationalcaps4 =

| nationalgoals4 =

| nationalyears5 = 2010–

| nationalteam5 = South Korea

| nationalcaps5 = 112

| nationalgoals5 = 7

| club-update = 29 March 2025

| nationalteam-update = 5 September 2024

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}

{{MedalSport | Men's football}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 London|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition | AFC Asian Cup}}

{{MedalSilver | 2015 Australia|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Guangzhou|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|EAFF Championship}}

{{MedalGold | 2015 China|Team}}

{{MedalGold | 2019 South Korea|Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 2013 South Korea|Team}}

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

|hangul=김영권

|hanja=金英權

|rr=Gim Yeonggwon

|mr=Kim Yŏnggwŏn

|koreanipa={{IPA|ko|ki.mjʌŋ.ɡwʌn|}} or {{IPA|ko|kim.jʌŋ.ɡwʌn|}}

}}

Kim Young-gwon ({{langx|ko|김영권}}; born 27 February 1990) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays for Ulsan HD and the South Korea national football team.

Early life

Kim is a native of Jeonju. When he was in middle school, he was not a highly regarded prospect as coaches viewed his slight frame as a disadvantage. Kim began considering becoming a professional footballer when national youth team manager Hong Myung-bo visited Kim's high school to speak to his team.{{cite news |script-title=ko:[축사부일체]⑧스승이 주선한 김영권-홍명보의 만남, 7년 뒤 그들은|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/05/21/2014052100471.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=21 May 2014|language=ko}}

Kim played college football and futsal for Jeonju University. In 2009, he participated in the Futsal League of the Korea Football Association, and became the champion and the top scorer. His futsal career was a big help to his techniques.

Club career

In 2010, Kim joined J1 League side FC Tokyo, starting his professional career.{{cite web |url=http://www.fctokyo.co.jp/home/index.phtml?cont=item&item=9007 |script-title=ja:キム ヨングン選手 加入決定のお知らせ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125132856/http://www.fctokyo.co.jp/home/index.phtml?cont=item&item=9007 |archive-date=25 January 2010 |date=25 January 2010 |publisher=FC Tokyo |language=ja}} He scored his first senior goal with a direct free kick in the 2010 J.League Cup against Kyoto Sanga FC. After his first season, Kim transferred to Omiya Ardija,{{cite web |url=http://www.ardija.co.jp/information/clubplayer/201012/pinfo20101231-kim.html |title=金英權選手、FC東京より完全移籍加入のお知らせ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110103023438/http://www.ardija.co.jp/information/clubplayer/201012/pinfo20101231-kim.html |archive-date=3 January 2011 |publisher=Omiya Ardija |date=31 December 2010 |language=ja}} because FC Tokyo was relegated to the second tier by finishing 16th in the league.

In July 2012, Kim transferred to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande.{{cite web |url=http://www.gzevergrandefc.com/show_content.php?id=4215 |title=韩国外援金英权正式加盟广州恒大足球俱乐部 |publisher=Guangzhou Evergrande |date=2 July 2012 |language=zh |access-date=2 July 2012 |archive-date=7 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707152219/http://www.gzevergrandefc.com/show_content.php?id=4215 |url-status=dead }} He contributed to the best period of Guangzhou Evergrande, showing foreign player's worth. Guangzhou Evergrande won all of the four league titles in addition to two AFC Champions Leagues during the initial four years with Kim from 2013 to 2016, and Kim was also selected for the Team of the Year every year. However, he lost his influence in Guangzhou due to his injury and the removal of Asian quota in the CSL since 2017.

International career

Kim's first international tournament was the Universiade. He played the 2009 Summer Universiade for South Korean Universiade team.

In the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Kim was the regular center defender of South Korean under-20 team, and scored a goal during the last group match against the United States, which resulted South Korea's advancing to the knockout stage.

Kim also played the 2009 Asian Indoor Games for the South Korea national futsal team.

