Kim Yu-song (; born 24 January 1995) is a North Korean professional

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who plays as a

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for April 25 in the DPR Korea League.

Club career

During the

2017 AFC Cup The 2017 AFC Cup was the 14th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Defending champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Istiklol in the final to win their second AFC Cu ...

, Kim made headlines for scoring five goals in a 6–0 victory over Mongolian side

Erchim FC Khaan Khuns - Erchim FC ( mn, "Хаан Хүнс-Эрчим" Хөлбөмбөгийн Клуб) is a professional football club from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia who have been playing in the Mongolian Premier League, which they have won ten times,

International career

Kim made his senior international debut in a 5–2 away loss to

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

, replacing Kim Kuk-Bom after 73 minutes. He scored his first goal for his nation on 6 June 2017; the equaliser in a 2–2 draw with

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, before scoring another equaliser a week later, this time against

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first.''

U23 goals

:''Scores and results list North Korea's U-23 goal tally first.''

References

External links

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