Kim Young-Hoo (, born March 11, 1983) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a striker. Kim began his career at

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side Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. He won the

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top scorer in his first season. After two seasons in Ulsan he won the second National League top scorer with 31 goals. On November 18, 2008, Kim was as one of sixteen priority member, join Gangwon FC. So from 2009, He moved to newly formed

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as founding member with former Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard manager

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. In January 2019, Kim retired from playing football.

Club career

Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dolphin

Originally, Kim applied for 2006

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draft, but he wasn't nominated by any team. So, Kim started his career at

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, a National league side as a rookie. In 2006 season, which was his first season as a professional, he won the Rookie of the Year and the top scorer with 19 goals. He missed half of 2007 season through injury. Nonetheless injury, he scored 10 goals in 14 games. In 2007 Korea National League Championship playoff second leg, Ulsan Mipo secured league winner by his two goals. Kim won the MVP of championship playoff. 2008 season was best season in his National League career. Kim won his second top scorer title by 31 goals. It was 1.97 goal ratio per games. He made the biggest impact in 2008 season, so Ulsan's manager

took him and some of his teammates to

, a newly formed football club.

Gangwon FC

Kim became K-Leaguer as he joined

. In his first

game against

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he assisted Gangwon's winning goal scored by

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. A 3–3 draw with Chunnam Dragons, saw his first goal and second goal in K-League on April 12, 2009. From June he scored 9 goals in 9 consecutive games. He was also selected

all-star due to his good performance. He is nominated 2009 K-League Rookie of the Year. He had three assists in the match against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on September 10, 2010.

Police

After 2011 season, Kim went to

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for military duty. He returned to Gangwon at the end of the 2013 season.

Club career statistics

Note 1: 2013 season's appearance in Gangwon is including 1 game of Relegation Play-off.
Note 2: League Cup included

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Honours

Club

Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard *

(2): 2007, 2008 *

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(1): 2008 * K2 League Cup Runner-up (1): 2006

Individual

Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard *

Rookie of the Year: 2006 *

Top scorer (2): 2006 (19 goals), 2008 (31 goals) *

Championship playoff MVP: 2007 * Windsor Awards Best Eleven: 2008 Gangwon FC *

All-Star: 2009 * K-League Rookie of the Year: 2009

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Young-Hoo 1983 births Ansan Mugunghwa FC players Association football forwards China League One players Expatriate footballers in China Gangwon FC players K League 1 players K League 2 players Korea National League players Living people Shenzhen F.C. players South Korean expatriate sportspeople in China South Korean footballers Footballers from Seoul Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard FC players