Kim won the bronze medal with South Korean under-23 team in the 2010 Asian Games. Afterwards, he was named in the primary list for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, but he wasn't selected for the final squad.

In the 2012 Summer Olympics, South Korean Olympic football team finished third, winning its first-ever Olympic football medal. Kim was regarded as a notable player among the bronze medalists.

Kim was a member of South Korea's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and started in all of the team's group matches. South Korea drew with Russia, and lost to Algeria and Belgium in the group stage.{{Cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=375754/played-matches.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618210252/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=375754/played-matches.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 June 2014|title=5 KIM Younggwon|access-date=26 January 2015|publisher=FIFA}} His defense wasn't good this time, especially against Algerian players.

At the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Kim scored the second goal in South Korea's 2–0 semi-final defeat of Iraq on 26 January 2015, putting the nation into the Asian Cup final for the first time since 1988.{{Cite news |url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2015/01/26/korea-republic-marches-asian-cup-final |title=Korea Republic marches into Asian Cup final |date=26 January 2015 |access-date=25 January 2015 |publisher=The World Game}} However, South Korea failed to bring the trophy after losing the final to Australia.

Kim was named in South Korea's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He showed outstanding plays unlike four years ago, becoming a great leader of South Korean defenders.{{Cite news |url=https://www.news1.kr/articles/?3357115 |script-title=ko:[월드컵] 브라질서 고개 숙였던 김영권, 러시아서 완성한 역전 드라마 |publisher=News1 |language=ko |date=28 June 2018 |access-date=19 January 2022}} Furthermore, in the final group match against Germany, he scored in the 91st minute to knock out the defending world champions, coupled with a second goal minutes later by Son Heung-min.{{cite web|title=Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced?|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb|publisher=Goal|access-date=18 May 2018}}

In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Kim scored a goal in South Korea's crucial match against Portugal to level the score 1–1, followed by Hwang Hee-chan's goal in stoppage time, which promoted South Korea to the round of 16.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-02 |title=Son steps up as South Korea's late win sends Uruguay out and sums up wild World Cup |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/story/4822824/son-steps-up-as-south-koreas-late-win-sends-uruguay-out |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} In the round of 16, Kim played his 100th cap for the national team against Brazil, with Korea went on to lose 4–1.{{cite web |url=http://www.kleagueunited.com/2022/12/2022-fifa-world-cup-kim-young-gwon.html |title=2022 FIFA World Cup: Kim Young-gwon reaches 100 caps for South Korea |publisher=K League United |date=6 December 2022 }}

Personal life

In 2014 Kim married Park Se-jin. They have three children, a daughter and two sons. Kim has made guest appearances with his two older children in several episodes of The Return of Superman.{{cite news|script-title=ko:[단독]'김영권♥' 아내 박세진 "남편은 가정적이고 따뜻한 사람"(인터뷰②)|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/03/23/2020032300465.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=23 March 2020|language=ko}}{{cite news|script-title=ko:'슈퍼맨이 돌아왔다' 김영권 가족의 '막내 탄생기' 공개|url=https://www.donga.com/news/Entertainment/article/all/20210117/104956168/1|work=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=17 January 2021|language=ko}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|29 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/90/178958/70679F2FC5E001BE.shtml|script-title=zh:金英权|publisher=Sodasoccer|access-date=18 April 2018|language=zh|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803030517/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/90/178958/70679F2FC5E001BE.shtml|url-status=dead}}{{soccerway|young-gwon-kim/97316|accessdate=21 February 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/young-gwon-kim/ |title=Young-gwon Kim |website=worldfootball.net |date=18 September 2013 |access-date=2024-02-23}}

