Kim Young-kwang

• Hangul — %김영광 • Hanja — 金永光

• Name — Kim Young-kwang • Born — 28 June 1983 • Birthplace — Goheung, South Jeolla, South Korea • Height — 1.83 m • Position — Goalkeeper • Youthclubs1 — Hanlyo University • Years1 — 2002–2006 • Years2 — 2007–2014 • Years3 — 2014 • Years4 — 2015–2019 • Years5 — 2020–2023 • Clubs1 — Chunnam Dragons • Clubs2 — Ulsan Hyundai • Clubs3 — → Gyeongnam FC (loan) • Clubs4 — Seoul E-Land • Clubs5 — Seongnam FC • Caps1 — 64 • Goals1 — 0 • Caps2 — 163 • Goals2 — 0 • Caps3 — 32 • Goals3 — 0 • Caps4 — 148 • Goals4 — 0 • Caps5 — 95 • Goals5 — 0 • Nationalyears1 — 1998 • Nationalyears2 — 2002–2003 • Nationalyears3 — 2003–2006 • Nationalyears4 — 2004–2012 • Nationalteam1 — South Korea U17 • Nationalteam2 — South Korea U20 • Nationalteam3 — South Korea U23 • Nationalteam4 — South Korea • Nationalcaps1 — 7 • Nationalgoals1 — 0 • Nationalcaps2 — 23 • Nationalgoals2 — 0 • Nationalcaps3 — 31 • Nationalgoals3 — 0 • Nationalcaps4 — 17 • Nationalgoals4 — 0 • Pcupdate — 22 October 2022

Kim's club career spanned 21 years.

He was part of the South Korea 2004 Olympic football team, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay. He also capped for South Korea U-20 team at 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was part of the Korean squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Kim Young-kwang sparked controversy after engaging in road rage while driving his vehicle. The incident occurred because a taxi traveling straight did not yield to him as he attempted to merge into traffic by turning right. Netizens criticized Kim Young-kwang with comments such as, “Athletes are trash... They should have been discarded once they were done with sports.,” and “You brainless idiot who reeks of a rotten sewer.”

• Club performance — League — Cup — League Cup — Continental — Total • Season — Club — League — Apps — Goals — Apps — Goals — Apps — Goals — Apps — Goals — Apps — Goals • South Korea — League — KFA Cup — League Cup — Continental — Total • 2002 — Chunnam Dragons — K League 1 — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — — • 2003 — 11 — 0 — 0 — 0 — — — — — 11 — 0 • 2004 — 22 — 0 — 1 — 0 — 0 — 0 — — — 23 — 0 • 2005 — 22 — 0 — 3 — 0 — 10 — 0 — — — 35 — 0 • 2006 — 10 — 0 — 4 — 0 — 3 — 0 — — — 17 — 0 • 2007 — Ulsan Hyundai — 26 — 0 — 3 — 0 — 10 — 0 — — — 39 — 0 • 2008 — 25 — 0 — 3 — 0 — 8 — 0 — — — 36 — 0 • 2009 — 28 — 0 — 1 — 0 — 4 — 0 — 5 — 0 — 38 — 0 • 2010 — 27 — 0 — 1 — 0 — 1 — 0 — — — 29 — 0 • 2011 — 28 — 0 — 4 — 0 — 6 — 0 — — — 38 — 0 • 2012 — 32 — 0 — 4 — 0 — - — - — 10 — 0 — 46 — 0 • 2013 — 6 — 0 — 0 — 0 — - — - — - — - — 6 — 0 • 2014 — Gyeongnam FC — 33 — 0 — 1 — 0 — - — - — - — - — 34 — 0 • 2015 — Seoul E-Land FC — K League 2 — 38 — 0 — 2 — 0 — - — - — - — - — 40 — 0 • 2016 — 39 — 0 — 2 — 0 — - — - — - — - — 41 — 0 • 2017 — 36 — 0 — 0 — 0 — - — - — - — - — 36 — 0 • 2018 — 36 — 0 — 0 — 0 — - — - — - — - — 36 — 0 • 2019 — 34 — 0 — 0 — 0 — - — - — - — - — 34 — 0 • 2020 — Seongnam FC — K League 1 — 23 — 0 — 1 — 0 — - — - — - — - — 24 — 0 • 2021 — 38 — 0 — 0 — 0 — - — - — - — - — 38 — 0 • 2022 — 32 — 0 — 0 — 0 — - — - — - — - — 32 — 0 • 2023 — K League 2 — 17 — 0 — 2 — 0 — - — - — - — - — 19 — 0 • Total — South Korea — 563||0||32||0||42||0||15||0||652||0 • Career total — 533||0||32||0||42||0||15||0||652||0

• Results list South Korea's goal tally first. • # — Date — Venue — Opponent — Result — Competition • 1 — 14 February 2004 — Ulsan, South Korea — 5–0 — Friendly match • 2 — 20 March 2005 — Dubai, UAE — 1–0 — Friendly match • 3 — 1 June 2006 — Oslo, Norway — 0–0 — Friendly match • 4 — 16 August 2006 — Taipei, Chinese Taipei — 3–0 — 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification • 5 — 5 September 2008 — Seoul, South Korea — 1–0 — Friendly match • 6 — 11 October 2008 — Suwon, South Korea — 3–0 — Friendly match • Korea Republic national team • Year — Apps — Goals • 2004 — 3 — 0 • 2005 — 2 — 0 • 2006 — 6 — 0 • 2007 — 0 — 0 • 2008 — 2 — 0 • 2009 — 1 — 0 • 2010 — 0 — 0 • 2011 — 0 — 0 • 2012 — 3 — 0 • Total||17||0