Choe Un-ju (; born 23 January 1991,) is a female North Korean

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

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. As a junior, she was a member of the

North Korea women's national under-20 football team The North Korea women's national under-20 football team represents the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in international association football competitions in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, as well as any ...

. She won with the team the silver medal at the

2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 4th edition of the tournament. It was held in Chile between 19 November and 7 December 2008. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, i ...

and scored one goal during the tournament. She was part of the

North Korea women's national football team The Democratic People's Republic of Korea women's national football team ( Munhwaŏ Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 녀자 국가종합팀, recognized as Korea DPR by FIFA) represents North Korea in international women's football. Nort ...

at the

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. On club level she played for Pyongyang City.

International goals

Under-19

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1991 births Living people North Korean women's footballers Place of birth missing (living people) Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of North Korea Women's association football midfielders North Korea women's international footballers {{NorthKorea-women-footy-bio-stub

International goals

Under-19

See also

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