Yeom Ki-Hun (Korean: 염기훈; Hanja: 廉基勳; born 30 March 1983) is a South Korean football player who plays for Suwon Samsung Bluewings. Yeom made his way onto the national team following his continental performances. This tricky left winger has a penchant for scoring crucial goals, including one in the first leg of the AFC Champions League final.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yeom Ki-hun | ||
Date of birth | (1983-03-30) 30 March 1983 (age 39) | ||
Place of birth | Haenam, Jeonnam, South Korea | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2005 | Honam University | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 33 | (7) |
2007–2009 | Ulsan Hyundai | 35 | (7) |
2010– | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 323 | (48) |
2012–2013 | → Police FC (Military service) | 21 | (7) |
National team‡ | |||
2006 | South Korea U23 | 6 | (1) |
2006–2018 | South Korea | 57 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2018 |
Yeom Ki-hun | |
Hangul | 염기훈 |
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Hanja | 廉基勳 |
Revised Romanization | Yeom Gi-hun |
McCune–Reischauer | Yŏm Kihun |
On 16 December 2008, Yeom joined Premier League club West Bromwich Albion on a trial basis without receiving Ulsan's approval.[1] He incurred blame for this incident.
He started playing soccer at Nonsan Middle School and graduated from Ganghyeong Commercial Information High School and Honam University.[2] He was a modern pentathlete until elementary school and entered junior high school as a special student of the modern pentathlon but switched to soccer afterward.[3]
He joined Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in 2006 and made his professional debut. In July 2006, he was injured in a car accident with his teammate Kim Hyung-bum.[4] After recovering, he made a big contribution to winning the AFC Champions League in 2006 and was awarded the K-League rookie award.[5][6] In July 2007, he was transferred to Ulsan Hyundai in the face of Chung Kyung Ho and Yuh Yoon Hwan, and contributed to the 2007 League Cup.[7] However, after transferring to Ulsan Hyundai, he suffered frequent injuries every year and failed to compete in many matches. In 2008, he made a dispute by moving to West Bromwich Albion FC of the English Premier League without the club's consent.[8][9]
After a trade with Lee Jae-sung in 2010, he moved to Suwon Samsung Bluewings,[10] but he was unable to play after the K-League opened in 2010 due to an injury.[11] At the end of April 2010, he made his debut at the AFC Champions League Group Six qualifying match against Singapore Army Force FC.[12] He helped the K-League in 2010 with 8 assists,[13] and helped to win the FA Cup in 2010.[14] In the 2011 season, Choi sung-kook who was the team's captain, was forced out of the team after being involved in a game of combat operation.[15] Yeom ki-hoon was selected as a captain.[16] After the season, he joined the Ansan Police Department for military service.[17] In the 2013 season K-League Challenge, he played 21 games with 7 goals and 11 assists,[18] led the team to second place, and received the 'assist king' of K-League Challenge.[19]
He returned to Suwon after his military service and reapplied number 26,[20] which he had vacated for two years. He led a 2–0 victory with a return to the Super Match at Suwon World Cup Stadium.[21][22] In just three years ahead of the 2014 season, he was re-elected by team captains[23] and made a big runner-up in the K-League Classic.[24] He has signed a one-year contract with Suwon since the 2014 season.[25]
On 23 September 2015, he helped the K-league team with 233 games and 68 assists in the away game against Jeonnam Dragons.[26] Yeom Ki-hoon renewed previous record.[27] He also signed the contract with Suwon until 2018, which is the best season of 2015.[28]
After that, he recorded the 100th attack point in the league against Jeonbuk.[29] And he 'Assist King' in the K-League Challenge and the K-League Classic.[19] Both the Classic and the Challenge, both of which have never been before, have become the first players to win the 'Assist King'.[30]
In the 2016 and 2017 seasons, he also captain of Suwon Samsung Bluewings.[31][32] As a result, he became a captain for four consecutive years in Suwon Samsung Bluewings history.[33] He played in the FA Cup final in 2016, defeating FC Seoul and leading the Suwon Samsung Bluewings to the FA Cup.[34] He was selected as an MVP contestant.[35] He was also honored as the FA Cup MVP for the first two consecutive years.[36]
On 20 September 2017, Yeom Ki-hoon hit a two-digit assists record for the fifth time in his personal career against Jeju utd.[37] On 23 September, he scored 1 goal in the match against Incheon utd and joined the 60-60 club in the K-League with 60 goals and 98 assists.[38] He became a legend of the K-League. It can be seen that this is a record.[39] During the 2018 season, he handed Kim Eun-seon the captain's armband.[40] On 1 March 2018, he assisted Lee Ki-je's goal in his opening match against Jeonnam Dragons, and he made his first 100 assists in the K-League.[41]
He made his debut in a friendly match with Ghana on 8 October 2006,[42] and then participated in 2006 Asian Games[43] and 2007 AFC Asian Cup.[44] In the 2008 East Asian Cup, he became a co-top-scorer with Park Chu-young, Chong Dae-se and Yama Se goji.[45] He played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[46] And Germany's magazine, 'Kicker' gave '2nd good player' to Yeom Ki-hoon in the national team of Korea.[47] He was selected the national team of Korea as the AFC Asian Cup 2011.[48]
On 1 June 2015, he was included on the national team list for the first time after his departure as coach of Uli Stielike,[49] in the friendly match against the United Arab Emirates and in the second qualifying round of the Russia World Cup with Myanmar.[50] He made his comeback in the UAE on 11 June, and scored a free kick goal in the match.[51]
In 2017 he was selected as national representative for the EAFF E-1 Football Championship.[52] He also helped the team to a 4–1 victory by scoring a free kick goal against Japan.[53]
Since then, he has been consistently selected as national representative[54] and was expected to be a member of the Russian World Cup 2018.[55] However, on 9 May 2018, he suffered a fracture of a rib in his team's clash with his opponent.[56] As a result, he didn't make the final roster for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[57]
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
South Korea | League | KFA Cup | League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
2006 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | K League 1 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 54 | 14 |
2007 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | ||
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | |||
2008 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 23 | 6 | |||
2009 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
2010 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 19 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 8 | |
2011 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 13 | ||
2012 | Police FC (Military service) | — | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
2013 | K League 2 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 7 | |||
2013 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | K League 1 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||
2014 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 4 | ||||
2015 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 2 | 43 | 10 | |||
2016 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | 45 | 5 | |||
2017 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | 2 | 48 | 10 | |||
2018 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | 48 | 6 | |||
2019 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 5 | — | — | 33 | 11 | ||||
2020 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |||
2021 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | ||||
2022 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 442 | 78 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 57 | 15 | 569 | 113 |
Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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29 June 2007 | Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo, South Korea | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
20 February 2008 | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2008 East Asian Football Championship |
23 February 2008 | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2008 East Asian Football Championship |
11 June 2015 | KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
16 December 2017 | Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo, Japan | ![]() | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
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Preceded by Choi Sung-Kuk |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings captain 2011 |
Succeeded by Kwak Hee-Ju |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings – current squad | |
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