Yoon Kyung-shin

Yoon Kyung-shin
Korean name
Hangul 윤경신
Hanja 尹京信
Revised Romanization Yun Gyeong-shin
McCune–Reischauer Yun Kyŏngsin

Yoon Kyung-Shin (born July 7, 1973 in Seoul) is a Korean handball player. He was voted World Player of the Year 2001 by the International Handball Federation.[1]

Career

Yoon Kyung-Shin played for the German club VfL Gummersbach from 1996 to 2006, and for HSV Hamburg during the 2006-07 season. Managing 2908 career goals. he still is the Bundesliga's highest scoring player ever and was the league's top scorer in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2007.

He has played more than 260 games for the South Korea national handball team, and was top scorer at the 1995 and 1997 World Championships.

He currently plays for Doosan Bears, being with the club since his return to South Korea in 2008.

References

  1. ^ Previous World Handball Players (Retrieved on January 26, 2008)