Yeom Dong-gyun

Yeom Dong-Kyon

Personal information
Full name	Yeom Dong-Kyon
Date of birth	6 September 1983
Place of birth	South Korea
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2010	Chunnam Dragons	97	(0)
2004–2005	→ Sangmu (military service)	7	(0)
2011	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	14	(0)
National team^‡
2003	South Korea U-23	2	(0)
2008	South Korea	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2008

Yeom Dong-gyun
Hangul	염동균
Hanja	廉東均
Revised Romanization	Yeon Dong-gyun
McCune–Reischauer	Yŏm Tong-gyun

Yeom Dong-Kyon (born 3 November 1983) is South Korean football goalkeeper.

He spent most of his career playing for Chunnam Dragons and was a part of the national team squad by 10 October 2008.

Personal

Match-fixing scandal

On 24 January 2011, Yeom joined Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on a three-year contract,^[1] but indicted for his involvement in the alleged match-fixing scandal on June 24. He admitted that he had involved in a league match-fixing and accepted a bribe a year ago.^[2]

Consequently, Yeom was released from Jeonbuk and K-League.

Honours

Chunnam Dragons

• FA Cup (2): 2006, 2007

References

1. 전북, 염동균 영입하며 뒷문 보강 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
2. "전북 GK 염동균, 승부조작 자진신고" [Jeonbuk Goalkeeper Yeom hands himself in for involvement in a match-fixing]. Donga Ilbo (in Korean). daum. 2011-06-27.

External links

• Yeom Dong-gyun – K League stats at kleague.com