Kim Moon-hwan ( ko, 김문환; born 1 August 1995) is a South Korean professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ( ko, 전북 현대 모터스) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Playing at the Jeonju World Cup S ...

and the South Korea national team.

Club career

Kim played college football for

Chung-Ang University Chung-Ang University (CAU; ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea. It is widely regarded as one of the best universities in South Korea. The university operates two campuses: main campus located in Dongjak District, Seoul, and a ...

. Kim signed with

Busan IPark Busan IPark ( ko, 부산 아이파크) is a South Korean professional football club based in Busan that competes in K League 2, the second tier of the South Korean football pyramid. Its current home ground is Busan Gudeok Stadium. The club was o ...

on 3 January 2017. He was a regular starter for Busan in his first professional season, playing in a number of positions, including winger, wing-back and full-back. In 2018, under new coach

Choi Yun-kyum Choi Yun-kyum is a South Korean football manager at K League 2 side joining recently from K3 League, Chungbuk Cheongju FC. He played in the K-League for Yukong Elephants from 1985 to 1992. After he retired, he moved into coaching, firstly as an ...

, Kim played more frequently at left-back and right-back. Despite only making 18 league starts, he was named in the K League 2 Best XI at the end of the season. The following year, Kim played almost exclusively at right-back under new coach

Cho Deok-je Cho Deok-je (, born October 26, 1965) is a former South Korea football player and manager current assistant coach of Malaysia. Playing career After playing for Ajou University in his youth career, Cho signed for Daewoo Royals in 1988. The mid ...

. He was a regular fixture in the team that achieved promotion to the

, and Kim was named in the league's Best XI for the second season in succession. Kim signed with

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on 11 January 2021. On 18 March 2022, Kim transferred to

side

International career

In 2018, Kim featured for the Korea Under-23 team in both the

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and the

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. Korea were victorious in the latter, earning Kim and his teammates exemption from military service. Kim's impressive performances at right-back earned him a full international call-up in September 2018. He made his debut as a substitute in a 2-0 win over

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on 7 September, and his first start came in the

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against

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on 16 January 2019. Kim was named in South Korea's final squad for the

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in Qatar. Kim played every minute of Korea's campaign as they progressed from the group stage and exited at the Round of 16 after a 4-1 defeat to

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Club career statistics

''As of 5 March 2023''

Honours

Club

;

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South Korea U23 *

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Individual * K League 2 Best XI:

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* 1995 births Living people People from Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Association football midfielders South Korean footballers Busan IPark players Los Angeles FC players K League 2 players Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in football Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games South Korea under-20 international footballers South Korea under-23 international footballers South Korea international footballers 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Expatriate soccer players in the United States Major League Soccer players Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province 2022 FIFA World Cup players {{SouthKorea-footy-midfielder-stub