Moon Soon-Ho (born 15 March 1981) is a South Korean former football player who last plays for Woodlands Wellington in the S-League.

Moon Soon-Ho
Moon Soon-Ho in action for Woodlands Wellington in a S.League during the 2012 season.
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-03-15) 15 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Seongnam, South Korea
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Woodlands Wellington FC
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Incheon Korail 28 (8)
2008 Super Reds 9 (6)
2009–2010 Cheonan City 16 (5)
2011–2014 Woodlands Wellington 95 (42)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2020
Moon Soon-ho
Hangul
문순호
Revised RomanizationMun Sunho
McCune–ReischauerMun Sunho

Club career

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Super Reds

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Having finished last in the 2007 S-League season, Super Reds made several changes to their squad and Moon, along with his Incheon Korail team-mate Choi Young-Min, were signed up from the Korea National League side for the 2008 S-League season.

Moon scored a total of seven goals during that season, netting crucial match winning goals against Gombak United[1] and Courts Young Lions.[2]

In 2009, Moon decided to move back to his native South Korea to join Korea National League side Cheonan City.

Cheonan City

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With a knee injury hampering him during his time back in the Korea National League, Moon had little playing time at Cheonan. However, he managed to score 2 goals during his maiden season in 2009 despite spending most of his time on the sidelines. He was deployed mostly as a substitute. He finish his season with 2 goals in 6 appearances for the club. In his second season with Cheonan, Moon did make an impact by coming off the bench to score a stunner for Cheonan against Yongin City on 30 April 2010. His knack for scoring goals when coming on as a substitute earned him the title "super-sub".[3]

At the end of the 2010 Korea National League season, despite scoring 3 goals in 10 appearances, Moon was released by the club as he struggled to recover from his injury.

Woodlands Wellington

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Moon would soon return to the S.League when he was snapped up by Woodlands Wellington during the 2011 mid-season transfer window as a free agent. Joining him at the club was fellow Korean Hyun Jong-Woon, whom switched to the Rams from Tanjong Pagar United.

Moon proved to be a shrewd signing for Woodlands, as he scored 8 goals in the latter half of the season and finished the 2011 season as Woodlands' top scorer.

Moon kick-started the 2012 S-League season in great fashion, earning a penalty against the favoured Courts Young Lions and calmly slotting it home in the 48th minute, putting the Rams into the lead and ultimately winning the game for them.[4]

Moon's telepathic understanding with Lebanese Australian attacking midfielder Hussein Akil has also been praised by football pundits, despite the pair only playing together at the start of the 2012 season.[5]

Moon finished as Woodlands Wellington's top scorer for the Rams' 2012 S.League season with 9 goals in the S-League and 1 goal in the Singapore Cup, which he scored against Kanbawza FC.

In the 2013 S.League season, Moon finished as joint-top scorer in the S.League with 15 league goals and built up a telepathic relationship with fellow Korean striker Jang Jo-Yoon as the Rams stormed to a top-six finish. Moon's fantastic performances also earned him a spot in the inaugural Goal.com Singapore Football Awards' Team of the Year.[6]

Club career statistics

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As of 30 October 2014

Moon Soon-Ho's Profile

Club Performance League Cup League Cup Total
Singapore S.League Singapore Cup League Cup
Club Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals         Apps Goals
Woodlands Wellington 2011 15 (3) 8 0 0 1 (0) 0 2 0 0 16 (3) 8
2012 23 (1) 9 1 0 3 (0) 1 1 0 0 27 (1) 10
2013 25 (1) 15 1 0 4 (1) 1 3 1 0 30 (2) 16
2014 24 (3) 4 1 0 3 (0) 0 2 0 0 27 (3) 4
All numbers encased in brackets signify substitute appearances.

References

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  1. ^ "Gombak United vs Super Reds".
  2. ^ "Young Lions vs Super Reds".
  3. ^ "Cheonan City's super sub, Moon Soon Ho". 3 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Rams shock Young Lions". Archived from the original on 5 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Woodlands kick off their season with morale boosting win". Archived from the original on 23 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Goal Singapore Football Awards: Team of the Year".