Myung Rye-hyun (; born 14 April 1926) was a North Korean

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player and manager. Myung was the manager of the

North Korea national football team The North Korea national football team (North Korean standard language, Munhwaeo ; McCune–Reischauer#North Korean variant, North Korean romanisation: Josŏn minjujuŭi inmin konghwaguk kukka chonghap thim; recognized as Korea DPR by FIFA) re ...

in the

1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the 1966 FI ...

, when they became the first Asian team to reach the second round of the World Cup.

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