Jong Il-gwan
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Il-gwan
lining up with North Korea in 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 30 October 1992 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sariwon, North Korea | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Rimyongsu | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2011–2017 | Rimyongsu | |||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Luzern | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2018 | → FC Wil (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018– | Rimyongsu[1] | |||||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
North Korea U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2009– | North Korea | 76 | (26) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019 |
Jong Il-gwan | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 정일관 |
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Revised Romanization | Jeong Ilgwan |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Il'gwan |
Jong Il-gwan (Hangul: 정일관, Hancha: 鄭日冠, born 30 October 1992) is a North Korean football striker who plays as a striker for club Rimyongsu[2] in the DPR Korea Premier Football League and the North Korea national team.[3]
Club career[edit]
On 24 November 2010, he was crowned AFC Youth Player of the Year.[4] On 5 June 2012 numerous reports surfaced linking the player with a move to Newcastle United[5] with later reports strongly linking him with FK Partizan[6] and PSV Eindhoven.[7] He was transferred to Swiss Super League club FC Luzern in July 2017, signing a two-year contract.[8]
International career[edit]
Il-gwan made his senior international debut for North Korea on 26 March 2011 against Iraq in a 2–0 defeat.
International goals[edit]
- Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first.[9]
Honours[edit]
International[edit]
- North Korea
Individual[edit]
- Hero Intercontinental Cup Best player: 2019
References[edit]
- ^ Ri, Sung Ik. "Footballers and coaches of year nominated". Pyongyang Times.
- ^ Ri, Sung Ik. "Footballers and coaches of year nominated". The Pyongyang Times.
- ^ Jong Il-gwan at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Archived copy". www.the-afc.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Newcastle eyeing North Korea sensation Jong Il-Gwan - Tribal Football".
- ^ Reprezentativac Severne Koreje ponudjen Partizanu Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine at sportal.rs, 6-6-2012 (in Serbian)
- ^ Wyrsch, Daniel (1 June 2017). "Stürmer aus Nordkorea als FCL-Hoffnungsträger" (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Papierstau behoben: Nordkoreaner Il Gwan Jong stürmt für den FCL" (in German). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Jong, Il-Gwan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "DPR KOREA LIFT HERO INTERCONTINENTAL CUP 2019 TITLE". AIFF. 19 July 2019. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jong Il-Gwan.
- Jong Il-gwan – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Jong Il-gwan at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- North Korean footballers
- North Korea international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Asian Young Footballer of the Year winners
- 2015 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Swiss Challenge League players
- FC Luzern players
- FC Wil 1900 players
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland