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Kim Do-heon (Template:Korean, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 14 July 1982) is a South Korean football wing-back and midfielder who is caretaker manager of K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Club careerEdit

Kim played for Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma before joining West Bromwich Albion. He led each team's K League title, and his technical abilities was likened to Paul Scholes in South Korea.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Kim spent a few days on trial at West Brom in December 2007,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and could be loaned to the club from February with an option for a permanent switch at the end of the season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He scored his first goal for West Brom in the final match of the season against Queens Park Rangers, eight minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute. West Brom went on to win 2–0, securing them the Football League Championship title and promotion to the Premier League.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 28 May, he completed the move to West Brom for £550,000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Kim made his Premier League debut on 16 August 2008 against Arsenal, where they lost the match 1–0. He scored once after the permanent move, in a 2–2 draw with Burnley in the FA Cup on 24 January 2009.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After one and a half years in West Bromwich, he returned to South Korea.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Near the end of his playing career, he played for Malaysia Super League side Negeri Sembilan,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and USL Championship side Indy Eleven.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

International careerEdit

Kim played as a main playmaker for the national under-23 team in 2004 Summer Olympics, 2002 and 2006 Asian Games, whereas he was criticised for his unstable performance in senior team.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was his biggest desire to play in the FIFA World Cup, but he finally could not appear in a World Cup match.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> While he was a member of South Korea's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> he had to watch his team's matches on the bench.

On 14 June 2008, Kim accomplished his first international hat-trick in a World Cup qualifier against Turkmenistan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Kim is married to Jung Hye-won, who gave birth to their son on 12 August 2008. He delayed his return to Korea to visit his son for the first time, in order to participate in the opening games of the 2008–09 Premier League season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Career statisticsEdit

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>Template:Soccerway</ref><ref>Template:Soccerbase</ref>
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2001 K League 12 0 ? ? 3 0 ? ? 15 0
2002 K League 16 2 ? ? 4 0 ? ? 20 2
2003 K League 34 4 1 0 35 4
2004 K League 22 1 0 0 0 0 22 1
2005 K League 1 0 0 0 8 1 6 1 4Template:Efn 0 19 2
Total 85 7 1 0 15 1 6 1 4 0 111 9
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2005 K League 20 2 1 0 0 0 21 2
2006 K League 25 6 0 0 5 2 30 8
2007 K League 25 7 0 0 1 0 10 1 2Template:Efn 0 38 8
Total 70 15 1 0 6 2 10 1 2 0 89 18
West Bromwich Albion (loan) 2007–08 Championship 4 1 3 0 0 0 7 1
West Bromwich Albion 2008–09 Premier League 16 0 3 1 0 0 19 1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2009 K League 12 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 5
2010 K League 16 2 3 0 3 1 4 0 26 3
2012 K League 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
2013 K League 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 8 1
2014 K League 1 31 3 0 0 31 3
Total 73 11 5 1 3 1 6 0 87 13
Korean Police (draft) 2011 ?Template:Efn ? ? ?
2012 ?Template:Efn ? ? ?
Total ? ? ? ?
Seongnam FC 2015 K League 1 35 7 2 0 8 2 45 9
2016 K League 1 28 4 2 0 2Template:Efn 0 32 4
2017 K League 2 25 3 2 0 27 3
Total 88 14 6 0 0 0 8 2 2 0 104 16
Negeri Sembilan 2018 Malaysia Super League 18 0 1 0 5Template:Efn 0 24 0
Indy Eleven 2019 USL Championship 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1
Career total 361 49 20 2 24 4 30 4 13 0 448 59

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InternationalEdit

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National team Year Apps Goals
South Korea 2003 4 1
2004 8 2
2005 11 0
2006 14 4
2007 7 1
2008 7 3
2009 2 0
2010 5 0
2012 4 1
Career total 62 12
List of international goals scored by Kim Do-heon
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 4 December 2003 National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Template:Fb 1–0 3–1 2003 EAFF Championship
2 9 June 2004 Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon, South Korea Template:Fb 2–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 17 November 2004 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Template:Fb 1–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 22 February 2006 Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo, Syria Template:Fb 1–0 2–1 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5 23 May 2006 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Template:Fb 1–0 1–1 Friendly
6 16 August 2006 Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei Template:Fb 3–0 3–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7 6 September 2006 Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea Template:Fb 6–0 8–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8 15 July 2007 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia Template:Fb 1–0 1–2 2007 AFC Asian Cup
9 14 June 2008 Saparmurat Turkmenbashi Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Template:Fb 1–0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 2–1
11 3–1
12 30 May 2012 Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland Template:Fb 1–1 1–4 Friendly

HonoursEdit

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

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Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

West Bromwich Albion

South Korea U23

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South Korea

Individual

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