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Kim Young Kwon is a South Korean professional footballer who plays for Ulsan Hyundai and the South Korea national football team. In January 2010, Kim joined J1 League side FC Tokyo after an impression trial within the team. On 20 March 2010, he made his senior debut. Kim transferred to Omiya Ardija on 31 December 2010. On 2 July 2012, Kim transferred to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande on a four-year deal. He played both legs of 2012 AFC Champions League Quarter-finals against Al-Ittihad. He won 2012 Chinese Super League and 2012 Chinese FA Cup with Guangzhou in the 2012 season. He was the regular center defender of South Korea U-20 in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He won the bronze medal with South Korea U-23 in the 2010 Asian Games. During the 2012 London Olympics, Kim played as a valuable member and a major defender of the South Korean national football team. South Korea eventually won the bronze in the tournament, which was the first Olympic medal ever in Korean football history. Kim received his first call-up by South Korea national football team in July 2010. Kim was a member of South Korea's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. At the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Kim put the nation into the Asian Cup final for the first time since 1988. In June 2018 he was named in South Korea's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

CLUB Jeonju University Korean FA Futsal League: 2009 Guangzhou Evergrande AFC Champions League: 2013, 2015 Chinese Super League: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Chinese FA Cup: 2012, 2016 Chinese FA Super Cup: 2016 Gamba Osaka Emperor's Cup runner-up: 2020 Ulsan Hyundai K League 1: 2022 INTERNATIONAL South Korea AFC Asian Cup runners-up: 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup: 2015, 2019 South Korea U-23 Summer Olympic Games Bronze Medal: 2012 Asian Games Bronze Medal: 2010 INDIVIDUAL Korea Football Association Footballer of the Year: 2015 Chinese Super League Team of the Year: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 EAFF East Asian Cup Best Defender: 2015 J1 League Fans' Best XI: 2020 K League 1 Best XI: 2022