Kim Kyong-hwa

For other uses, see Gyeonghwa.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Kyong-hwa (Korean: 김경화; Korean pronunciation: [kim.ɡjʌŋ.ɦwa]; born March 28, 1986) is a North Korean football (soccer) player who can play as either midfielder or forward. Her club team is 4.25 Sports Team and she is an established international player.

Kim Kyong-hwa
Born	(1986-03-28) March 28, 1986 Sinpho, North Korea
Nationality	North Korean
Occupation	Football player
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	김경화
Revised Romanization	Gim Gyeong-hwa
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Kyŏnghwa

History

Born into an ordinary office worker’s family in Sinpho, she began to learn football at the age of 10. She made her international debut at Universiad in 2003. She unfolded a thrilling scoring scene in the first match played against the German team by dint of a powerful mid-and-long-range shot and grabbed the attention of spectators in the following games with fast and accurate assists and electrifying midfield shots, thus making a big contribution to her team’s win. Playing at the April 25 Sports Club afterwards, she showed off her remarkable skills in different domestic and international games and earned the title of Merited Athlete. As a member of the national junior women’s football team, she achieved success in the third Asian junior women’s football championships and positively contributed to the team’s triumph at the world junior women’s football championships by displaying her high spirit of collectivism and physical and technical prowess she had honed through training. In the women’s soccer game of the 15th Asian Games, Kim Kyong Hwa was instrumental in the DPRK’s another winning of Asian championship as she cracked a breathtaking midfield shot and gave her teammates solid scoring chances. Afterwards she made nice plays at several international games including the 16th Asian women’s football championships and scored decisive goals in the matches against the US and Nigerian teams at the 5th world women’s football championships to greatly contribute to her team’s advance to the quarter-finals.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 November 2006	Doha, Qatar	Vietnam	3–0	5–0	2006 Asian Games
2.	4 December 2006	Al-Rayyan, Qatar	Chinese Taipei	1–0	4–0
3.				3–0
4.	7 December 2006		South Korea	2–0	4–1
5.	10 June 2007	Coffs Harbour, Australia	Australia	2–0	2–0	2008 Summer Olympics qualification
6.	14 September 2007	Chengdu, China	Nigeria	1–0	2–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
7.	28 May 2008	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Thailand	1–0	5–0	2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
8.				3–0
9.	6 August 2008	Shenyang, China	Nigeria	1–0	1–0	2008 Summer Olympics
10.	27 May 2010	Chengdu, China	China	1–0	1–0 (a.e.t.)	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup

External links

• Profile at FIFA.com