# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kim-ho-kon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:36:42.673Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kim-ho-kon"
name: "Kim Ho-kon"
slug: "kim-ho-kon"
description: "Kim Ho-kon is a South Korean football manager and former football player who played as a sweeper or right back. He was the captain of the South Korea national football team in the 1978 Asian Games where they won the gold medal. He also managed Ulsan Hyundai from 2009 to 2013, and was noted for his attractive tactics, nicknamed the \"Iron mace football\" by showing a mortal blow during the defensive play. In 2012, he won the 2012 AFC Champions League, and was named the Asian Coach of the Year. However, he resigned from the team after coming a close second in the 2013 K League 1."
tagline: "South Korean football player and manager"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kim_Ho-Gon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1951-03-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.41
  momentum:             18.80952380952381
  historical:           11.55525733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BC_%D0%A5%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Кім Хо Кон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%88_%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كم هو غون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كم هو جون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Ho-kon"
    title: "Kim Ho-kon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Ho-kon"
    title: "Kim Ho-kon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%88-%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "کیم هو-کون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Ho-kon"
    title: "Kim Ho-kon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Ho-kon"
    title: "Kim Ho-kon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E9%8E%AC%E5%9D%A4"
    title: "金鎬坤"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%ED%98%B8%EA%B3%A4"
    title: "김호곤"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Ho-Gon"
    title: "Kim Ho-Gon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%9E_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Ким О Гон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Ho-kon"
    title: "Kim Ho-kon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28704"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump