Woo Sang-kwon (
Hangul
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: 우상권,
Hanja
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(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
: 禹相權; 2 February 1926 – 13 December 1975) was a
South Korea
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football
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player and coach. He played for the
South Korean national team in the
1954 FIFA World Cup
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...
and the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
.
Honours
ROK Army OPMG
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Korean National Championship: 1954
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Korean President's Cup
The President's Cup National Football Tournament is a football competition, held by Korea Football Association, for South Korean semi-professional and amateur football clubs. This competition was originally one of major club competitions of Sou ...
runner-up: 1957
South Korea
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AFC Asian Cup
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1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
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1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
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Asian Games
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silver medal:
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
Individual
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KASA Best Korean Footballer: 1959
References
External links
Woo Sang-kwonat
KFA
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1926 births
1975 deaths
South Korean footballers
South Korea international footballers
South Korean football managers
Olympic footballers of South Korea
1954 FIFA World Cup players
1956 AFC Asian Cup players
1960 AFC Asian Cup players
AFC Asian Cup-winning players
Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games
South Korean military personnel
Footballers from Seoul
Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
Association football forwards