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Kim Young-gwon

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Also known as Young-Gwon Kim

South Korean footballer

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Kim Young-gwon is a South Korean male association football player born in Jeonju on February 27, 1990. Standing 187 centimeters tall and weighing 78 kilograms, he plays as a centre-back and defender. His professional career began in 2010, and he has been affiliated with teams including Guangzhou F.C., FC Tokyo, RB Omiya Ardija, and Ulsan HD. He also represented the South Korea national under-20 football team.

Young-gwon has participated in several major international tournaments, including the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. During his career, he has made six appearances without scoring any goals. He speaks Korean and wears the number 19 jersey.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
CA
Active from
1945-11-12

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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    · 1993 · cited 19,126x

  4. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,612x

  5. CBAM: Convolutional Block Attention Module

    · 2018 · cited 18,132x

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Key facts

2009
South Korea Universiade
2010
FC Tokyo
2022
Ulsan HD
Full name
Kim Young-gwon
Date of birth
( 1990-02-27 ) 27 February 1990 (age 36)
Place of birth
Jeonju , South Korea
Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position
Centre-back
Current team
Ulsan HD
2005 2008
Jeonju Technical High School [ ko ]
Years
Team
2008 2010
Jeonju University [ ko ]
2011 2012
Omiya Ardija
2012 2018
Guangzhou Evergrande
2019 2021
Gamba Osaka
2008 2009
South Korea U20
2009 2012
South Korea U23

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
Ulsan HD
Position
Centre-Back
Nationality
South Korea

via TheSportsDB

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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 September 2024

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kim Young-gwon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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