Kim Tae-young (born 8 November 1970) is a South Korean

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manager and former player who played as a defender.

International career

Kim played for the South Korea national team as a

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, and was a participant in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

and

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. In the 2002 World Cup, he formed South Korea's defensive trio with

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and Choi Jin-cheul, and contributed to South Korea's fourth-place finish. He was noted for his nose guard mask, which he wore after his nose was broken by

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's arm in the round of 16 against

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Managerial career

He was the assistant coach to Hong Myung-bo for the South Korea national team during the

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Career statistics

Club

International

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

Filmography

Television

Honours

Player

Kookmin Bank * Korean Semi-professional Championship: 1993 Jeonnam Dragons *

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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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runner-up:

, 2000+ *

Asian Cup Winners' Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an Asian football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-Asian club competition organised by Asian Football Confedera ...

runner-up: 1998–99 South Korea B *

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silver medal:

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

South Korea *

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third place:

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

* EAFF Championship:

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

Individual * K League All-Star: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 * K League 1 Best XI:

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

* K League 30th Anniversary Best XI: 2013 * AFC Opta All-time XI at the FIFA World Cup: 2020

Television personality

References

External links

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Kim Tae-young – National Team Stats
at KFA * *
International Appearances & Goals
1970 births Living people Men's association football defenders South Korean men's footballers South Korea men's international footballers Goyang KB Kookmin Bank FC players Jeonnam Dragons players K League 1 players 1998 FIFA World Cup players 2000 AFC Asian Cup players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2004 AFC Asian Cup players FIFA Men's Century Club Footballers from South Jeolla Province Summer World University Games medalists in football FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Korea Long stubs with short prose {{SouthKorea-footy-defender-stub