[서울신문] ‘People Ronaldo’ Ahn Byung-jun, MVP of the North Korean national team for the first time in the history of the K-League



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New hero in history at the K-League 2 Grand Prix ceremony on the 30th
K-League Top Scorer 2 & Best 11 (Attack Number) 3 Crowns
The Director and Young Player awards are Jeju Nam Gi-il and Lee Dong-ryul.

Suwon FC Ahn Byung-jun.  Provided by the Korea Professional Football Federation

▲ Suwon FC Ahn Byung-jun. Provided by the Korea Professional Football Federation

‘People Ronaldo’ Ahn Byung-joon (30), who led professional soccer Suwon FC to the first division in five years, rose to the top star of K League 2 (second division) this year.

Ahn Byung-jun was selected as the regular league MVP at the 2020 League 2 Season K award ceremony held at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul on the 30th. the first time in K-League history in 38 that a player from Cho Chongryon, who has been on the North Korean national team, became MVP of K-League 1 and 2.

On this matchday, Ahn Byung-jun, who won three crowns from top scorer to best 11 (attacker), was responsible for 21 goals, 40% of the 53 goals scored by the team this season. In particular, in the one-off playoff game against Gyeongnam FC held the day before, the team scored a dramatic penalty goal just before the end of the game, leading the team to promotion to the first division.

Ahn Byung-jun was supported by 8 out of 10 K-League 2 coaches, 6 out of 10 captains and 57 out of 75 reporters as the voting ended on the 23rd, just after the last regular league game. When it became a 100-point scale, he beat Lee Chang-min (23.00, Jeju United) with 72.40 points.

Ahn Byung-joon, a third-year Korean-Japanese from Jo Chongryon, played 9 games in the North Korean soccer team uniform and received a lot of attention when he entered the K-League through Suwon FC last year. . Before Ahn Byung-jun, Liang Gyu-sa, Ahn Young-hak, and Jeong Dae-stepped onto the K-League stage with similar identities. Ahn Byung-jun said, “I am very honored and happy to be able to engrave my name in the history of the K-League.”

The winners of the K-League 2 award ceremony held on the 30th. Provided by the Korea Professional Football Federation

▲ Winners of the K-League 2 award ceremony held on the 30th. Provided by the Korea Professional Soccer Federation

The director’s award went to manager Nam Ki-il (46), who led Jeju to promotion to the first division in one season. He is the only K-League command tower to have promoted Jeju three times this year after Gwangju FC in 2014 and Seongnam FC in 2018, he said: “I was able to build good memories together until the end by becoming a ‘one team ‘with the champions. “

The K-League 2 Young Player Award, which was presented for the first time this year, was given by Jeju’s second-year forward Mobility (20). Mobility, who participated in 14 games, scored 5 goals, 3 assists and helped promote the team, said: “We have met the award conditions (more than 50% of the total appearance) until the last game, and we thank the coach for trust and send us “. I think I was able to receive this award for developing it with the advice I could get ”.

Jeong Jo-guk (36, Jeju), a K-League goalkeeper who has enjoyed an era, officially announced his retirement with the Achievement Award. In Jeju, Kim Young-wook also received the Most Help Award and 11 awards in total, including Oh Seung-hoon (goalkeeper), Ahn Hyun-beom, Jung Un, Jung Woo-jae (ideal defender), Gong Min-hyun. , Kim Young-wook and Lee Chang-min (top midfielder) in the top 11. Salaried. The three remaining places for the top 11 were attacker Leandro (Seoul Eland), midfielder Baek Sung-dong (Gyeongnam) and defender Jo Yoo-min (Suwon FC).

Reporter Hong Ji-min [email protected]

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