Kim Joo-sung (born 17 January 1964) is a South Korean former footballer who mainly played as an attacking midfielder. An icon of the Daewoo Royals with a brief stint in Germany for VfL Bochum, Kim was also a long-time South Korean national team captain and finished second in the IFFHS Asia's Player of the Century polls.

Club career In December 1986, Kim signed for K League club Daewoo Royals prior to his graduation from Chosun University. In his first professional season, he won the league title and was named the league's Rookie of the Year. After gaining one more league title in 1991, he joined Bundesliga club VfL Bochum on loan in June 1992.

In his first season at Bochum, Kim struggled to adapt to the Bundesliga and suffered relegation. He helped Bochum win the 2. Bundesliga title the next season before coming back to South Korea at Daewoo's request.

Kim changed his position to sweeper in the last years of his career, and became the league's MVP when Daewoo won another league title in 1997. Two years later, he announced his retirement, with Daewoo also retiring his number 16.

International career Kim started to be selected for the South Korea national team during the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Following the World Cup qualifiers, he played for South Korea at several competitions including the 1986 FIFA World Cup and the 1988 Summer Olympics. In Asia, he won a gold medal at the 1986 Asian Games, and received the MVP award at the 1988 AFC Asian Cup. While receiving attention internationally, he privately negotiated with Austrian Bundesliga side Swarovski Tirol in May 1988, but the contract was invalidated by the Korea Amateur Sports Association, which did not allow medalists exempted from compulsory military service to play abroad for five years.

After remaining in South Korea, Kim led his country to win the Asian qualifying tournament of the 1990 FIFA World Cup easily without defeat, and was selected as the tournament's best player. Despite being criticised for his poor performances at the 1990 World Cup by the press, he was voted Asian Footballer of the Year for three consecutive years from 1989 to 1991. In October 1991, he played for the official World XI against Germany in a charity match organised by FIFA.

After retirement In September 2003, Kim attended a sports management masters course at De Montfort University, Leicester until February 2004, when his studies took him to Switzerland.

Career statistics Club +Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsBusan Daewoo Royals1987K League2810??——28101988K League103??——1031989K League82??——821990K League92———921991K League3714———37141992K League80—10—901994K League30—00—301995K League251—51—3021996K League202??60—2621997K League160??180—3401998K League130??150—2801999K League210??7050330Total19834??5215025535VfL Bochum (loan)1992–93Bundesliga13000——1301993–942. Bundesliga21410——224Total3441000—354 Career total23238105215029039

International +Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSouth Korea19858319861011987511988621989811990184199151199200199340199451199510199660Career total7614 +Appearances and goals by competitionCompetitionAppsGoalsFriendlies143Minor competitions193Asian Games113AFC Asian Cup92Summer Olympics10FIFA World Cup qualification133FIFA World Cup90Total7614 Results list South Korea's goal tally first. +List of international goals scored by Kim Joo-sungNo. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition1 21 July 1985 Seoul, South Korea 1 2–0 2–0 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification2 30 July 1985 Jakarta, Indonesia 2 4–0 4–1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification3 3 December 1985 Los Angeles, United States 5 1–0 1–2 Friendly4 28 September 1986 Seoul, South Korea 15 2–14–2 1986 Asian Games5 14 June 1987 Daejeon, South Korea 21 2–0 4–2 1987 Korea Cup6 6 December 1988 Doha, Qatar 26 2–0 2–0 1988 AFC Asian Cup7 9 December 1988 Doha, Qatar 27 2–0 3–2 1988 AFC Asian Cup8 20 October 1989 Singapore 35 1–0 1–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification9 28 July 1990 Beijing, China 44 2–0 2–0 1990 Dynasty Cup10 23 September 1990 Beijing, China 49 2–0 7–0 1990 Asian Games115–012 11 October 1990 Pyongyang, North Korea 54 1–0 1–2 Friendly13 9 June 1991 Seoul, South Korea 57 2–0 3–0 1991 Korea Cup14 11 June 1994 Duncanville, United States 66 3–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours Busan Daewoo Royals K League 1: 1987, 1991, 1997 Korean National Championship: 1989 Korean League Cup: 1997, 1997+, 1998+

VfL Bochum 2. Bundesliga: 1993–94

South Korea B Summer Universiade silver medal: 1987

South Korea Asian Games: 1986 Dynasty Cup: 1990 AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 1988

Individual FIFA World XI: 1991 AFC Asian Cup Most Valuable Player: 1988 AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 1988 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Most Outstanding Player: 1989 IFFHS Asian Men's Player of the Year: 1989, 1990, 1991 IFFHS Asia's Player of the 20th Century runner-up: 1999 IFFHS Asian Men's Team of the 20th Century: 2021 MasterCard Asian/Oceanian Team of the 20th Century: 1998 Dynasty Cup Most Valuable Player: 1990 Korean FA Best XI: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Korean FA Most Valuable Player: 1991 K League Rookie of the Year: 1987 K League 1 Best XI: 1987, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1999 K League All-Star: 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998 K League 1 Most Valuable Player: 1997 K League '90s All-Star Team: 2003 K League 30th Anniversary Best XI: 2013 K League Hall of Fame: 2025

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