Gong Oh-kyun (,

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: 孔五均; born 10 September 1974) is a

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manager and former player.

Club career

He played for

Daejeon Citizen Daejeon Hana Citizen FC () is a South Korean professional football team based in Daejeon, competing in K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. At the time of its foundation in 1997, Daejeon was the first community-owned club in South K ...

for 10 seasons and appeared in 291 games for this club, scored 38 goals and made 18 assists. In 2009, he also joined the Australian semi-professional club

Sunshine Coast FC Sunshine Coast Football Club is a semi-professional Australian soccer club based in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Nicknamed "The Fire", the club last competed in the Football Queensland Premier League, the third tier of Australian Football. ...

.Fire's Korean striker breaks silence
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Managerial career

In May 2022, he was appointed as the manager of

Vietnam national under-23 football team The Vietnam national under-23 and Olympic football team () represents Vietnam in international football tournaments at the under-22 and under-23 age level. History Early years and downfall The team is considered to be the feeder team for th ...

. He left the position in December 2022 to finish his FIFA Pro license. In 2023, he returned back to Vietnam to manage Hanoi Police.

Personal life

He has a Teaching Certificate of Physical Education, Level 2 and Asian Football Confederation Coaching License Level A (eligible to coach up to professional level) and Bachelor of Physical Education, Kwandong University (graduated in 1997), Graduate School of Public Health, Konyang University (graduated in 2006), publishing a thesis researching "Study on improvement of dietary patterns and intake status of health

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s in adult soccer players."

Career statistics

Club

References

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* 1974 births Living people Men's association football forwards South Korean men's footballers Daejeon Hana Citizen players Gyeongnam FC players K League 1 players South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Sportspeople from Gimpo {{SouthKorea-footy-forward-stub