Yoo Young-sil (, ; born May 1, 1975) is a retired

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player and coach who is currently the manager of Seoul City Amazones WFC.

Early life

In elementary school, Yoo played competitive badminton, but later decided to focus on her studies. She started playing football when she was in high school first grade, after she heard about the foundation of the Gwangyang Girls' High School football team and went to try-outs. She went on to play for

Kyunghee University Kyung Hee University (KHU; ) is a private research university in South Korea with campuses in Seoul and Suwon. It was founded in 1949. Kyung Hee University is part of the Kyung Hee University System, which offers comprehensive education from kind ...

Club career

Ahead of the 2007 football season, Yoo transferred from Chungnam Ilhwa to

Daekyo Kangaroos Icheon Daekyo Women's Football Club () was a South Korean Women's association football, women's football team based in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do. It was founded in 2002 and competed in the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea, ...

as part of a direct trade between the two clubs. On 6 October 2008, Yoo announced her retirement from football.

International career

Yoo began her international career as an 18-year-old defender, despite having played football for only a year at the time. Yoo made her first appearance during

1993 AFC Women's Championship The 1993 AFC Women's Championship was an international women's football tournament held in Kuching, Malaysia from 3 to 12 December 1993. It was the 9th staging of the AFC Women's Championship. The tournament was won for the fourth consecutive tim ...

finals against

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and scored her debut goal in same game. Yoo was a part of

's squad at the

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's association football, women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September ...

Managerial career

After retiring from football, Yoo began her coaching career at Dongsan Information Technical High School girls' football team, then spent a year as a coach at

WK League The WK League (Hangul: WK리그) is a semi-professional women's football league, run by the Korea Football Association (KFA) and the Korea Women's Football Federation (KWFF), which represents the sport's highest level in South Korea. Icheon D ...

side

Seoul WFC Seoul City Women's Football Club (), also known as Seoul Amazones or Seoul City Hall, is a South Korean women's football club based in Seoul. The club competes in the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea, and plays its ...

. She managed the women's football team at Daeduk College before returning to Seoul as manager in 2019.

Honors

Korea Republic

* Women's East Asian Cup Winner : 2005

Individual

* Women's East Asian Cup Best defender : 2005

References

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1973 births Living people South Korean women's footballers 21st-century South Korean sportswomen South Korea women's international footballers WK League players Women's association football defenders Footballers from South Jeolla Province Kyung Hee University alumni Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for South Korea {{SouthKorea-women-footy-bio-stub