Jang Hyun-Kyu ( ko, 장현규; 22 August 1981 – 16 August 2012) was a South Korean

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He was involved in the

2011 South Korean football betting scandal The 2011 South Korean football betting scandal involved South Korea's top professional football leagues, K-League. In mid-2011, South Korean association football, especially K-League, was overshadowed by the discovery of match fixing scandal among t ...

. He died of a suspected

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr ...

at his home in Ulsan on 16 August 2012.

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* 1981 births 2012 deaths Association football defenders South Korean footballers Daejeon Hana Citizen players Pohang Steelers players Gimcheon Sangmu FC players K League 1 players Sportspeople from Ulsan 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-footy-defender-stub