medalists. Kim was a member of South Korea's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and started in all of the team's group matches. South Korea drew with Russia, and lost to Algeria and Belgium in the group stage. His defense wasn't good this time, especially against Algerian players. At the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Kim scored the second goal in South Korea's 2–0 semi-final defeat of Iraq on 26 January 2015, putting the nation into the Asian Cup final for the first time since 1988. However, South Korea failed to bring the trophy after losing the final to Australia. Kim was named in South Korea's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He showed outstanding plays unlike four years ago, becoming a great leader of South Korean defenders. Furthermore, in the final group match against Germany, he scored in the 91st minute to knock out the defending world champions, coupled with a second goal minutes later by Son Heung-min. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Kim scored a goal in South Korea's crucial match against Portugal to level the score 1–1, followed by Hwang Hee-chan's goal in stoppage time, which promoted South Korea to the round of 16. Personal life In 2014 Kim married Park Se-jin. They have three children, a daughter and two sons. Kim has made guest appearances with his two older children in several episodes of The Return of Superman. Career statistics Club International Honours Jeonju University Korean FA Futsal League: 2009 Guangzhou Evergrande Chinese Super League: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Chinese FA Cup: 2012, 2016 Chinese FA Super Cup: 2016 AFC Champions League: 2013, 2015 Gamba Osaka Emperor's Cup runner-up: 2020 Ulsan Hyundai K League 1: 2022 South Korea U23 Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2012 Asian Games bronze medal: 2010 South Korea AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2015 EAFF Championship: 2015, 2019 Individual Korean FA Futsal League top goalscorer: 2009 Chinese Super League Team of the Year: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 EAFF Championship Best Defender: 2015 AFC Champions League Dream Team: 2015 Korean FA Player of the Year: 2015 J1 League Fans' Best XI: 2020 K League 1 Best XI: 2022 References External links Kim Young-gwon – National Team Stats at KFA 1990 births Living people People from Jeonju Association football defenders South Korean footballers South Korea under-20 international footballers South Korea under-23 international footballers South Korea international footballers FC Tokyo players