Kim Young-Hoo

Kim Young-Hoo
Personal information
Full name Kim Young-Hoo (김영후)
Date of birth March 11, 1983 (1983-03-11) (age 28)
Place of birth Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Gangwon FC
Number 10
Youth career
2002-2005 Soongsil University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006-2008 Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard 63 (60)
2009- Gangwon FC 83 (30)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 October 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
Kim Young-Hoo
Hangul 김영후
Hanja 金泳厚
Revised Romanization Kim Yeong-hu
McCune–Reischauer Kim Yŏng-hu

Kim Young-Hoo (Hangul: 김영후; Hanja: 金泳厚, born March 11, 1983) is a South Korean football player who plays as a striker for South Korean K-League side Gangwon FC.

Kim began his career at Korea National League side Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. He won the National League top scorer the his first season. After two seasons in Ulsan he won the second National League top scorer with 31 goals.

On November 18, 2008, Kim was as one of sixteen priority member, join Gangwon FC.[1] So from 2009, He moved to newly formed Gangwon FC as founding member with former Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard manager Choi Soon-Ho.

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Club career

Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard

Originally, Kim applied for 2006 K-League draft, but he wasn't nominated by any team. So, Kim started his career at Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, a National league side as a rookie. In 2006 season, which was his first season as a professional, he won the Rookie of the Year and the top scorer with 19 goals.

He missed half of 2007 season through injury. Nonetheless injury, he scored 10 goals in 14 games. In 2007 Korea National League Championship playoff second leg, Ulsan Mipo secured league winner by his two goals. Kim won the MVP of championship playoff.

2008 season was best season in his National League career. Kim won the his second top scorer title by 31 goals. It was 1.97 goal ratio per games. He made the biggest impact in 2008 season, so Ulsan's manager Choi Soon-Ho took him and some of his teammates to Gangwon FC, a newly formed football club.

Gangwon FC

He became K-Leaguer as he joined Gangwon FC. In his first K-League game against Jeju United he assisted Gangwon's winning goal scored by Yoon Jun-Ha. A 3–3 draw with Chunnam Dragons, saw his first goal and second goal in K-League on April 12, 2009. From June he scored 9 goals in 9 consecutive games. He was also selected K-League all-star due to his good performance. He is nominated 2009 K-League Rookie of the Year. He had three assists in the match against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on September 10, 2010.

Club career statistics

As of 31 October 2011
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
South Korea League KFA Cup League Cup Total
2006 Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard N-League 20 19 2 1 - 22 20
2007 14 10 0 0 - 14 10
2008 29 31 2 1 - 31 32
2009 Gangwon FC K-League 27 13 1 0 3 0 31 13
2010 28 13 1 0 4 1 33 14
2011 28 4 1 0 3 2 32 6
Career total 146 90 7 2 10 3 163 95

Honours

Club

Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard

Individual

Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard

Gangwon FC

References

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Awards
Preceded by
Kim Han-Won
N-League Top Scorer
2006
Succeeded by
Lim Ho
Preceded by
Lim Ho
N-League Top Scorer
2008
Succeeded by
Lee Yong-Seung
Preceded by
Lee Seung-Ryul
K-League Rookie of The Year
2009
Succeeded by
Yoon Bit-Garam