Kim Young-gyu
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kim Young-Gyu | ||
Date of birth | 5 January 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Yeongju, South Korea | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Melilla (on loan from Almería) | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2011 | Real Madrid | ||
2010–2011 | → Palencia (loan) | ||
2011–2013 | Almería | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Almería B | 56 | (0) |
2013– | Almería | 2 | (0) |
2015 | → Avilés (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2016– | → Melilla (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | South Korea U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2014 |
Kim Young-gyu (born 5 January 1995), commonly known as Kiu, is a South Korean footballer who plays for Spanish club UD Melilla on loan from UD Almería as a winger.
Football career
Kiu was born in Yeongju, and began his footballing career at local club Young In FBC. In 2010, aged 15, he signed for Real Madrid, but never appeared neither for its first team, nor for its youth setup. In January of the following year, he signed for second division's UD Almería,[1] after impressing with CF Palencia.[2]
Kiu was promoted to the reserves in the 2013 summer, and made his debut for the Andalusians' first team on 19 August, coming on as a late substitute for Fernando Soriano in a 2–3 La Liga home loss against Villarreal CF.[3] On 30 January 2015, after appearing rarely, he was loaned to Real Avilés also in Segunda División B, until June.[4]
On 26 July 2016, Kiu was loaned to fellow third tier club UD Melilla, for one year.[5]
References
- ^ "El Almería ficha a dos internacionales coreanos para su cantera" (in Spanish). Teleprensa. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
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- ^ "Kim Young-Gyu llega cedido por el Almería "B"" (in Spanish). Real Avilés. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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External links
- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Yeongju
- South Korean footballers
- Association football wingers
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- UD Almería players
- UD Almería B players
- Real Avilés footballers
- UD Melilla footballers
- South Korea under-20 international footballers
- South Korean expatriate footballers
- South Korean expatriates in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain