# Pak Sung-hyok

> A North Korean footballer who made the 2010 World Cup squad — part of the most isolated national team in tournament history, with only one player from a European club in an era when every other nation had many.

*North Korean footballer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pak-sung-hyok

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Born:** 1990-05-30
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Pak Sung-hyok was named to North Korea's 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, held from 11 June to 11 July. The tournament marked a rare global stage for North Korean football, and the squad stood out for its isolation: it was the only team with just one player from a European club, Hong Yong-jo, at a time when every other nation had multiple European-based players. The preliminary squad of 30 was announced by 11 May, then cut to 23 by 1 June. Pak's presence captured the extreme insularity of North Korean football in a World Cup where even Nigeria fielded no domestic players and teams like England, Italy, and Germany went entirely domestic by choice.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 8.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 16.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 26.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Topics
#Footballers, #Football / Soccer Player, #Soccer, #21st Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Sung-hyok)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q554071)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pak%20Sung-hyok)
- [پاک سانق هیوک](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%A9)
- [Pak Sung-hyok](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Sung-hyok)
- [Pak Sung-hyok](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Sung-hyok)
- [پاک سانگ هیوک](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%A9)
- [Pak Sung-hyok](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Sung-hyok)
- [Pak Szunghjok](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Szunghjok)
- [Pak Sung-hyok](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Sung-hyok)
- [朴成赫](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B4%E6%88%90%E8%B5%AB)
- [박승혁](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%95%EC%8A%B9%ED%98%81)
- [सुंग-ह्योक पाक](https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95)
- [Pak Sung-hyok](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Sung-hyok)
- [Pak Sung-hyok](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Sung-hyok)
- [Пак Сон Хёк](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D1%91%D0%BA)
- [Pak Sung-hyok](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Sung-hyok)
- [Пак Сон Хьок](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%BA)
- [朴成赫](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B4%E6%88%90%E8%B5%AB)
- [باك سونغ هيوك](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83)
- [باك سونج هيوك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83)

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