| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 10 | olympic | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| FIFA World Cup | ||||
| 15 | Senior | 2010 | South Africa | |
| Asian Games | ||||
| 3 | olympic | 2010 | Guangzhou, CHN | |
Nickname
Woodpecker or the 'Asian Roberto Baggio' (people.search.naver.com; planete-asm.fr, 04 Nov 2010)
Hobbies
Computers, taekwondo. (people.search.naver.com, 04 Nov 2010)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Teaching - Korea University Graduate School of Education, Seoul, KOR
Language(s) spoken
English, French, Korean
Club name
Arsenal, England
Coach
Arsene Wenger, Hong Myung Bo [national] (arsenal.com, 04 Jul 2012)
Position and style
Forward (search.naver.com, 04 Nov 2010)
Debut
2005 [senior] for Korea (hantoma.hani.co.kr, 10 May 2010)
Injuries
He sustained a thigh injury in Monaco's French Cup final loss to PSG in May 2010. (BBC Sport, 31 May
2010)
A foot injury sustained in 2007 "slowed his progression" that year. (asm-fc.com, 01 Sep 2008)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He began playing at school before spending a year at Zico's academy in Rio De Janeiro in 2002. (soccernet.espn.go.com, 04 Jul 2012)
Hero
French footballers Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry. (blog.naver.com; planete-asm.fr, 14 Jul 2010)
Awards
He was named Asian Young Player of the Year in 2004. (BBC Sport, 01 Jan 2010)
A road has been named in his honour in Korea. (BBC Sport, 01 Jan 2010)
General
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
