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Yoon Do-young
Yoon Do-young (; born 28 October 2006) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion. He made his debut professional appearance in the 2024 K League 1 season with Daejeon Hana Citizen. Youth career Yoon Do-young was born on 28 October 2006, in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. He began playing football at Suji Junior FC when he was a first grade elementary school student. He later moved to Daejeon after being scouted by the under-15 team of Daejeon Hana Citizen. He scored 10 goals in 20 matches when he helped it win its first title at the middle school division of the in 2021. After the club went on to win two additional youth championships that year, he was credited for playing a key role in the team's three domestic titles. Yoon enrolled at Chungnam Mechanical Technical High School, which had the under-18 club of Daejeon Hana Citizen. While playing at the high school division of the K League Junior, he executed a ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yongin
Yongin (; ) is a city in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the largest in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population over 1 million, the city has developed rapidly since the 21st century, recording the highest population growth of any city in the country. Yongin is a multi-nuclear city with multiple urban centers, not a single nuclear structure, and Giheung District crosses the Yeongdong Expressway and Dongbaek, while Suji District crosses Pungdeokcheon Stream and Jukjeon. Yongin is a city almost as large as Seoul by area, consisting of the highly urbanized districts of Suji District and Giheung District and the semi-urbanized district of Cheoin District. Yongin's urbanized districts are located close to the capital and many commute to and from downtown Seoul in approximately 30–40 minutes by car using the Gyeongbu Expressway or Yongin-Seoul Expressway, the Bundang Line subway, the Shinbundang Line subway or metropolitan buses. The Shinbundang Line with a maximum speed of exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean National Sports Festival
The Korean National Sports Festival is an annual sports competition held in South Korea. For a full week each October, about 20,000 athletes representing 16 cities and provinces throughout the country compete in about 40 separate sports. The site rotates among the major cities, including Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju and Incheon. The 2005 festival was held in Ulsan and the 2009 festival in Daejeon. Competitions are held in High School, College, and Regular Divisions. History The current annual numbering originates from the 1920 All-Korea Baseball Series and the formation of the Korean Sports Festival (). The Japanese colonial government held a multi-sport competition in 1925, but the Korean Sports Festival first became a national multi-sport competition in 1934, with baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field, and basketball. In 1938, the Korean Sports Festival was forcibly dissolved by the colonial government. The festival, numbered 26th, resumed upon the 1945 liberation of Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Kang-in
Lee Kang-in (; born 19 February 2001) is a South Korean professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger (association football), winger for club Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain and the South Korea national football team, South Korea national team. A product of Valencia CF, Valencia's youth academy, Lee made his professional debut for Valencia at the age of 17 in the year 2018, becoming the youngest South Korean footballer to debut professionally in Europe. In his debut season, he won the Copa del Rey, before making his UEFA Champions League debut in his second professional season. Lee joined RCD Mallorca, Mallorca in 2021, where he established himself as one of Europe's top dribblers, before leaving Spain for French club Paris Saint-Germain in 2023. In 2019, Lee won the Asian Young Footballer of the Year, the same year that he won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup's FIFA U-20 World Cup#Golden Ball, Golden Ball award. Lee's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footedness
In human biology, footedness is the natural preference of one's left or right foot for various purposes. It is the foot equivalent of handedness. While purposes vary, such as applying the greatest force in a certain foot to complete the action of kick as opposed to stomping, footedness is most commonly associated with the preference of a particular foot in the leading position while engaging in foot- or kicking-related sports, such as association football and kickboxing. A person may thus be left-footed, right-footed or ambipedal (able to use both feet equally well). Ball games In association football, the ball is predominantly struck by the foot. Footedness may refer to the foot a player uses to kick with the greatest force and skill. Most people are right-footed, kicking with the right leg. Capable left-footed footballers are rare and therefore quite sought after. As rare are "two-footed" players, who are equally capable with both feet. Such players make up only one sixth of pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan National Under-17 Football Team
The Japan national under-17 football team（Japanese: U-17サッカー日本代表）is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team were champions in the 1994 and 2006 AFC U-17 Championships, as well as the 2012 AFF U-16 Youth Championship. The year before the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-16 football team, and the year before that, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-15 football team. Results and fixtures ;Legend 2025 U-17 Fixtures & Results (U-17 2025) JFA.jp U-16 JFA.jp U-15 JFA.jp 2024 U-17 JFA.jp U-16 JFA.jp U-15 JFA.jp Coaching staff Current staff Players & Staffs U17 (2025) JFA.jp Players Current U-17 squad The following U-17 players were called up on 27 May for a set of four friendlies played between 6 and 10 June. Current U-16 squad The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Myung-jun
Kim Myung-jun (; born 21 March 2006) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a striker for Challenger Pro League club Jong Genk. On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper ''The Guardian'' as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide. Club career After playing for academies of Pohang Steelers, Kim joined Jong Genk, the reserve team of Belgian Pro League club Genk, in January 2025. International career Kim represented South Korea at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, scoring two goals in the group stage of the tournament. Honours South Korea U17 *AFC U-17 Asian Cup runner-up: 2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ... References External links Kim Myung-junat KFA * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Myeong-jun Living people 2006 births South Korean men's fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan National Under-17 Football Team
