Kim Un-hyang
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 August 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Nampo, North Korea | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | April 25 | ||
| National team | |||
| 2012-2015 (?) | North Korea | 9 (?) | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
| Kim Un-hyang | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 김은향 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Gim Eun-hyang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Ŭn-hyang |
Kim Un-hyang (born 26 August 1993) is a North Korean former football midfielder who played for the North Korea women's national football team.
With the national team she became Asian Games champion at the 2014 Asian Games, won the 2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup and played at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the club level, she played for April 25.[1]
Career
[change | change source]Born in Nampo, Kim was born in a "soccer family". Many family member played football, including her grandfather. Her father was not able to play footy all at a professional team due to “circumstances”. This motivated her, to please her father, to become a professional football player and to represent the nation.[2]
She played with the under-17, under-19 and under-20 national team and became world champion at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Kim is beloved by her appearance, named as a “beauty”. She had a whitish skin, short hair and is muscular, what is not common for a Korean woman.[3][4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 - List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 13 July 2012. p. 8. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "〈U-20녀자축구〉조선대표 주요선수들《재일동포와 함께 달린다》". chosonsinbo.com (in Korean). 8 August 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ↑ "[사진]北 김은향 선수 '미모에 눈길이'". news.mt.co.kr (in Korean). 14 September 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ↑ "[동아시안컵] 한국에 심서연·이민아 있다면…북한엔 김은향". mnews.jcbc.co.kr (in Korean). 27 July 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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