Yang Hyun-Jung (; born 25 July 1977) is a former

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

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player and football coach who currently coaches Timor-Leste U-16 team.

Football career

He started pro football career with

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Jeonbuk have won the K League a record nine times, including ...

in 2000. Jeonbuk selected him as first order of 2000 draft and he awarded Rookie of the Year of 2000 season. In 2004, he joined

Gwangju Sangmu Gimcheon Sangmu Football Club () is a South Korean professional football club based in Gimcheon that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Sangmu is the sports division of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. Sangmu' ...

for military duties. He mostly played for Icheon Sangmu that was reserve team of

and played at the

Korea National League The Korea National League () was a South Korean semi-professional football league held annually from 2003 to 2019. It was considered the second-highest division of the South Korean football league system before the K League 2 was launched in 2013 ...

. He was given hardship discharge because of

cruciate ligament Cruciate ligaments (also cruciform ligaments) are pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X. They occur in several joints of the body, such as the knee joint, wrist joint and the atlanto-axial joint. In a fashion similar to the cords in ...

surgery. He played for

Daegu FC Daegu FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Daegu. The club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and made their K League 1 debut in 2003. Daegu has played mostly in the K League 1 but was relegated at the ...

for one year. He also played V-League side Cảng Sài Gòn and

side Suwon City. He quit his career because

injury.

International career

His international career started as part of the

South Korea national under-20 football team The South Korea national under-20 football team (; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in international youth Association football, football competitions and also can be managed as under-18 or under-19 team if necessary. ...

in the

1997 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1997 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 11th staging of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from 16 June to 5 July 1997 i ...

. After his U-20 tenure, Yang was given his national team debut in the 1998

King's Cup King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to: Sports Football * Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football * King's Cup (Bahrain), the premier national knockout football tournament * King's ...

match against

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

. His short national team career ended only one month. Yang's national team appearance is three caps.

Honours

;Individual * K-League Rookie of the Year Award :

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 ...

References

External links

FIFA Player Statistics
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Hyun-Jung 1977 births Living people South Korean men's footballers South Korea men's international footballers South Korean expatriate men's footballers South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam K League 1 players Korea National League players Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players Gimcheon Sangmu FC players Daegu FC players Suwon FC players Dankook University alumni Men's association football midfielders