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

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Others

!colspan="2"|Total

Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals
FC Tokyo

|2010

J1 League2302061colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—311
rowspan="3"|Omiya Ardija

|2011

J1 League2700021colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—291
2012J1 League1300031colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—161
colspan="2"|Total4000052colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—452
rowspan="8"|Guangzhou Evergrande

|2012

Chinese Super League7040colspan="2"|—2{{efn|name=ACLE|Appearances in AFC Champions League (Elite)}}0colspan="2"|—130
2013Chinese Super League26240colspan="2"|—14{{efn|name=ACLE}}04{{efn|One appearance in Chinese FA Super Cup, three appearances in FIFA Club World Cup}}0482
2014Chinese Super League16100colspan="2"|—9{{efn|name=ACLE}}000251
2015Chinese Super League18000colspan="2"|—11{{efn|name=ACLE}}03{{efn|Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup}}0320
2016Chinese Super League15020colspan="2"|—4{{efn|name=ACLE}}01{{efn|Appearance in Chinese FA Super Cup}}0220
2017Chinese Super League4050colspan="2"|—2{{efn|name=ACLE}}000110
2018Chinese Super League5000colspan="2"|—8{{efn|name=ACLE}}000130
colspan="2"|Total913150colspan="2"|—500801643
rowspan="4"|Gamba Osaka

|2019

J1 League3211030colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—361
2020J1 League2802010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—310
2021J1 League16000004{{efn|name=ACLE}}0colspan="2"|—200
colspan="2"|Total761304040colspan="2"|—871
rowspan="5"|Ulsan HD

|2022

K League 136000colspan="2"|—5{{efn|name=ACLE}}0colspan="2"|—410
2023K League 132110colspan="2"|—5{{efn|name=ACLE}}0colspan="2"|—381
2024K League 121230colspan="2"|—10{{efn|name=ACLE}}0colspan="2"|—342
2025K League 16000colspan="2"|—00colspan="2"|—60
colspan="2"|Total9534000200colspan="2"|—1193
colspan="3"|Career total32572401537408044610

{{notelist}}

=International=

{{Updated|match played 5 September 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.kfa.or.kr/archive/player_record.php?search_val=%EA%B9%80%EC%98%81%EA%B6%8C |title=Kim Young-gwon at Korea Football Association |publisher=KFA |language=ko |access-date=1 February 2022}}

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|+Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="14"|South Korea

|2010

20
201151
201210
2013100
2014110
2015141
201620
201740
2018141
2019150
202171
2022153
202330
202490
colspan="2"|Career total

!112

7

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|+List of international goals scored by Kim Young-gwon

! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Cap !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

align="center"|1

| 3 June 2011

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

|align="center"|4

| {{fb|SRB}}

style="text-align:center;"|2–0style="text-align:center;"|2–1Friendly
align="center"|2

| 26 January 2015

Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia

|align="center"|33

| {{fb|IRQ}}

style="text-align:center;"|2–0style="text-align:center;"|2–02015 AFC Asian Cup
align="center"|3

| 27 June 2018

Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia

|align="center"|56

| {{fb|GER}}

style="text-align:center;"|1–0style="text-align:center;"|2–02018 FIFA World Cup
align="center"|4

| 5 June 2021

Goyang Stadium, Goyang, South Korea

|align="center"|80

| {{fb|TKM}}

style="text-align:center;"|3–0style="text-align:center;"|5–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
align="center"|5

| 24 March 2022

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

|align="center"|90

| {{fb|IRI}}

style="text-align:center;"|2–0style="text-align:center;"|2–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
align="center"|6

| 14 June 2022

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

|align="center"|94

| {{fb|EGY}}

style="text-align:center;"|2–0style="text-align:center;"|4–1Friendly
align="center"|7

| 2 December 2022

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar

|align="center"|99

| {{fb|POR}}

style="text-align:center;"|1–1style="text-align:center;"|2–12022 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Jeonju University

