Sung Hyang-sim
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Date of birth | 2 December 1999 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Anju City, North Korea | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Pyongyang City Sports Club | |||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | |||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2017– | North Korea | 24 | (10) | |||||||||||||
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Sung Hyang-sim (Korean: 승향심; born 2 December 1999) is a North Korean footballer from Anju City, South Pyongan Province. She plays for Pyongyang City Sports Club and the North Korea women's national football team as a forward.[2][3]
At the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Sung was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player and earned the Golden Ball for most goals scored. The same year, she was nominated for the Asian Player of the Year and Asian Young Footballer of the Year awards by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and won the latter. The previous year, she earned the Silver Ball at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Career
[edit]Sung started playing football at age 12 at a state junior sports school.[4] In 2013, she played for North Korea at the 2013 AFC Under-14 Girls Regional Championship East Region and received an award as the Most Valuable Player at the tournament.[5] She later played in the 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[4] In 2016, she was part of North Korea's 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squad, where she was awarded the Silver Ball for her performance.[6] Later that year, she was part of North Korea's 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup team and came on as a substitute in the final against France.[7] Sung chooses to wear the number 2 shirt.[8]
In 2017, Sung made her senior debut for the North Korea women's national football team against China and scored a goal after coming on as a substitute.[9] The same year, she was nominated by AFC for the Asian Player of the Year and Asian Young Footballer of the Year awards, eventually winning the latter one.[10][11][12] This came after she scored six goals at the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, was the top scorer and named Most Valuable Player at the tournament.[13][14]
International goals
[edit]Under-16
[edit]No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 30 September 2013 | Jiangsu Football Training Centre Stadium, Nanjing, China | ![]() |
5–0 | 10–0 | 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship |
2. | 6–0 | |||||
3. | 10–0 | |||||
4. | 6 October 2013 | Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing, China | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p) | |
5. | 5 November 2015 | Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan, China | ![]() |
2–0 | 5–0 | 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship |
6. | 3–0 | |||||
7. | 9 November 2015 | Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan, China | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 |
Under-19
[edit]No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 15 October 2017 | Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing, China | ![]() |
1–0 | 9–0 | 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship |
2. | 4–0 | |||||
3. | 6–0 | |||||
4. | 8–0 | |||||
5. | 25 October 2017 | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–0 | ||
6. | 3–0 |
National team
[edit]No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 3 April 2017 | Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea | ![]() |
8–0 | 8–0 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
2. | 7 April 2017 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | ||
3. | 9 April 2017 | ![]() |
2–0 | 4–0 | ||
4. | 3–0 | |||||
5. | 8 June 2017 | Fitness Centre Of Qiannan Stadium, Duyun, China | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
6. | 17 August 2018 | Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia | ![]() |
1–0 | 16–0 | 2018 Asian Games |
7. | 2–0 | |||||
8. | 5–0 | |||||
9. | 7–0 | |||||
10. | 27 September 2023 | Wenzhou Sports Centre Stadium, Wenzhou, China | ![]() |
7–0 | 7–0 | 2022 Asian Games |
11. | 26 October 2023 | Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
12. | 1 November 2023 | ![]() |
2–0 | 7–0 | ||
13. | 30 November 2023 | Suoka Sports Training Base Pitch 2, Zhuhai, China | ![]() |
1–0 | 11–0 | 2024 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
14. | 3–0 | |||||
15. | 4 December 2023 | ![]() |
16–0 | 17–0 |
References
[edit]- ^ 友谊赛-承香心反越位破门 中国女足0–1朝鲜女足 [Friendly match: Sung Hyang-sim breaks offside trap, China women's football loses 0–1 to North Korean women's football]. Sina News (in Chinese). 8 June 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ "Korea DPR – Sung Hyang-Sim". Soccerway. 2 December 1999. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Start list: Korea DPR vs Papua New Guinea" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Sung Hyang Sim, Promising Female Footballer". KNCA. 11 November 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Sung Hyang-sim, Chen Xia win individual honours". AFC. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Asians excel as history is made in the Middle East". FIFA. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "2016 FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup – Matches – Korea DPR-France". FIFA. 3 December 2016. Archived from the original on 5 December 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "No stopping supercharged Sung". FIFA. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Sim Sung Hyang". ESPN. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "AFC Annual Awards 2017: Full list of nominees announced". AFC. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Ange Postecoglou, Aaron Mooy, Sam Kerr and FFA nominated for Asian Football Confederation Awards". Perth Now. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "AFC Youth Player of the Year 2017: Sung Hyang Sim". AFC. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Trio through as Japan get high five". FIFA. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Sung Hyang Sim, Promising Female Footballer | Explore DPRK". Explore DPRK. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
External links
[edit]- Sung Hyang-sim – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Sung Hyang-sim at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1999 births
- People from South Pyongan Province
- North Korean women's footballers
- North Korea women's international footballers
- Asian Young Footballer of the Year winners
- Women's association football forwards
- Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Summer World University Games medalists in football
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for North Korea
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- North Korean women's football biography stubs