Kim Moon-hwan
South Korean footballer
Kim Moon-hwan (Korean: 김문환; born 1 August 1995) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a right-back for K League 1 club Daejeon Hana Citizen and the South Korea national team.
Club career
After attending Chung-Ang University for three years, Kim signed for K League 2 club Busan IPark on 3 January 2017. He played as a forward until his university days, whereas starting to play as a right-back at Busan. In his first professional season, the club reached the finals at both the promotion play-offs and the Korean FA Cup, but lost the two finals.
In 2018 and 2019, Kim was evaluated as the best right-back of the K League 2, being named in the league's Best XI. He became a K League 1 player in 2020 after helping Busan win the promotion play-offs.
After Busan finished bottom of the K League 1, Kim joined Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC on 11 January 2021. He played four matches as a substitute during LAFC's first eight matches due to an aftereffect of knee injury. On 24 June, he made his first MLS start in a 2–0 win over FC Dallas, where he was named the Man of the Match. He made 28 appearances including 20 starts for about a year at LAFC.
On 18 March 2022, Kim transferred to K League 1 side Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. He judged that playing for Jeonbuk was more likely to be selected for the South Korean squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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