Huh Yoon-jung

Huh Yoon-jung (30 September 1936 – August 2022) was a South Korean footballer who played as a forward.

Huh Yoon-jung

Personal information
Full name	Huh Yoon-jung
Date of birth	(1936-09-30)30 September 1936
Place of birth	Jindo, Zenranan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Date of death	August 2022(2022-08-00) (aged 85)[1]
Place of death	South Korea
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1962	ROK Air Force
1962[2]	ROK Army OPMG
1963[3]	ROK Army Engineer Corps
1964–1966	Korea Coal Corporation
1967–1968	Yangzee
1968–1969	Sing Tao
1970–1973	Seoul Bank
International career
1964	South Korea B
1963–1971	South Korea	49	(21)
Medal record Men's football Representing  South Korea AFC Asian Cup 1964 Israel Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Huh Yoon-jung
Hangul	허윤정
Hanja	許允正
RR	Heo Yunjeong
MR	Hŏ Yunjŏng

In this Korean name, the family name is Huh.

Playing career

In 1962, South Korea hosted the World Military Cup final and played against Greek national military team, the winners of the qualifiers. South Korea lost to Greece on aggregate, but Huh received attention by scoring the winning goal in the second leg.^[4] After the World Military Cup, Huh was selected for South Korean national team, playing in the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1964 AFC Asian Cup.^[5] He is also the first South Korean footballer to join a foreign football club.^[6][7]

Personal life

Huh was a relative of Huh Jung-moo, another famous South Korean footballer. (Some sources claimed Huh was Jung-moo's uncle.) Jung-moo started playing football after Huh urged him to become a youth football player.^[8] He died on August 2022.

Honours

Korea Coal Corporation

• Korean National Championship: 1964^[9]

South Korea B

• AFC Asian Cup third place: 1964^[10]

Individual

• KASA Best Korean Footballer: 1967^[11]