Ji Yun-Nam (; born 20 November 1976) is a former North Korean international

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, who played for

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in the DPR Korea League.

International career

Ji has appeared for the

Korea DPR national football team The North Korea national football team (Munhwaŏ ko, 조선민주주의인민공화국 국가종합팀, recognized as Korea DPR by FIFA) represents North Korea in men's international football and it is controlled by the DPR Korea Football As ...

in eight

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qualifying matches. Primarily a central defensive midfield, Ji plays in the left-back position for the national team. On 15 June 2010, he scored a goal against

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, slotting it past the goalkeeper in the

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group stage encounter between the highest ranked and the lowest ranked qualified teams at the finals. Brazil ended up winning the game 2–1. His would be the only goal scored by North Korea in the tournament. Following the Brazil-Korea DPR game, players exchanged shirts, revealing Ji's lean and muscular physique. This generated the affectionate nickname "The Peoples' Six-pack".

Goals

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* 1976 births Living people North Korean footballers North Korea international footballers Sportspeople from Pyongyang April 25 Sports Club players 2010 FIFA World Cup players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players Association football defenders {{NorthKorea-footy-bio-stub