Kim Sun-hye

Kim Sun-hye
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-01-01) 1 January 1977 (age 48)
Position(s) Defender
Attacker[1]
National team
North Korea >60[1]

Kim Sun-hye (김순희, born 1 January 1977) is a North Korean women's former international footballer who played as a defender and later also as an attacker. She is a former member of the North Korea women's national football team. She later became an international referee.[2]

When Kim was eleven years old she attended the Taedonggang District Youth Physical Education School in Pyongyang. A few years later she learned about football. She became a member of the national team in 1991 and represented the country in over 60 matches. She won the silver medal at the 1998 Asian Games, the silver medal at borh the 1991 AFC Women's Championship and 1993 AFC Women's Championship and competed at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup and at two Asian Championships.[1]

Kim has been described by the national coach as "one of the top-5 players in the world". Due to this, she received in March 1999 the North Korean honorable title of Merited Athlete. She was further allowed to study at the Chosun University of Sports.[1]

She became an international referee.[1][3][4]

At the 23rd Asian Football Federation General Assembly, she was elected as a female member of the Asian Football Federation Executive Committee.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "'장벽'물리치고 국제심판원 활약". unityinfo.co.kr. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2022.[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 - North Korea". FIFA Women's World Cup United States 1999. FIFA. 1999. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  3. ↑ "세계녀자축구명수 - 김순희 (1)". dprktoday.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "세계녀자축구명수 - 김순희 (4)". dprktoday.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.