Kim Kyong-yong (born 2 January 2002, ) is a North Korean women's professional footballer who plays as a forward for the North Korea women's national football team. She was part of Korea DPR's World Cup squad for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Club career She started playing football at the age of 9 joined the Naegohyang Sport Club in 2014. In the 2021–22 season, she contributed to Naegohyang's first ever DPR Korea Women's Premier League title, being the top scorer with 22 goals scored.
In the 2025–26 season, she scored 4 goals in the 2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League including the winning goal in the final against Tokyo Verdy Beleza to help Naegohyang become the first North Korean club to win a continental title.
International career Kim was a member of the under-16 and under-19 teams that finished as runners-up in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship respectively.
She already made history in the U-16 Championship back in 2017 when she scored in every match but one, racking up the highest individual scoring tally at the tournament since Australia's Caitlin Foord.
She made her national senior debut for Korea DPR on 24 September against Singapore as a part of the 2022 Asian Games. Kyong-yong was the key player for Korea DPR in their road to the 2022 Asian Games Gold match final, as she scored 11 goals in four games, netting a five goal thriller against Singapore on their second-leg and a super hat-trick against Uzbekistan in the semi-finals.
In February 2026, Kim was named in the North Korea squad for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
International statistics North Korea U17 No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 11 September 2017 Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand 1–0 9–0 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2. 2–0 3. 5–0 4. 7–0 5. 8–0 6. 14 September 2017 1–0 7–0 7. 3–0 8. 17 September 2017 1–0 1–2 9. 23 September 2017 2–0 2–0 10. 17 November 2018 Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay 3–0 3–0 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 11. 24 November 2018 1–1 1–1 (1–3 (p)
North Korea U20 No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 8 August 2018 Stade du Clos Gastel, Dinan-Léhon, France 2–1 2–1 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2. 10 May 2019 Stade d'Honneur, Mallemort, France 1–0 1–0 2019 Sud Ladies Cup 3. 15 May 2019 1–0 10–0 4. 2–0 5. 6–0 6. 7–0 7. 30 October 2019 IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand 2–0 3–0 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship 8. 2 November 2019 Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand 1–0 3–1 9. 6 November 2019 1–0 3–1 10. 2–0
National team + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNorth Korea20231317202420202559202697Total2733 Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kim goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Kim Kyong-yongNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 24 September 2023 Wenzhou Sports Centre, Wenzhou, China 6–0 7–0 2022 Asian Games2 27 September 2023 1–0 10–03 4–04 5–05 7–06 10–07 30 September 2023 4–1 4–1 8 3 October 2023 Shangcheng Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China 2–0 8–0 9 4–010 6–011 7–012 6 October 2023 Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China 1–1 1–413 1 November 2023 Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China 1–0 7–0 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament14 3–015 5–016 30 November 2023 Suoka Sports Training Base Pitch 2, Zhuhai, China 5–0 11–0 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship17 4 December 2023 17–0 17–018 29 June 2025 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 1–0 10–0 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification19 6–020 7–021 8–022 2 July 2025 1–0 10–023 5–024 5 July 2025 3–0 6–025 4–026 5–027 6 March 2026 Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney, Australia 2–0 5–0 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup28 4–029 9 March 2026 1–0 1–230 19 March 2026 Gold Coast Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia 3–0 4–0 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup31 14 September 2026 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan 6–0 10–0 2026 Asian Games32 7–033 25 September 2026 Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi, Japan 3–0 5–1
Honours Naegohyang DPR Korea Women's Premier League: 2021–22, 2023–24 AFC Women's Champions League: 2025–26
North Korea Asian Games: Runners-up: 2022 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup: Runners-up: 2019 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup: Champions: 2017 Sud Ladies Cup: Champions: 2019
Individual AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup Most Valuable Player: 2017 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup Top Scorer: 2017 DPR Korea Women's Premier League top scorer: 2021–22 AFC Women's Champions League MVP: 2025–26
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