Kim Do-hoon (; born 21 July 1970) is a South Korean professional

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and former player. He played for the South Korean national team at the

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in France.

Club career

Kim played as a forward for

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and Japanese club

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during his professional career. He is the first-ever South Korean player to become the top goalscorer at the

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. He is also the third player to win the K League Top Scorer Award twice.

International career

On 13 September 1994, Kim scored his first international goal against

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in a 2–0 friendly win. On 28 March 1999, Kim scored the only goal in a 1–0 friendly win over

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. As a result of his goal, South Korea became the first and only Asian nation to defeat Brazil. On 29 September 2003, Kim scored his first international hat-trick in a 16–0 thrashing victory against

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during the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. On 24 October 2003, he would then scored his second hat-trick in the reverse fixtures against the same opponent in a 7–0 win.

Coaching career

Kim became the assistant coach of

under manager Kim Hak-bum straight after retiring as a player in 2005. He performed the role of assistant coach at Seongnam until Hak-bum's successor, Shin Tae-yong, left from the club in 2012. He helped Seongnam win the 2006 K League, the

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and the 2011 Korean FA Cup while spending his coaching career at Seongnam. Kim worked as a coach at Gangwon FC with his mentor Hak-bum and assistant coach Kim Hyung-yul in 2013. After leaving from Gangwon with them, Kim was appointed as the assistant coach of South Korea national under-20 team by

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(KFA) in 2014.

Managerial career

Incheon United

On 13 January 2015, Kim was appointed the manager of

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. He made his managerial debut in a 1–1 draw with

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on 12 April. During his first season as a manager, Incheon reached the

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final for the first time in their history. However, he resigned from his post on 31 August 2016 due to his poor results until the middle of his second season.

Ulsan Hyundai

On 21 November 2016,

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appointed Kim as their manager. He guided Ulsan to their first FA Cup title and second Champions League title in their history, winning the 2017 Korean FA Cup and the

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. Despite these outcomes, he resigned from the club just after winning the Champions League to take responsibility for failing to bring a

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title for four years.

Lion City Sailors

On 18 May 2021, Kim was appointed to manage

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club Lion City Sailors on a two-and-a-half-year contract. During his maiden season, he led the Sailors to win the

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title. He also guided the Sailors to win the 2022 Singapore Community Shield in his second season in charge. On 24 July 2022, he headbutted

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assistant coach Mustafic Fahrudin near the end of a game. On 11 August 2022, Kim resigned after he received a three-match suspension for his forceful outburst.

South Korea

On 20 May 2024, Kim was appointed the caretaker manager of South Korea national team by KFA for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in June against

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and

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Yonsei University * Korean President's Cup: 1989 Sangmu FC * Korean Semi-professional League (Spring): 1994 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors *

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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runner-up: 2001–02 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma *

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

Korean League Cup The Korean League Cup was a professional football competition in South Korean football. It was held by the K League Federation from 1986 to 2012. Sponsorship Results Finals Titles by club K League's principle of official statistics is tha ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

A3 Champions Cup A3 Champions Cup (also known as East Asian Champions Cup) was an annual football (soccer) tournament jointly organized by the China PR, Japan and Korea Republic football Association. It began in 2003, involving the league champions of Chinese Supe ...

runner-up:

South Korea B *

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silver medal:

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

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South Korea * EAFF Championship:

Individual * Korean Semi-professional League (Spring) top goalscorer: 1994 * K League All-Star: 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 * K League 1 top goalscorer:

* K League 1 Best XI:

top goalscorer:

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

* K League 1 Most Valuable Player:

Most Valuable Player:

top goalscorer:

Manager

Incheon United *

runner-up:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Ulsan Hyundai *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

Lion City Sailors *

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

* Singapore Community Shield: 2022 Individual *

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Manager of the Month: September 2017, July 2019, July 2020 *

Coach of the Month: September 2021, April 2022

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