Hong Yong-Jo (; born 22 May 1982) is a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

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forward who plays for April 25 SC in the

DPR Korea League The DPR Korea Football League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국 축구 리그) is North Korea's association football league. It has a first division DPR Korea Premier Football League, a second division DPR Korea Football League ...

. He previously played for

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...

in Russia and

FK Bežanija FK Bežanija () is a football club based in Bežanija, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Inter-Municipal League, the sixth tier of the national league system. History Founded in 1921, the club changed its name several times in its ...

in the

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

. He captained the North Korean team that qualified for the

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in South Africa.

Club career

After playing many years with April 25 SC, he moved to Serbia in early 2008 to play with

in the

. In late 2008, he signed with Russian

where he will play three seasons, the two last in the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

Club statistics

International career

North Korea-Pyongyang-Kim Il-Sung Stadium-Football game with Turkmenistan-02

Hong Yong-Jo plays for the North Korean national team since 2002. He became one of the most important players, and was the team captain at the

International goals

References

External links

FC Rostov Profile

Statistics at Statbox.ru

* * * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Pyongyang North Korean footballers North Korean expatriate footballers North Korean expatriate sportspeople in Russia North Korean expatriate sportspeople in Serbia North Korea international footballers 2010 FIFA World Cup players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players April 25 Sports Club players FK Bežanija players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate footballers in Serbia FC Rostov players Russian Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Russia Association football forwards Association football midfielders Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for North Korea {{NorthKorea-footy-bio-stub