Chu Yung-kwang (
Hangul
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: 주영광; 1 December 1920 – 28 September 1982) was a South Korean
football midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
who played for the
South Korea
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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. Switzer ...
.
1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland
/ref> During this tournament he was captain of South Korea national football team
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.
He also played for Seoul Football Club.
Honours
South Korea
* Asian Games Silver medal: 1954
References
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1920 births
1982 deaths
Footballers from Pyongyang
South Korean men's footballers
South Korea men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
1954 FIFA World Cup players
Asian Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games
Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
South Korean people of North Korean origin
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