Jong Il-gwan (
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The le ...
: 정일관,
Hancha: 鄭日冠, born 30 October 1992) 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 ...
n
football striker who plays as a striker for club
Rimyongsu in the
DPR Korea Premier Football League and the
North Korea national team.
Club career
On 24 November 2010, he was crowned AFC Youth Player of the Year. On 5 June 2012 numerous reports surfaced linking the player with a move to
Newcastle United with later reports strongly linking him with
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...
and
PSV Eindhoven
Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, w ...
. He was transferred to
Swiss Super League club
FC Luzern
Fussball-Club Luzern (), or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne (german: Luzern). It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Super League, the top tier of the Swiss football league s ...
in July 2017, signing a two-year contract.
International career
Il-gwan made his senior international debut for North Korea on 26 March 2011 against
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
in a 2–0 defeat.
International goals
:''Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first.''
Honours
International
;North Korea
*
Hero Intercontinental Cup:
2019
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Individual
*Hero Intercontinental Cup Best player:
2019
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References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
North Korean footballers
North Korea international footballers
Association football forwards
Asian Young Footballer of the Year winners
2015 AFC Asian Cup players
2019 AFC Asian Cup players
Asian Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Swiss Challenge League players
FC Luzern players
FC Wil players
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland