SONG Bumkeun

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 15 Oct 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.96/6'5''

Place of birth: SEONGNAM

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Men KOR Republic of Korea	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ibaraki Kashima Stadium	Men's Group B #03 NZL New Zealand 1 KOR Republic of Korea 0	Finished
	Ibaraki Kashima Stadium	Men's Group B #12 ROU Romania 0 KOR Republic of Korea 4	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Men's Group B #20 KOR Republic of Korea 6 HON Honduras 0	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Men's Quarter-final #26 KOR Republic of Korea 3 MEX Mexico 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Olympic	2018	Indonesia

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	U20	2017	Republic of Korea

Bear, Song Bum (osen.mt.co.kr, 26 Feb 2018; KFA Naver blog, 17 May 2017; fourfourtwo.co.kr, 20 Oct 2017)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC [Jeonju, KOR] since 2018

Jose Morais [club], POR; Kim Hak-Bum [national], KOR

Position style:

Goalkeeper (eurosport.co.uk, 26 Mar 2020)

National league:

K League 1 [KOR] (a-league.com.au, 04 Mar 2020)

He took up the sport seriously in grade two of primary school. (news.joins.com, 22 May 2017)

"My father was a football fan, but my mother was not happy with my decision. I told her, 'I wouldn't be able to live without football, it is what makes me stand out." (news.joins.com, 22 May 2017; Sports KU Naver blog, 01 Dec 2017)

Spanish footballer Iker Casillas. (news.chosun.com, 12 Dec 2017)

He was named Best Goalkeeper at the 2020 Asian Football Confederation [AFC] U23 Championship in Thailand. (eurosport.co.uk, 26 Mar 2020)

He received the Full Matches-Full Time Award at the 2019 K League Awards in the Republic of Korea. (ilyo.co.kr, 02 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
CHANGE OF POSITION
He initially played as a forward, before switching to goalkeeper in grade four of primary school. He changed position under the advice of his coach, who recognised that he was taller than the other children. "I liked scoring, so I didn't really want to switch my position. However, now I realised that it was the right decision. I don't regret it at all, because I'm doing what I do best." (news.chosun.com, 30 May 2017; news.joins.com, 22 May 2017)

NAME
His father named him 'Bum-Keun' in honour of Korean footballer Cha Bum-Kun. "I played for FC Chaboom [run by Cha Bum-Kun] in primary school. When my father said my name 'Bum-Keun' out loud while looking for me, all the coaching staff looked up, startled." (news.joins.com, 22 May 2017; KFA Naver blog, 13 Jun 2016)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/bumkeun_song/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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