Two Kim Taehyuns on the national team? At the same time, A-match debut record, Jung Woo-young will follow...Age + English name
Jul 11, 2025
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Coach Hong Myung-bo started two Kim Tae-hyun in the second leg of the 2025 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) against Hong Kong at 8 p.m. on the 11th at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi Province. Coincidentally, both Kim Tae-hyun made their A-match debut on the day.
Left-footed center back Kim Tae-hyun (25, Kashima) will set up a three-back with Byun Jun-su (Gwangju) and his signature officer (Ulsan) in the 3-4-3 formation. Jeonbuk's all-weather full-back Kim Tae-hyun (29), who leads the K-League 1, will take charge of the right wingback.
It is the third time in his career that a person of the same name has played in the same A-match game side-by-side, following 'Seo Dong-won' in 1998 and 'Jung Woo-young' in 2021. Seo Dong-won and Seo Dong-won played as substitutes side by side in the match against Egypt at the King's Cup, while Jung Woo-young and Jung Woo-young started and replaced each in the match between Korea and Japan. At the same time, 'Kim Tae-hyun' is the first to play as a starter.
The two have the same name, but they can be distinguished by English names along with their appearance, age, and uniform number. Number 22 'Kn'Taehyun uses Kim Taehyun, 'Jak'Taehyun uses Kim Taehyun as his English name. Jung Woo-young and Jung Woo-young also have different English names.
Usually, if there is a player with the same name on the same team, depending on their age, they would put 'big' and 'small' in front of them, or A and B behind them.
Coach Hong replaced all of the best-leven against China, which had a complete 3-0 victory.
Cho Hyun-taek (Ulsan) was chosen as the wingback to be located on the opposite side of Tae-hyun.
Lee Seung-won (Kim Cheon) and Seo Min-woo (Gangwon), who worked together at Gimcheon Sangmu, will take charge of the midfield, while Kang Sang-yoon (Jeonbuk), Na Sang-ho (Machida Gelvia) and Lee Ho-jae (Pohang) will be located on the offensive team.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
