| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Byun Byung-joo | ||
| Date of birth | (1961-04-26)26 April 1961 (age 64) | ||
| Place of birth | Paju,Gyeonggi, South Korea | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Right winger | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1983 | Yonsei University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1989 | Daewoo Royals | 97 | (22) |
| 1990–1991 | Hyundai Horang-i | 32 | (6) |
| Total | 129 | (28) | |
| International career | |||
| 1981–1990 | South Korea | 76 | (11) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–1996 | Incheon Steel | ||
| 1998–1999 | Yong In University | ||
| 2007–2009 | Daegu FC | ||
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Byun Byung-joo | |
| Hangul | 변병주 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 邊炳柱 |
| RR | Byeon Byeongju |
| MR | Pyŏn Pyŏngju |
Byun Byung-joo (Korean: 변병주;Korean pronunciation:[pjʌn.bjʌŋ.dʑu] or[pjʌn][pjʌŋ.dʑu]; born 26 April 1961) is a former South Koreanfootball player.
Byun played for theSouth Korea national football team in1986 and1990 FIFA World Cup, but South Korea failed to win a victory in the two World Cups. He said he was being inconvenienced by hittingBulgaria's goalpost with his shot, which could have earned South Korea's first-ever World Cup victory if successful.[1]
Byun scored South Korea's second goal, helping his team defeatSaudi Arabia 2–0 in the1986 Asian Games final.
Byun scored with aPanenka againstAntonín Panenka's country Czechoslovakia in a penalty shoot-out of the1988 Korea Cup semi-finals.[2]
Nicknamed the "Bullet" in South Korea, Byun showed fast dribbles and accurate crosses.[3] He was an important winger for South Korea at the time, although he was criticized for his monotonous pattern.[4]
| Club | Season | League | League cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Daewoo Royals | 1983 | K League | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1984 | K League | 19 | 4 | — | — | 19 | 4 | |||
| 1985 | K League | 4 | 1 | — | ?[a] | ? | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1986 | K League | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ?[a] | ? | 12 | 2 | |
| 1987 | K League | 30 | 5 | — | — | 30 | 5 | |||
| 1988 | K League | 11 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 2 | |||
| 1989 | K League | 19 | 7 | — | — | 19 | 7 | |||
| Total | 97 | 22 | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | 99 | 22 | ||
| Hyundai Horang-i | 1990 | K League | 10 | 3 | — | — | 10 | 3 | ||
| 1991 | K League | 22 | 3 | — | — | 22 | 3 | |||
| Total | 32 | 6 | — | — | 32 | 6 | ||||
| Career total | 129 | 28 | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | 131 | 28 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 1981 | 8 | 2 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1983 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1984 | 13 | 1 | |
| 1985 | 12 | 2 | |
| 1986 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 10 | 3 | |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 8 | 1 | |
| Career total | 76 | 11 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 September 1981 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 6 |  Singapore | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1981 Pestabola Merdeka |
| 2 | 13 September 1981 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 7 |  Iraq | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1981 Pestabola Merdeka |
| 3 | 9 August 1983 | San José, Costa Rica | 22 |  Costa Rica | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 4 | 4 October 1984 | Seoul, South Korea | 27 |  Cameroon | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 21 July 1985 | Seoul, South Korea | 41 |  Indonesia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 30 July 1985 | Jakarta, Indonesia | 42 | Indonesia | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 5 October 1986 | Seoul, South Korea | 54 |  Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1986 Asian Games |
| 8 | 19 June 1988 | Suwon, South Korea | 57 |  Zambia | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1988 Korea Cup |
| 9 | 11 December 1988 | Doha, Qatar | 63 |  Iran | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1988 AFC Asian Cup |
| 10 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 11 | 5 September 1990 | Seoul, South Korea | 74 |  Australia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
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