Hong Yong-jo

Hong Yong-Jo
Personal information
Date of birth	22 May 1982
Place of birth	Pyongyang, North Korea
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	25 April
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2007	25 April
2008	Bežanija
2008–2010	Rostov
2011–	25 April
National team
2002–2011	North Korea
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 August 2010

Hong Yong-Jo (Korean: 홍영조; Hanja: 洪映早; born 22 May 1982[1]) is a North Korean international forward who plays for April 25 SC in the DPR Korea League. He previously played for FC Rostov in Russia and FK Bežanija in the Serbian SuperLiga.[2]

He captained the North Korean team that qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Club career

After playing many years with April 25 SC, he moved to Serbia in early 2008 to play with FK Bežanija in the Serbian SuperLiga. In late 2008, he signed with Russian FC Rostov where he will play three seasons, the two last in the Russian Premier League.

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals
2004	4.25	North Korea	1
2005	4.25	North Korea	1
2006	4.25	North Korea	1
2007	4.25	North Korea	1
07/08	FK Bežanija	Serbia	1	7	1
2008	FC Rostov	Russia	2	16	2
2009	FC Rostov	Russia	1	14	1
2010	FC Rostov	Russia	1	1	0

Hong Yong-jo (№10) against Turkmenistan

Hong Yong-Jo plays for the North Korean national team since 2002. He became one of the most important players, and was the team captain at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[3]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 February 2004	Sana'a, Yemen	Yemen	1–1	Draw	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	9 June 2004	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	4–1	Won	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	8 September 2004	Pyongyang, Korea DPR	Thailand	4–1	Won	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	13 October 2004	Pyongyang, Korea DPR	Yemen	2–1	Won	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	7 March 2005	Taipei, Taiwan	Mongolia	6–0	Won	East Asian Cup 2005 qualification
6	11 March 2005	Taipei, Taiwan	Guam	21–0	Won	East Asian Cup 2005 qualification
7	11 March 2005	Taipei, Taiwan	Guam	21–0	Won	East Asian Cup 2005 qualification
8	28 December 2005	Phuket, Thailand	Thailand	2–0	Won	Friendly
9	30 December 2005	Phuket, Thailand	Latvia	1–2	Lost	Friendly
10	6 February 2008	Amman, Jordan	Jordan	1–0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	14 June 2008	Pyongyang, Korea DPR	Jordan	2–0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	14 June 2008	Pyongyang, Korea DPR	Jordan	2–0	Won	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
13	10 September 2008	Shanghai, China	South Korea	1–1	Draw	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Soccerway profile
Tertitskiy, Fyodor (2 February 2009). "North Korean Footballers in Russia". The Daily NK. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
Hong Yong-Jo at National-Football-Teams.com

FC Rostov Profile Archived 18 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
Statistics at Statbox.ru (in Russian)
Stats from Serbia at Srbijafudbal (in Serbian)
Hong Yong-jo – FIFA competition record (archived)
Hong Yong-jo at National-Football-Teams.com
Hong Yong-jo at Soccerway

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