Sung Hyun-ah (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 May 1982 | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002- | Daekyo Kangaroos | ||
| Seoul City | |||
| Incheon Hyundai | |||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003-2006 | South Korea | 15 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 05:08, 24 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Sung Hyun-ah (Korean: 성현아; born 5 May 1982) is a South Korean former footballer who played as a forward. She was a member of the South Korea women's national football team. She played at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup..[1]
Club career
Sung played for Daekyo Kangaroos from the time of the club's foundation in 2002.[2] She later joined Seoul City Amazones.[3][4] Sung then played for Incheon Hyundai, scoring a key goal in the team's first win of the 2010 WK League season and going on to score the winner in the first leg of that year's championship final against Suwon FMC.[5][6]
In 2011, Sung scored twice in the final of the National Women's Football Championship to help Incheon lift the trophy.[7]
International career
In a group stage match against Hong Kong at the 2003 AFC Women's Championship, Sung scored a goal after just 38 seconds of play.[8] This was the fastest goal the South Korean women's national team had ever scored, a record Sung held for over twenty years until it was broken by Choo Hyo-joo in 2024.[9]
References
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 - Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA Women's World Cup United States 2003. FIFA. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
- ^ "여자축구'대교 캥거루스'창단" [Women's football team 'Daekyo Kangaroos' founded]. Gyeongbuk Ilbo (in Korean). 27 November 2002. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ^ Kwon, Yang-ok (10 May 2006). "2006 서울국제여자축구대회 개최" [2006 Seoul International Women's Football Tournament opens]. seoul.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ^ Han, Sang-yong (12 May 2006). "서울시청, 2006서울국제여자축구 챔프 도전" [Seoul City challenging to be champions of 2006 Seoul International Women's Football tourney]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 24 March 2026 – via Daum.
- ^ Yoon, Tae-seok (6 April 2010). "성현아 한방…첫 승 쐈다" [Sung Hyun-ah takes a shot to land first win]. Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ^ Jung, Su-chang (27 September 2010). "'성현아 결승골' 현대제철, 수원 FMC 잡고 결승 1차전 승리" ['Sung Hyun-ah's winning goal' takes Hyundai Steel to victory in first leg of final against Suwon FMC]. Sportal Korea (in Korean). Retrieved 24 March 2026 – via Daum.
- ^ Oh, Hae-won (22 July 2012). "현대제철, 여자축구선수권 일반부 우승". No Cut News (in Korean). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ^ "한국여자축구 월드컵 본선 시동" [Korean women's football team heading for World Cup qualification]. Jeju News (in Korean). 10 June 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ^ Lee, Eejin (8 April 2024). "'최유리 1골 1도움' 여자축구 벨호, 필리핀과 2차전도 2-1 승" ['1 goal, 1 assist for Choe Yu-ri' Bell's women beat Philippines 2-1 in second match]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
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