Byun Byung-joo (; or ; born 26 April 1961) is a former South Korean

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player. He played for the

South Korea national football team The South Korea national football team (; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in men's international football and is governed by the Korea Football Association. South Korea has emerged as a major football power in Asia ...

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and

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being ...

. After his retirement, he managed a

K League K League (Hangul: K리그) is South Korea's professional football league. It includes first division K League 1 and second division K League 2. History Until the 1970s, South Korean football operated two major football leagues, the National ...

club

Daegu FC Daegu FC ( Korean: 대구 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Daegu. The club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and made their K League 1 debut in 2003. Daegu has played mostly in the K League 1 but was rel ...

from 2007 to 2009.

Style of play

Nicknamed the "Bullet" in South Korea, Byun showed fast dribbles and accurate crosses. He was an important winger for South Korea at the time, although he was criticized for his monotonous pattern.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''

Honours

Yonsei University *

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 ...

: 1980 Daewoo Royals *

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

, 1987 * Korean National Championship: 1989 *

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runner-up:

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competitio ...

: 1985–86 *

Afro-Asian Club Championship The Afro-Asian Club Championship, sometimes referred to as the Afro-Asian Cup, was a football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between the winners of the Africa ...

South Korea *

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runner-up: 1988 *

Dynasty Cup Dynasty Cup was an East Asian international association football tournament. The tournament was held every 2 or 3 years. It was hosted by Beijing in 1990 and 1992, Hong Kong in 1995, Yokohama and Tokyo in 1998. In 2002 the East Asian Football F ...

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: 1987 Individual * Korean FA Best XI: 1981 *

Team of the Tournament: 1988

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* * * 1961 births Living people Association football forwards South Korean footballers South Korea international footballers South Korean football managers Busan IPark players Ulsan Hyundai FC players K League 1 players 1984 AFC Asian Cup players 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1988 AFC Asian Cup players 1990 FIFA World Cup players Sportspeople from Daegu Daegu FC managers Yonsei University alumni Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games {{SouthKorea-footy-forward-stub