Kim Sung-gan (Korean: 김성간, 17 November 1912 – 19 May 1984) was a South Korean football player and manager. He played for Japan national team when Korea was ruled by Japan.
Kim in 1972
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| Full name | Kim Sung-gan | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1912-11-17)17 November 1912 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pyongyang, Heian'nan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 May 1984(1984-05-29) (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Springfield, Illinois, United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| [1] | Kwangsung Middle School | ||||||||||||||||
| 1928–1930[2][3] | Soongsil Middle School | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1932[4] | Soongsil College | ||||||||||||||||
| 1934–1940[5][6] | Yonhi College | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1933[7] | Pyongyang FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1933[8] | Korean Students in Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| 1934[9] | Joseon FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1934–1939[10][11] | Kyungsung FC | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1940 | Japan | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Born in Pyongyang (known at the time as "Heijō"), Kim started playing football when he was in elementary school.[1] He played mostly for Yonhi College and Kyungsung FC after graduating from middle school. He won the 1935 Emperor's Cup, while playing for Kyungsung FC.[12] He also played for Japan national team in five matches from 1939 to 1940 including one official match.[13]
Kim became a coach and an executive of the Korean FA after retiring as a player,[14][15] and led South Korea to become inaugural champions at the AFC Asian Cup when being appointed manager.
Kim played soft tennis and basketball for a short while in early life. He participated in the All Joseon Soft Tennis Tournament in 1927, while playing soft tennis at Suncheon Shinsung Middle School.[16] He played for basketball team "Nongwoo" (which meant "Basketball Friends") in the Pyongyang Basketball League in 1933 before transferring to Yonhi College.[17]
Kim's son Kim Yeong-il was a Korean national basketball player, who participated in two Summer Olympics and won two major Asian titles (1969 ABC Championship and 1970 Asian Games). Yeong-il was found dead with his blood and head wounds near a railway on 23 May 1976.[18]
Kim died on 29 May 1984, in a traffic collision in the United States.[19]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Japan | 1940 | 1 | 0 |
Kyungsung FC
South Korea
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