SOCCER PLAYER

Hong Deok-young

1926 - 2005

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Hong Deok-young (Korean: 홍덕영; Hanja: 洪德永; 5 May 1926 – 13 September 2005) was a South Korean football player, manager and referee. He was one of the first South Koreans to be capped for their country at international level. He was the goalkeeper of the South Korean national team for the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1954 Asian Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hong Deok-young has received more than 23,809 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hong Deok-young is the 5,130th most popular soccer player, the 117th most popular biography from North Korea and the 10th most popular North Korean Soccer Player.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

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  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Hong Deok-young ranks 5,130 out of 21,273. Before him are Matthias Ginter, Giuseppe Sabadini, Wálter Guimarães, Victor Lindelöf, Túlio Maravilha, and Layvin Kurzawa. After him are Harry Lubse, Atsushi Uchiyama, Álex Grimaldo, Djamel Menad, Sergio Ahumada, and Siem de Jong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Hong Deok-young ranks 475. Before him are Milo O'Shea, Dionizije Dvornić, Zygmunt Chychła, George Ariyoshi, Nikolai Tishchenko, and Erna Schneider Hoover. After him are Tony Settember, Don Gordon, Éva Janikovszky, Rob Schroeder, Shohachi Ishii, and Audrey Williamson. Among people deceased in 2005, Hong Deok-young ranks 319. Before him are Lee Eun-ju, Wendie Jo Sperber, Juan Pedevilla, Ismail Merchant, Paul Winchell, and Renzo Nostini. After him are Ernest Lehman, Dave Allen, Robert Creeley, Kalevi Hämäläinen, Harold J. Stone, and George Szekeres.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Hong Deok-young ranks 117 out of 162. Before him are Han Pil-hwa (1942), Chang Sang (1939), Kim Iryeop (1896), Li Dong-woon (1945), Kim Sol-song (1974), and Li Chan-myung (1947). After him are Ji Yun-nam (1976), Ri Myong-guk (1986), Hong Yong-jo (1982), Shin Dong-hyuk (1982), Im Shung-hwi (1946), and Kim Yong-jun (1983).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In North Korea

Among soccer players born in North Korea, Hong Deok-young ranks 10. Before him are Pak Doo-ik (1943), Pak Seung-zin (1941), Yang Song-guk (1944), Kim Jong-hun (1956), Li Dong-woon (1945), and Li Chan-myung (1947). After him are Ji Yun-nam (1976), Ri Myong-guk (1986), Hong Yong-jo (1982), Im Shung-hwi (1946), Kim Yong-jun (1983), and Han Kwang-song (1998).

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