| Kim Do-heon | |
| Birth Date: | 14 July 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Dongducheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
| Currentclub: | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (caretaker manager) |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Years1: | 2001–2005 |
| Clubs1: | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| Caps1: | 85 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Years2: | 2005–2008 |
| Clubs2: | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
| Caps2: | 70 |
| Goals2: | 15 |
| Years3: | 2008 |
| Clubs3: | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) |
| Caps3: | 4 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs4: | West Bromwich Albion |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2009–2014 |
| Clubs5: | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| Caps5: | 73 |
| Goals5: | 11 |
| Years6: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs6: | → Korean Police (draft) |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs7: | Seongnam FC |
| Caps7: | 88 |
| Goals7: | 14 |
| Years8: | 2018 |
| Clubs8: | Negeri Sembilan |
| Caps8: | 18 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2019 |
| Clubs9: | Indy Eleven |
| Caps9: | 7 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Totalcaps: | 361 |
| Totalgoals: | 49 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1998 |
| Nationalteam1: | South Korea U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2002–2006 |
| Nationalteam2: | South Korea U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 43 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 3 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2003–2012 |
| Nationalteam3: | South Korea |
| Nationalcaps3: | 62 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 12 |
| Manageryears1: | 2020 |
| Managerclubs1: | Suwon Samsung Bluewings (assistant) |
| Manageryears2: | 2021– |
| Managerclubs2: | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (assistant) |
| Manageryears3: | 2023 |
| Managerclubs3: | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (caretaker) |
| Manageryears4: | 2024 |
| Managerclubs4: | Chengdu Rongcheng (assistant) |
| Manageryears5: | 2024– |
| Hangul: | 김두현 |
| Hanja: | 金斗炫 |
| Rr: | Gim Du-hyeon |
| Mr: | Kim Tuhyŏn |
Kim Do-heon (pronounced as /ko/; born 14 July 1982) is a South Korean football wing-back and midfielder who is caretaker manager of K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
Kim played for Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma before joining West Bromwich Albion. He led each team's K League title, and his technical abilities was likened to Paul Scholes in South Korea.[1]
Kim spent a few days on trial at West Brom in December 2007,[2] and could be loaned to the club from February with an option for a permanent switch at the end of the season.[3] He scored his first goal for West Brom in the final match of the season against Queens Park Rangers, eight minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute. West Brom went on to win 2–0, securing them the Football League Championship title and promotion to the Premier League.[4]
On 28 May, he completed the move to West Brom for £550,000.[5] Kim made his Premier League debut on 16 August 2008 against Arsenal, where they lost the match 1–0. He scored once after the permanent move, in a 2–2 draw with Burnley in the FA Cup on 24 January 2009.[6] After one and a half years in West Bromwich, he returned to South Korea.[7]
Near the end of his playing career, he played for Malaysia Super League side Negeri Sembilan,[8] and USL Championship side Indy Eleven.[9]
Kim played as a main playmaker for the national under-23 team in 2004 Summer Olympics, 2002 and 2006 Asian Games, whereas he was criticised for his unstable performance in senior team.[10] It was his biggest desire to play in the FIFA World Cup, but he finally could not appear in a World Cup match.[11] While he was a member of South Korea's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup,[12] he had to watch his team's matches on the bench.
On 14 June 2008, Kim accomplished his first international hat-trick in a World Cup qualifier against Turkmenistan.[13]
Kim is married to Jung Hye-won, who gave birth to their son on 12 August 2008. He delayed his return to Korea to visit his son for the first time, in order to participate in the opening games of the 2008–09 Premier League season.[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 2001 | K League | 12 | 0 | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | ? | ? | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | K League | 16 | 2 | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | ? | ? | — | 20 | 2 | |||
| 2003 | K League | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 4 | |||||
| 2004 | K League | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||||
| 2005 | K League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| Total | 85 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 111 | 9 | |||
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 2005 | K League | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 2 | |||
| 2006 | K League | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 30 | 8 | ||||
| 2007 | K League | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 8 | ||
| Total | 70 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 18 | |||
| West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 2007–08 | Championship | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| West Bromwich Albion | 2008–09 | Premier League | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 2009 | K League | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 5 | ||
| 2010 | K League | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 26 | 3 | |||
| 2012 | K League | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 2013 | K League 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 2014 | K League 1 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 73 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 87 | 13 | ||||
| Korean Police (draft) | 2011 | — | — | — | ? | ? | — | — | ? | ? | |||||
| 2012 | — | — | — | ? | ? | — | — | ? | ? | ||||||
| Total | — | — | ? | ? | — | — | ? | ? | |||||||
| Seongnam FC | 2015 | K League 1 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 2 | — | 45 | 9 | |||
| 2016 | K League 1 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||||
| 2017 | K League 2 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 88 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 16 | |||
| Negeri Sembilan | 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Indy Eleven | 2019 | USL Championship | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 361 | 49 | 20 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 448 | 59 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 2003 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2005 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | 14 | 4 | ||
| 2007 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 62 | 12 | ||
| +List of international goals scored by Kim Do-heon | |||||||||||||
| scope=col | No. | scope=col data-sort-type=date | Date | scope=col | Venue | scope=col | Opponent | scope=col | Score | scope=col | Result | scope=col | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center scope=row | 1 | 4 December 2003 | National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2003 EAFF Championship | |||||||
| align=center scope=row | 2 | 9 June 2004 | Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon, South Korea | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||||||
| align=center scope=row | 3 | 17 November 2004 | Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||||||
| align=center scope=row | 4 | 22 February 2006 | Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo, Syria | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |||||||
| align=center scope=row | 5 | 23 May 2006 | Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | |||||||
| align=center scope=row | 6 | 16 August 2006 | Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |||||||
| align=center scope=row | 7 | 6 September 2006 | Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea | 6–0 | 8–0 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |||||||
| align=center scope=row | 8 | 15 July 2007 | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup | |||||||
| align=center scope=row | 9 | 14 June 2008 | Saparmurat Turkmenbashi Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||||||
| align=center scope=row | 10 | 2–1 | |||||||||||
| align=center scope=row | 11 | 3–1 | |||||||||||
| align=center scope=row | 12 | 30 May 2012 | Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland | 1–1 | 1–4 | Friendly |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2005[17]
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
West Bromwich Albion
South Korea U23
South Korea
Individual
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015[25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007[32] [33] [34]
2006[36]