Sung Hyang-sim

Sung Hyang-sim
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-12-02) 2 December 1999
Place of birth Anju City, North Korea
Height 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Pyongyang City Sports Club
Number 2
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– North Korea 24 (10)
Korean name
Hangul
승향심
RRSeung Hyangsim
MRSŭng Hyangsim
IPA[sɯŋ çaŋɕim]

Sung Hyang-sim (Korean: 승향심; born 2 December 1999) is a North Korean footballer from Anju, South Pyongan Province. She plays for Pyongyang City Sports Club and the North Korea women's national football team as a forward.[1][2]

At the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Sung was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player and won the Golden Boot as the competition's top scorer. The same year, she was nominated for the Asian Footballer of the Year and Asian Young Footballer of the Year awards by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), winning the latter. The previous year, she earned the Silver Ball at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Career

Sung started playing football at the age of 12 at a state junior sports school.[3] In 2013, she played for North Korea at the 2013 AFC Under-14 Girls' Regional Championship East Region and received the tournament's Most Valuable Player award.[4] She later competed in the 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[3]

In 2016, she was part of North Korea's 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squad, where she won the Silver Ball for her performances.[5] Later that year, she was included in North Korea's 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squad and appeared as a substitute in the final against France.[6] Sung chose to wear the number 2 shirt.[7]

In 2017, Sung made her senior debut for the North Korea women's national football team against China, scoring after coming on as a substitute.[8] The same year, she was nominated by the AFC for the Asian Footballer of the Year and Asian Young Footballer of the Year awards, eventually winning the latter.[9][10][11] This followed her six-goal performance at the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, where she finished as the tournament's top scorer and was named Most Valuable Player.[12][13]

International goals

Under-16

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 September 2013Jiangsu Football Training Centre Stadium, Nanjing, China Chinese Taipei5–010–02013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2.6–0
3.10–0
4.6 October 2013Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing, China Japan1–11–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)
5.18 March 2014Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia, Costa Rica Canada1–01–12014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
6.22 March 2024Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica Germany2–34–3
7.5 November 2015Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan, China Chinese Taipei2–05–02015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
8.3–0
9.9 November 2015Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan, China Japan1–01–1
10.1 October 2016King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan England1–13–32016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Under-19

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 October 2017Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing, China Thailand1–09–02017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2.4–0
3.6–0
4.8–0
5.25 October 2017 Australia2–03–0
6.3–0

National team

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 April 2017Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea India8–08–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2.7 April 2017 South Korea1–01–1
3.9 April 2017 Uzbekistan2–04–0
4.3–0
5.8 June 2017Fitness Centre Of Qiannan Stadium, Duyun, China China1–01–0Friendly
6.17 August 2018Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia Tajikistan1–016–02018 Asian Games
7.2–0
8.5–0
9.7–0
10.27 September 2023Wenzhou Sports Centre Stadium, Wenzhou, China Singapore7–07–02022 Asian Games
11.26 October 2023Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China China1–02–12024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
12.1 November 2023 Thailand2–07–0
13.30 November 2023Suoka Sports Training Base Pitch 2, Zhuhai, China Hong Kong1–011–02024 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
14.3–0
15.4 December 2023 Northern Mariana Islands16–017–0

References

  1. ↑ "Korea DPR – Sung Hyang-Sim". Soccerway. 2 December 1999. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Start list: Korea DPR vs Papua New Guinea" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Sung Hyang Sim, Promising Female Footballer". KNCA. 11 November 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sung Hyang-sim, Chen Xia win individual honours". AFC. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Asians excel as history is made in the Middle East". FIFA. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup – Matches – Korea DPR vs France". FIFA. 3 December 2016. Archived from the original on 5 December 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "No stopping supercharged Sung". FIFA. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Sim Sung Hyang". ESPN. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "AFC Annual Awards 2017: Full list of nominees announced". AFC. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ange Postecoglou, Aaron Mooy, Sam Kerr and FFA nominated for Asian Football Confederation Awards". Perth Now. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "AFC Youth Player of the Year 2017: Sung Hyang Sim". AFC. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Trio through as Japan get high five". FIFA. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Sung Hyang Sim, Promising Female Footballer | Explore DPRK". Explore DPRK. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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