Jong Il-gwan (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The le ...

: 정일관, Hancha: 鄭日冠, born 30 October 1992) is a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

n football striker who plays as a striker for club Rimyongsu in the DPR Korea Premier Football League and the North Korea national team.

Club career

On 24 November 2010, he was crowned AFC Youth Player of the Year. On 5 June 2012 numerous reports surfaced linking the player with a move to Newcastle United with later reports strongly linking him with

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

and

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, w ...

. He was transferred to Swiss Super League club

FC Luzern Fussball-Club Luzern (), or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne (german: Luzern). It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Super League, the top tier of the Swiss football league s ...

in July 2017, signing a two-year contract.

International career

Il-gwan made his senior international debut for North Korea on 26 March 2011 against

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

in a 2–0 defeat.

International goals

:''Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first.''

Honours

International

;North Korea * Hero Intercontinental Cup:

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

Individual

*Hero Intercontinental Cup Best player:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jong, Il-gwan 1992 births Living people North Korean footballers North Korea international footballers Association football forwards Asian Young Footballer of the Year winners 2015 AFC Asian Cup players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Swiss Challenge League players FC Luzern players FC Wil players Expatriate footballers in Switzerland