Kim Kyong-yong
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 January 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Pyongyang, North Korea | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Naegohyang FC | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2017 | Naegohyang FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Naegohyang FC | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | North Korea U-17 | 9 | (11) |
| 2018–2022 | North Korea U-20 | 14 | (10) |
| 2023– | North Korea | 23 | (30) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 March 2026 | |||
Kim Kyong-yong (born 2 January 2002, Korean: 김경용) is a North Korean footballer who plays as a forward for the North Korea women's national football team.[2] She was part of Korea DPR's World Cup squad for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[3]
She started playing football at the age of 9 joined the Naegohyang Sport Club in 2014. In the 2021–22 season, she contributed to Naekohyang's first ever DPR Korea Women's Premier League title, being the top scorer with 22 goals scored.[4]
International career
Kim was a member of the under-16 and under-19 teams that finished as runners-up in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship respectively.
She already made history in the U-16 Championship back in 2017 when she scored in every match but one, racking up the highest individual scoring tally at the tournament since Australia's Caitlin Foord.[5]
She made her national senior debut for Korea DPR on 24 September against Singapore as a part of the 2022 Asian Games.[6] Kyong-yong was the key player for Korea DPR in their road to the 2022 Asian Games Gold match final, as she scored 11 goals in four games, netting a five goal thriller against Singapore on their second-leg and a super hat-trick against Uzbekistan in the semi-finals.[7]
In February 2026, Kim was named in the North Korea squad for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[8]
