Kim Moon-hwan
 Moon-hwan in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kim Moon-hwan | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Hwaseong, South Korea | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back, midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Los Angeles FC | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2014 | Suwon High School | ||
| 2014–2017 | Chung-Ang University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Busan IPark | 105 | (8) |
| 2021– | Los Angeles FC | 16 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | South Korea U19 | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | South Korea U23 | 12 | (0) |
| 2018– | South Korea | 14 | (0) |
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Honours | |||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 September 2021 | |||
Kim Moon-hwan (Korean: 김문환; Hanja: 金紋奐, born 1 August 1995) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a right-back and midfielder for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC.[1]
Club career[]
Kim played college football for Chung-Ang University.[2]
Kim signed with Busan IPark on 3 January 2017.[3] He was a regular starter for Busan in his first professional season, playing in a number of positions, including winger, wing-back and full-back.
In 2018, under new coach Choi Yun-kyum, Kim played more frequently at full-back. Despite only making 18 league starts, he was named in the K League 2 Best XI at the end of the season. The following year, Kim played almost exclusively at right-back under new coach Cho Deok-je. He was a regular fixture in the team that achieved promotion to the K League 1, and Kim was named in the league's Best XI for the second season in succession.
Kim signed with Los Angeles FC on 11 January 2021.[4]
International career[]
In 2018, Kim featured for the Korea Under-23 team in both the AFC U-23 Championship and the Asian Games. Korea were victorious in the latter, earning Kim and his teammates exemption from military service.
Kim's impressive performances at right-back earned him a full international call-up in September 2018. He made his debut as a substitute in a 2-0 win over Costa Rica on 7 September, and his first start came in the AFC Asian Cup against China on 16 January 2019.
Club career statistics[]
As of 22 August 2021
| Club performance | League | Cup | Others | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| South Korea | League | KFA Cup | Play-offs | Total | ||||||
| 2017 | Busan IPark | K League 2 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 4 |
| 2018 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2019 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | K League 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| United States | League | Open Cup | Others | Total | ||||||
| 2021 | Los Angeles FC | MLS | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
| Career total | 120 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 135 | 10 | ||
Honours[]
South Korea U23
Individual
References[]
External links[]
- Kim Moon-hwan – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Hwaseong, Gyeonggi
- Association football midfielders
- South Korean footballers
- Busan IPark players
- Los Angeles FC players
- K League 2 players
- Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- South Korea under-20 international footballers
- South Korea under-23 international footballers
- South Korea international footballers
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- South Korean football midfielder stubs