South Korea · 1997–2002Hwang Sun-hong
Rating
Caps
103
Goals
50
Life
1968
Clubs
FC Pohang Steelers, Cerezo Osaka, Kashiwa Reysol
#6
Editorial rank of 33 for South Korea
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Twenty-six minutes into the 2002 opener against Poland in Busan he met a cross on the volley with his left foot, and South Korea had their first World Cup win after forty-eight years of trying. Two Asian Club Championships with Pohang Steelers in 1997 and 1998 sit alongside 50 goals in 103 caps for South Korea and a J1 League top-scorer prize at Cerezo Osaka in 1999, when he scored 24 in 25. Career record: 103 caps and 50 goals for South Korea; club career at FC Pohang Steelers, Cerezo Osaka, Kashiwa Reysol.
Career record
| 1991–1991 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| 1992–1992 | Wuppertaler SV |
| 1993–1998 | FC Pohang Steelers |
| 1998–1999 | Cerezo Osaka |
| 2000–2002 | Kashiwa Reysol |
| 2000–2002 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| 2002–2002 | Jeonnam Dragons |
| South Korea | 103 caps, 50 goals |
Shared the era
South Korea legends whose careers overlapped Sun-hong's