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Up-and-coming Footballer
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Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- The national football team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, embraces a lot of competent players. Typical of them is Hong Yong Jo, famous for many scores he has made in international and local tournaments. He, who has been interested in sports, especially football, from primary school days, is characterized by running fast, dribbling well, taking scoring positions in time and skillfully getting goals. He has been active as a forward in many international tournaments. He fully demonstrated his skill by scoring three goals in the home-and-home matches with Jordan at the third-phase preliminaries of the Asian region for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Hong, captain of the national team, was crowned with the title of People's Athlete last year. |
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