UM Wonsang

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	U20	2019	Poland

Speed racer, KTX [Korea Train Express, because of his speed on the pitch], Um Salah [due to his similar style of play to Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah]. (news.joins.com, 22 Feb 2021; gwangjufc.com, 01 Jul 2021)

Athlete

Ajou University, Suwon, KOR

Korean

Gwangju FC [Japan] since 2019

Kim Ho-Young [club], KOR; Kim Hak-Bum [national], KOR

Forward (gwangjufc.com, 01 Jul 2021)

First A-match in 2020 for Republic of Korea Against Qatar, in Austria (namdonews.com 18 Nov 2020)

In March 2021 he tore the medial ligament in his knee. He returned to competitive action in May that year. (footballist.co.kr, 21 Mar 2021; chosun.com, 21 Mar 2020; sportschosun.com, 07 Mar 2021; interfootball.heraldcorp.com, 12 May 2021)

He missed the 2016 Asian Football Confederation [AFC] U19 Championship in Bahrain due to injury. (KFA Facebook page, 12 Oct 2016)

K League 1 [KOR] (gwangjufc.com, 01 Jul 2021)

He began playing football in grade four of primary school in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (KFA Naver blog, 02 Nov 2017)

He was encouraged to try the sport by a football coach, who noticed him while he was competing in an athletics tournament. (nocutnews.co.kr, 02 Jun 2021)

English footballer Raheem Sterling, Brazilian footballer Douglas Costa. (fourfourtwo.co.kr, 07 Aug 2020)