Kim Joo-sung

Personal information
Full name	Kim Joo-sung
Date of birth	(1964-01-17)17 January 1964 (age 61)
Place of birth	Yangyang,Gangwon, South Korea
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Midfielder
Youth career
1977–1979[1]	Seongsu Middle School
1980–1982[1]	Choongang High School
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1986[1]	Chosun University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1999	Daewoo Royals	203	(34)
1992–1994	→VfL Bochum (loan)	34	(4)
Total		237	(38)
International career
1984	South Korea U20
1984–1987	South Korea B
1985–1996	South Korea	76	(14)
Medal record Men'sfootball Representing South Korea Summer Universiade 1987 Zagreb Team[2] Asian Games 1986 Seoul Team 1990 Beijing Team AFC Asian Cup 1988 Qatar Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kim Joo-sung (born 17 January 1964) is a former South Koreanfootballer who mainly played as amidfielder. An icon of theDaewoo Royals andSouth Korean national team captain with a brief stint in Germany forVfL Bochum, Kim finished second in theIFFHS Asia's Player of the Century polls.^[3]

Kim joined theDaewoo Royals in 1987. In his first professional season, he won theK League and was named theK League Young Player of the Year.^[4]Bundesliga clubVfL Bochum signed him on loan in 1992, yet he struggled to adapt to the new environment and suffered relegation.^[5] Later on, Kim helped Bochum win the1993–94 2. Bundesliga before coming back to South Korea at Daewoo's request.^[6][7] Playing a key part in the Daewoo Royals' title win, he became1997'sK League MVP.^[8] Two years later, Kim announced his retirement, with the Royals alsoretiring his number 16.^[9]

Kim was selected for theSouth Korea national team for the1986 FIFA World Cup, playing in a major competition for the first time. He also played for South Korea in the1986 Asian Games, winning a gold medal.

Afterwards, Kim became the greatest footballer in Asia and South Korea. In the1988 AFC Asian Cup, he performed a key role with great dribbles, leading South Korea to the final. He became theMost Valuable Player of the tournament,^[10] although South Korea lost toSaudi Arabia after thepenalty shoot-out in the final. He was also named the Most Outstanding Player in theAsian qualification of the1990 FIFA World Cup after South Korea won the competition without a defeat.^[11] He was votedAsian Footballer of the Year for three consecutive years from 1989 to 1991.^[12]

Kim's domination over Asia interested European clubs at the time. However, he showed poor performance in the1990 FIFA World Cup, failing to live up to their expectations.^[13] He could go to Europe two years after the end of the World Cup.

On 8 October 1991, he played for officialWorld XI againstGermany in a charity match of FIFA.

He was nicknamed the "Wild Horse" or the "Samson" due to his pace and long curly hair.^[14] He normally played as awinger, but he was capable of playing as anattacking midfielder or asweeper. Kim possessed as well an exceptional level of stamina and good dribbling skills.

In September 2003 he attended a sports management masters course atDe Montfort University, Leicester until February 2004 when his studies took him to Switzerland.

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Kim Joo-sung

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 July 1985	Seoul, South Korea	1	Indonesia	2–0	2–0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	30 July 1985	Jakarta, Indonesia	2	Indonesia	4–0	4–1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	3 December 1985	Los Angeles, United States	5	Mexico	1–0	1–2	Friendly
4	28 September 1986	Seoul, South Korea	15	China	2–1	4–2	1986 Asian Games
5	14 June 1987	Daejeon, South Korea	21	Thailand	2–0	4–2	1987 Korea Cup
6	6 December 1988	Doha, Qatar	26	Japan	2–0	2–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup
7	9 December 1988	Doha, Qatar	27	Qatar	2–0	3–2	1988 AFC Asian Cup
8	20 October 1989	Singapore	35	China	1–0	1–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	28 July 1990	Beijing, China	44	Japan	2–0	2–0	1990 Dynasty Cup
10	23 September 1990	Beijing, China	49	Singapore	2–0	7–0	1990 Asian Games
11					5–0
12	11 October 1990	Pyongyang, North Korea	54	North Korea	1–0	1–2	Friendly
13	9 June 1991	Seoul, South Korea	57	Indonesia	2–0	3–0	1991 Korea Cup
14	11 June 1994	Duncanville, United States	66	Honduras	3–0	3–0	Friendly

Busan Daewoo Royals

• K League 1:1987,1991,1997^[15]
• Korean National Championship: 1989^[15]
• Korean League Cup:1997,1997+,1998+^[16]

VfL Bochum

• 2. Bundesliga:1993–94^[17]

South Korea B

• Summer Universiade silver medal:1987^[18]

South Korea

• Asian Games:1986^[19]
• AFC Asian Cup runner-up:1988^[20]
• Dynasty Cup:1990^[21]

Individual

• FIFAWorld XI: 1991^[22]
• AFC Asian Cup Most Valuable Player:1988^[10]
• AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament:1988^[10]
• FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Most Outstanding Player:1989^[11]
• IFFHS Asian Men's Player of the Year: 1989, 1990, 1991^[12]
• IFFHS Asia's Player of the 20th Century runner-up: 1999^[3]
• IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the 20th Century: 2021^[23]
• MasterCard Asian/Oceanian Team of the 20th Century: 1998^[24]
• Dynasty Cup Most Valuable Player:1990^[25]
• Korean FA Best XI: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988^{[26][27][28][29]}
• Korean FA Most Valuable Player: 1991^[30]
• K League Rookie of the Year:1987^[4]
• K League 1 Best XI:1987,1991,1996,1997,1999^{[31][32][33][8][34]}
• K League All-Star: 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998^{[35][36][37][38]}
• K League 1 Most Valuable Player:1997^[8]
• K League '90s All-Star Team: 2003^[39]
• K League 30th Anniversary Best XI: 2013^[40]
• K League Hall of Fame: 2025^[41]

• Kim Joo-sung – K League stats atkleague.com(in Korean)
• Kim Joo-sung –FIFA competition record (archived)
• Kim Joo-sung at National-Football-Teams.com

• 1966 births
• Living people
• Busan IPark players
• VfL Bochum players
• Bundesliga players
• 2. Bundesliga players
• K League 1 players
• 1996 AFC Asian Cup players
• 1994 FIFA World Cup players
• 1990 FIFA World Cup players
• 1988 AFC Asian Cup players
• Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• 1986 FIFA World Cup players
• Olympic footballers for South Korea
• Men's association football midfielders
• Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
• South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Germany
• South Korean expatriate men's footballers
• South Korea men's international footballers
• South Korean men's footballers
• Alumni of De Montfort University
• Asian Footballer of the Year winners
• South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
• South Korean expatriate sportspeople in England
• Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games
• Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games
• Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
• Asian Games footballers for South Korea
• Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
• Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
• Summer World University Games medalists in football
• FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Korea
• Footballers from Gangwon Province, South Korea
• 20th-century South Korean sportsmen
• Asian Games gold medalists in football
• Asian Games bronze medalists in football

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