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Kim Kyong-il

North Korean footballer

  • Fame51.5
  • Momentum17.6
  • Wikipedia385
Born 1988 · age 38
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    Born 1988
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

A North Korean footballer whose name appears in the records of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa — the tournament where his national team arrived with just one player from a European club, making them an outlier in a competition newly defined by continental reach.

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About

Kim Kyong-il was part of North Korea's 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, held from 11 June to 11 July in South Africa. The tournament required each nation to submit a preliminary list of 30 players by 11 May, then trim to a final roster by 1 June. His team stood alone: North Korea was the only squad with just a single player from a European club, Hong Yong-jo, in a World Cup where every participating nation for the first time had at least one Europe-based name. The contrast was stark — Nigeria fielded no domestic players, England fielded none from abroad — but North Korea's near-total…

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  • North Korea men's national football team
    2007–2009
  • Rimyongsu Sports Club
    2005
  • North Korea national under-17 football team
  • North Korea national under-20 football team
20052009
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2007–200970
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51.5
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Momentum17.6
Historical19.0
Now attention93.1
Source confidence60.0
Completeness45.0
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    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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