Yeom Dong-Kyon

Yeom Dong-Kyon
Personal information
Full name Yeom Dong-Kyon
Date of birth 6 September 1983 (1983-09-06) (age 28)
Place of birth South Korea
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2010 Chunnam Dragons 97 (0)
2004–2005 Sangmu (military service) 7 (0)
2011 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 14 (0)
National team
2003 South Korea U-23 2 (0)
2008 South Korea 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2008
Yeom Dong-Kyon
Hangul 염동균
Hanja 廉東均
Revised Romanization Yeon Dong-gyun
McCune–Reischauer Yŏm Tong-gyun

Yeom Dong-Kyon (born 3 November 1983) is South Korean football goalkeeper.[1]

He spent most of his career playing for Chunnam Dragons and was a part of the national team squad by 10 October 2008.

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Personal

Match-fixing scandal

On 24 January 2011, Yeom joined Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on a three-year contract,[2] but indicted for his involvement in the alleged match-fixing scandal on June 24. He admitted that he had involved in a league match-fixing and accepted a bribe a year ago.[3]

Consequently, Yeom was released from Jeonbuk and K-League.

Honours

Chunnam Dragons

References