Guangzhou Evergrande

Gamba Osaka

Ulsan Hyundai

South Korea U23

South Korea

Individual

  • Korean FA Futsal League top goalscorer: 2009
  • Chinese Super League Team of the Year: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016{{cite web |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2013-11-24/16056901091.shtml |title=2013中超官方最佳阵容：恒大7人 鲁能国安各有2将 |publisher=Sina Sports |date=24 November 2013 |access-date=11 March 2020 |language=zh}}{{cite web |url=https://www.qianzhan.com/news/detail/368/141107-bce1ae5e.html |title=2014中超最佳阵容：埃尔克森郑智领衔 恒大四将入选 |website=Qianzhan.com |date=7 November 2014 |access-date=11 March 2020 |language=zh}}{{cite web |url=https://sports.sohu.com/20151110/n425959209.shtml |title=2015中超颁奖:高神MVP野牛金靴 斯帅最佳教练 |publisher=Sohu Sports |date=10 November 2015 |access-date=11 March 2020 |language=zh}}{{cite web |url=https://sports.sohu.com/20161105/n472397199.shtml |title=2016中超颁奖：高拉特金球金靴 恒大狂揽九奖项 |publisher=Sohu Sports |date=5 November 2016 |access-date=11 March 2020 |language=zh}}
  • EAFF Championship Best Defender: 2015{{cite web |url=https://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015/index_k.html |title=EAFF East Asian Cup 2015 & EAFF Women's East Asian Cup 2015 Competition |publisher=EAFF |access-date=11 March 2020}}
  • AFC Champions League Dream Team: 2015{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/theafccl/photos/a.228540597215839.49977.152840578119175/923396944396864/?type=3&theater |title=The ACL2015 Dream Team |publisher=AFC Champions League |date=23 November 2015 |access-date=11 March 2020}}
  • Korean FA Player of the Year: 2015{{cite web |url=https://www.kfa.or.kr/layer_popup/popup_live.php?act=news_tv_detail&idx=22183&div_code=news&check_url=bGF5ZXI=&lang=KOR |script-title=ko:2019 KFA 시상식 개최...손흥민-지소연 올해의 선수 |publisher=KFA |date=19 December 2019 |access-date=19 December 2019 |language=ko}}
  • J1 League Fans' Best XI: 2020{{cite news |url=https://www.jleague.jp/news/article/18846/ |title=ファン・サポーターが選ぶベストイレブンが決定！【Ｊ１】 |language=ja |publisher=J.League |date=23 December 2020 |access-date=2 January 2021}}
  • K League 1 Best XI: 2022, 2023{{cite web |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/news?oid=108&aid=0003099224 |script-title=ko: 울산 이청용 K리그 '최고의 별'... 홍명보는 감독상 영예 (종합) |publisher=Starnews Korea |website=Naver |language=ko |date=24 October 2022 |access-date=24 October 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/news.nhn?oid=001&aid=0014370902 |script-title=ko:완델손-김영권-그랜트-설영우, 2023 K리그1 베스트 11 수비수 |language=ko |website=Naver |publisher=Yonhap News Agency |date=4 December 2023}}
  • K League All-Star: 2023{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2023/07/27/world/hybrid-friendlies/club-atletico-de-madrid/k-league-xi/4087744/ |title=K-League XI vs. Atletico Madrid 3 - 2 |publisher=Soccerway |date=2023-07-27 |access-date=2024-07-12}}
  • K League 1 Most Valuable Player: 2023{{cite web |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/news?oid=108&aid=0003199608 |script-title=ko:'K리그 MVP의 눈물' 김영권 "머리가 하얘졌다"+홍명보 '최고 감독'... K리그 빛낸 별들 모두 가려졌다 '2023 K리그 대상 시상식' (종합) |language=ko |website=Naver |publisher=Starnews |date=4 December 2023}}

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.kfa.or.kr/archive/player_history.php?search_val=%EA%B9%80%EC%98%81%EA%B6%8C Kim Young-gwon – National Team Stats] at KFA {{in lang|ko}}
  • {{FIFA player|375754}}
  • {{Soccerway|young-gwon-kim/97316}}
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