Byun Sung-hwan (; ; born 22 December 1979) is a South Korean retired

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and the current manager of the

Suwon Samsung Bluewings The Suwon Samsung Bluewings () are a South Korean Association football, football club based in Suwon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in December 1995, they have won the K League on four occas ...

Club career

Ulsan Hyundai

During 2002 to 2006 Byun made 56 appearances for

Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan HD FC (), formerly Ulsan Hyundai FC, is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League in 198 ...

Busan I'Park

Byun made 16 appearances for

Busan I'Park Busan IPark FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Busan that competes in K League 2, the second tier of the South Korean football pyramid. They play their home games at the Busan Gudeok Stadium. Busan IPark was founded as ...

during 2007.

Jeju United

During 2008 Byun made 16 appearances for Jeju United.

Sydney FC

After impressing in pre-season trials with

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, including a goal against

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, he was announced as a new signing on 25 June 2009 for the upcoming 2009–10 season, on a two-year contract. His good form made him a crowd favourite amongst the Sydney fans. He is a quality left back who likes to get forward in attack. His two-footed crossing ability is a key to his game. It is noted that he is a fast player – prior to 2005, he could run the 100m in 12.2 seconds. He is known for his attacking abilities and speed. Byun scored the winning goal and his first professional goal, for Sydney FC in the penalty shoot out of the 2009/10

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against

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. Sydney FC released Byun at the end of the 2010–11 A-League season, deciding not to extend his contract for the Asian Champions League.

Newcastle Jets

After being released by Sydney, Byun entered into negotiations with fellow A-League club

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. And on 11 April 2011 it was announced that Byun had signed a one-year contract with the Jets. Byun scored on his A-League debut for the Jets, sealing a 3–2 victory over

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in Newcastle. This was Byun's first goal in open play, after 146 games in professional competition. In the Round 14 game against

Byun scored two

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s to give the Victory a 2–1 win at

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. On 8 December 2011 the future of Byun was uncertain after routine medical tests revealed a potentially serious heart condition. The test revealed that he had a left ventricular hypertrophy (enlarged left ventricle).

International career

Sung-Hwan has appeared for the South Korean U-23 team at the East Asian Games.Sydney FC sign Korean defender
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Career statistics

Honours

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* A-League Premiership: 2009–10 * A-League Championship: 2009–10

References

External links

Sydney FC Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Byun, Sung-hwan 1979 births Living people Men's association football defenders South Korean men's footballers South Korean expatriate men's footballers South Korea men's international footballers Ulsan HD FC players Busan IPark players Jeju SK FC players Seongnam FC players K League 1 players FC Anyang players K League 2 players Sydney FC players Newcastle Jets FC players A-League Men players Footballers from Daegu Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Australia Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games