The Afghanistan national under-17 football team is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation and represents Afghanistan in international under-17 football competitions. The team had properly qualified for the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship, but were disqualified from the tournament for fielding an ineligible player in the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification. Results and fixtures * ''Afghanistan score always listed first'' 2023 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification 2023 CAFA U-17 Championship 2024 2024 CAFA U-17 Championship Final match 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification (21–27 Oct) 2025 ---- ---- ---- ---- 2025 CAFA U-17 Championship 24-31 May In ---- ---- ---- Play-off Stage Fifth Place Play-off ---- Players The following 23 players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup. Coaching history 1. , Sayed Hadi Kazemi (2018–2022) 2. , Yusuf Mahandiszadah (2022–2023) 3. , Faiz Muhammad Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 19th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth association football, football tournament contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held in Indonesia from 10 November to 2 December 2023. This was the first time that Indonesia hosted a FIFA tournament, the first time that the U-17 World Cup was held in Southeast Asia, and the sixth tournament to take place in an Asian country, after China in 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship , 1985, Japan in 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 1993, South Korea in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2007, the United Arab Emirates in 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2013 and India in 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2017. It was the third men's FIFA tournament held in Southeast Asia, after the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia and the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Thailand. This edition marked the return of the tournament after a four-year hiatus due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FourFourTwo
''FourFourTwo'' is an association football magazine published by British company Future. Issued monthly, it published its 300th edition in May 2019. It takes its name from the football formation of the same name, 4–4–2. Future acquired the magazine from Haymarket Media Group in 2018. Haymarket previously acquired Future's earlier football magazine ''Total Football'' in 2001 in exchange of subscriber list and the rights to the masthead of its defunct internet magazine ''The Net'', Haymarket later absorbed ''Total Football'' into ''FourFourTwo''. In 2008 ''FourFourTwo'' entered into a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Swindon Town. Rankings and awards ''FourFourTwo'' has a number of annual rankings and awards. In 2007, the magazine put together its first ''FFT100'', their list of the 100 best footballers in the world. At the end of the 2012–13 Premier League season, FourFourTwo announced its first Stats Zone Awards. In May 2015, the inaugural list of the 50 best A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Ju-hyeok
Kang Ju-hyeok (; born August27, 2006) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for K League 1 club FC Seoul. He made his debut professional appearance in the 2024 K League 1 season. Life and career Early life and youth career Kang Ju-hyeok was born on August27, 2006, in Seoul. His parents are both former track and field runners and his older brother is footballer . Influenced by his sibling, he began playing football as a hobby in Anyang, Gyeonggi, before being scouted by Sinjeong Elementary School. Kang played in the selection match to qualify for the 2018 Volkswagen Junior World Masters tournament, where he was bestowed a trophy for being the top scorer. In 2019, he was a recipient of Best Eleven Award at the 31st Cha Bum-keun Football Awards. Kang enrolled at Osan Middle School and played for the FC Seoul U-15 Team. At the 2023 Futures Star Awards, he was given the Star Award. Kang is attending Osan High School and plays for FC Seoul U-18 Team. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Min-hyeok
Yang Min-hyeok (; born 16 April 2006) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a forward or midfielder for club Tottenham Hotspur, and the South Korea national team. Club career In 2022, Yang joined Gangneung Jeil High School and started to play for the school's football club, an academy of Gangwon FC. Prior to the 2024 season, when he was just one year away from graduating, he was promoted to the senior team. He won the K League Player of the Month award for July 2024, becoming the youngest player to win the award. Tottenham Hotspur Yang signed a six-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur on 28 July 2024, to join the club in January 2025, allowing him to complete the 2024 K League 1 season with Gangwon. He spent part of December 2024 at the club's training ground, learning English. On 29 January 2025, Yang joined EFL Championship side Queens Park Rangers on loan for the remainder of the season. On 1 February, he made his Championship debut as a substitute in a 2–1 loss t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K League 1
The K League 1 () is a professional association football league in South Korea and the highest level of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. It is one of the most successful leagues in the Asian Football Confederation, with its past and present clubs having won a record twelve AFC Champions League titles. History The South Korean professional football league was founded in 1983 as the Korean Super League, with five member clubs. The initial five clubs were Hallelujah FC, Jeju SK FC, Yukong Elephants, Pohang Steelers, Pohang Steelworks, Busan IPark, Daewoo Royals, Kookmin Bank FC, Kookmin Bank. Hallelujah FC won the inaugural title, finishing one point ahead of Daewoo Royals to lift the trophy. The Super League was renamed the Korean Professional Football League, and introduced the home and away system in 1987. It was once again renamed the K League in 1998. After the 2011 season, the K League Championship and the Korean League C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
