Kim Kwang-min (; born 16 August 1962) is a North Korean

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coach and former player who played as a defender. He participated with his selection in the final phase of the 1992 Asian Nations Cup, scoring two goals. He is a former coach of the North Korean women's football team.

Biography

Kim Kwang-min was born in Pyongyang on 16 August 1962. Very little is known about Kim's is youth club career at the North Korean championship. He applied to the North Korean national team in 1985, where he participated in the qualifying campaigns for three

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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

and

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

. He was called for the first time on 19 January 1985 to face

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In 1987, he won the title of athletic athlete in recognition of his achievement in winning the DPR Korea team at the 1987 Kings Cup in

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. In 1990, he was part of the North Korean group that participated in the inaugural edition of the

Dynasty Cup Dynasty Cup was an East Asian international association football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It was hosted by China in 1990 and 1992, Hong Kong in 1995, and Japan in 1998. The inaugural edition in 1990 was won by S ...

, which became from 2003 the East Asian Football Cup. Kim really shows up in the Asian finals as he scores the only two goals in his selection in three games. In 1992, he first opened the scoring against the host country,

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who manages to equalize ten minutes from the end of the match at the

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. It also marks the first goal of the game against the

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, who finally win two goals to one. Kim scores another goal in the final round of the World Cup qualifiers, against

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, who beat 3–2, for what remains the Chollimas' only victory in this final qualifying stage, which they complete. in the last place. He also scored a goal in a friendly match won against

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2–1 at the 1993 Nehru Cup. Since 2007, he is the head coach of the North Korean women's team, which he leads in the final stages of the 2007 World Cup in

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and

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. The North Koreans reach the quarter-finals at the 2007 edition, the best result achieved by the selection in the World Cup. They also won the

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and is on the North Korean bench at the

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football tournament

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International goals

References

1962 births Living people North Korean men's footballers North Korea men's international footballers 1992 AFC Asian Cup players North Korean football managers Men's association football defenders North Korea women's national football team managers 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup managers 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup managers Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games {{NorthKorea-footy-bio-stub