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Yoo Young-a
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-04-15) 15 April 1988 (age 37)
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Busan Sangmu
2014–2016 Hyundai Steel Red Angels
2017–2019 Sejong Sportstoto
2020–2024 Seoul City
International career
2005 South Korea U17 4 (1)
2006–2007 South Korea U20 7 (5)
2009 South Korea Universiade 4 (3)
2007–2017 South Korea 87 (32)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yoo Young-a (Korean: 유영아; Korean pronunciation: [ju.jʌŋ.a]; born 15 April 1988) is a retired South Korean footballer who played as a forward. She currently works as a coach for Seoul City Amazones WFC.[2] As one of the so-called '1988 line' along with Jeon Ga-eul, Cho So-hyun, Kim Do-yeon, Kwon Hah-nul, and Lee Eun-mi, she is considered part of a 'golden generation' of Korean women's football.[3][4]

Club career

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Yoo's club career began in 2009 with the military team Busan Sangmu, competing in the newly established WK League.[2] In the same year, the team won the silver medal at the World Military Women's Football Championship, losing 1–0 to Brazil in the final.[5][6] While playing for Busan, Yoo earned a reputation as one of the WK League's top goalscorers, ranking second for goals scored in 2010 and 2012.[7]

Ahead of the 2014 season, Yoo transferred to Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels.[8] Yoo was the first player to score ten goals in the 2014 WK League, contributing to a 13-game unbeaten run for Incheon.[9] The club went on to win the league title and Yoo was once again among the season's top goalscorers.[7][10] The Red Angels lifted the WK League trophy again in 2015 and 2016, with Yoo scoring one of the team's four goals in the 2016 championship final.[11]

As Yoo was gradually spending more time on the bench at Incheon, she made the move to Gumi Sportstoto in 2017 as the team aimed to reach their first championship final, having made it as far as the playoff in 2016.[12] Yoo was attracted by the prospect of this challenge and hoped that playing for Gumi would allow her more freedom on the pitch.[13] The Sportstoto coaching staff saw Yoo as the club's "final puzzle piece", being a positive influence in the locker room as well as bringing her experience and goalscoring talent.[14] Sportstoto were unable to achieve their aims in the league but they did achieve their first ever title at the 16th National Women's Football Championship in 2017.[15] The team went on to defend their title the following year, with Yoo picking up the tournament's MVP award.[16]

After three years with Sportstoto, Yoo transferred to Seoul City along with Park Eun-sun.[17] Seoul manager Yoo Young-sil hoped that as veteran players, Yoo and Park would be the "mental pillars" of the largely young and inexperienced squad.[18] Yoo announced her retirement from football in 2024, making her final appearance for Seoul in the club's round 26 home match against Sportstoto on 12 September.[19]

International career

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Yoo played for South Korea at the 2005 AFC U-17 Women's Championship, scoring in the side's group stage victory against Thailand.[20]

In 2009, Yoo represented her country at the Summer Universiade in Belgrade, scoring two goals in South Korea's opening group stage match against Germany.[6] South Korea went on to win the tournament after beating Japan 4–1 in the final.[21]

Yoo made her first senior international appearance at the qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics, scoring a goal in her debut match.[22][23] She was part of the squad that progressed to the round of 16 at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, and won the bronze medal at the Asian Games in 2010 and 2014.[2] Yoo made 87 senior appearances in total for South Korea, scoring 32 goals.

Career statistics

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[24]
National team Year Apps Goals
South Korea 2007 6 1
2008 1 2
2009 4 4
2010 12 7
2011 9 1
2012 0 0
2013 5 0
2014 16 11
2015 15 2
2016 6 1
2017 13 3
Total 87 32
Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yoo goal.
List of international goals scored by Yoo Young-a
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 17 February 2007 Masan Stadium, Changwon, South Korea India India 4–0 5–0 2008 Summer Olympics qualification [23]
2 26 March 2008 80th Birthday Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Malaysia Malaysia 2–0 14–0 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification [25]
3 5–0
4 24 August 2009 Tainan County Stadium, Tainan, Taiwan Guam Guam 2–0 9–0 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship qualification [26]
5 8–0
6 28 August 2009 Tainan County Stadium, Tainan, Taiwan Hong Kong Hong Kong 1–0 7–0 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship qualification [27]
7 30 August 2009 Tainan County Stadium, Tainan, Taiwan Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 2–0 6–0 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship qualification [28]
8 7 February 2010 Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 4–0 4–0 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship [29]
9 13 February 2010 Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Japan Japan 1–2 1–2 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship [30]
10 23 May 2010 Shuangliu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China Vietnam Vietnam 1–0 5–0 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup [31]
11 2–0
12 5–0
13 16 November 2010 University Town Stadium, Guangzhou, China Jordan Jordan 4–0 5–0 2010 Asian Games [32]
14 20 November 2010 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China North Korea North Korea 1–1 1–3 2010 Asian Games [33]
15 8 September 2011 Jinan Olympic Sports Center, Jinan, China Thailand Thailand 2–0 3–0 2012 Summer Olympics qualification [34]
16 11 March 2014 Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus New Zealand New Zealand 2–0 4–0 2014 Cyprus Women's Cup [35]
17 12 March 2014 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Scotland Scotland 1–0 1–1 2014 Cyprus Women's Cup [36]
18 25 May 2014 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam China China 1–1 1–2 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup [37]
19 14 September 2014 Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon, South Korea Thailand Thailand 3–0 5–0 2014 Asian Games [38]
20 17 September 2014 Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon, South Korea India India 2–0 10–0 2014 Asian Games [39]
21 5–0
22 8–0
23 9–0
24 21 September 2014 Munhak Stadium, Incheon, South Korea Maldives Maldives 9–0 13–0 2014 Asian Games [40]
25 11–0
26 12 November 2014 Hsinchu County Stadium, Zhubei, Taiwan Guam Guam 2–0 15–0 2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup qualification [41]
27 13 January 2015 Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China China China 1–2 3–2 2015 Four Nations Tournament [42]
28 11 March 2015 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus Belgium Belgium 1–1 1–1 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup [43]
29 21 January 2016 Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Foshan, China Vietnam Vietnam 3–0 5–0 2016 Four Nations Tournament [44]
30 5 April 2017 Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea India India 6–0 10–0 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification [45]
31 9 April 2017 Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea Hong Kong Hong Kong 2–0 6–0 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification [46]
32 11 April 2017 Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 4–0 4–0 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification [47]

Honours

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Busan Sangmu

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

Gumi Sportstoto

  • National Women's Football Championship: 2017, 2018[16]

South Korea Universiade

South Korea

Individual

  • National Women's Football Championship MVP: 2018[16]

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