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Kim Min-soo (footballer, born 1984)

South Korean footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ6409166 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kim Min-Soo (Korean: 김민수; born 14 December 1984) is a South Korean football player who is currently playing for Gwangju FC.

Kim began his football career with National League side Incheon Korail in 2007, and was drafted by K-League side Daejeon Citizen ahead of the 2008 season. He was a bit-part player throughout the year making just 13 appearances, and moved to Incheon United prior to the start of the 2009 season. On 29 November 2010, he moved to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military duty.

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The public source identifies “Kim Min-soo (footballer, born 1984)” as south Korean footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Min-soo, footballer and born.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984, 2007, 2008, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1984-12-14. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Min-soo, footballer and born providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Kim Min-soo (footballer, born 1984)”, the useful work is to connect “south Korean footballer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6409166. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1984, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from “Kim Min-soo (footballer, born 1984)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.