Kim Do-Heon

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Kim Do-Heon
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Personal information
Full name Kim Do-Heon
Date of birth July 14, 1982 (1982-07-14) (age 25)
Place of birth    Dongducheon, South Korea
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club West Bromwich Albion
Number 12
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001–2005
2005–2008
2008
2008–		 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
→ West Bromwich Albion (loan)
West Bromwich Albion		 106 0(9)
082 (24)
004 0(1)
000 0(0)   
National team2
2003– Korea Republic 048 0(8)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:34, 20 May 2008 (UTC) [2].
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 31 May 2008 [1].
* Appearances (Goals)
Kim Do-Heon
Hangul 김두현
Hanja 金斗炫
Revised Romanization Gim Doo-Hyeon
McCune-Reischauer Kim Tuhyŏn

Kim Do-Heon (born July 14, 1982) is a South Korean football midfielder who currently plays for West Bromwich Albion of the English Premier League.

He was part of the South Korean 2004 Olympic football team, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the quarter finals, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay.

A midfielder with great technical skills, Kim Do-Heon was a prominent playmaker for the U-23 national team before injuries took their toll. He turned professional with Suwon Samsung Bluewings in 2001, where he won the 2004 Korean Championship before a move to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in June 2005. He scored against the Maldives during his five appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and played in all four of South Korea's matches at the 2004 Olympics. He was one of the 23 Korean footballers who were called by Dick Advocaat, then manager of South Korea for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. However, due to the presence of Manchester United's Park Ji-Sung in the same position, Kim had to watch from the sidelines as Korea failed to qualify for the knockout stage. Due to his impressive game reading and consistent performances, he is widely known in Asia as the 'Asian Paul Scholes', due to comparisons between him and the Manchester United and former England international midfielder.

He scored his first goal for West Brom in the final match of the season against QPR, 8 minutes after coming on as a second half substitute. West Brom went on to win 2-0, securing them the Football League Championship title and promotion to the Premier League.[3] On May 28, he completed the move to West Brom for £550,000.

[edit] References

  1. ^ KFA 축구자료실 국내선수통산 A매치
  2. ^ K-리그 개인기록 현황
  3. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Championship | QPR 0-2 West Brom

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1 Kiely • 2 Hoefkens • 3 Robinson • 4 Barnett • 5 Clement • 7 Koren • 8 Greening • 9 Bednář • 10 Beattie • 12 Kim • 14 Albrechtsen • 15 MacDonald • 16 Hodgkiss • 17 Miller • 18 Martis • 19 Daněk • 20 Teixeira • 21 Phillips • 22 Nicholson • 23 Tininho • 24 Moore • 26 Pelé • 27 Morrison • 29 Brunt • 30 Ślusarski • 31 Daniels • 32 Worrall • Manager: Mowbray
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South Korea squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Lee Woon‑Jae • 2 Kim Young‑Chul • 3 Kim Dong‑Jin • 4 Choi Jin‑Cheul • 5 Kim Nam‑Il • 6 Kim Jin‑Kyu • 7 Park Ji‑Sung • 8 Kim Do‑Heon • 9 Ahn Jung‑Hwan • 10 Park Chu‑Young • 11 Seol Ki‑Hyeon • 12 Lee Young‑Pyo • 13 Lee Eul‑Yong • 14 Lee Chun‑Soo • 15 Baek Ji‑Hoon • 16 Chung Kyung‑Ho • 17 Lee Ho • 18 Kim Sang‑Sik • 19 Cho Jae‑Jin • 20 Kim Yong‑Dae • 21 Kim Young‑Kwang • 22 Song Chong‑Gug • 23 Cho Won‑Hee • Coach: Advocaat
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