Kim Young-gyu

Kiu

Personal information
Full name	Kim Young-Gyu
Date of birth	5 January 1995
Place of birth	Yeongju, South Korea
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current team	Almería B
Youth career
2010–2011	Real Madrid
2010–2011	→ Palencia (loan)
2011–2013	Almería
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2013–	Almería B	35	(0)
2013–	Almería	2	(0)
2015	→ Avilés (loan)	12	(1)
National team^‡
2014–	South Korea U20	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 May 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2014

Kim Young-gyu (born 5 January 1995), simply Kiu, is a South Korean footballer who plays for UD Almería B as a winger.

Football career

Kiu was born in Yeongju, and began his footballing career at local club Young In FBC. In 2010, aged 15, he signed for Real Madrid, but never appeared neither for its first team, nor for its youth setup. In January of the following year, he signed for second division's UD Almería,^[1] after impressing with CF Palencia.^[2]

Kiu was promoted to the reserves in the 2013 summer, and made his debut for the Andalusians' first team on 19 August, against Villarreal CF.^[3] On 30 January 2015, after appearing rarely, he was loaned to Real Avilés also in Segunda División B, until June.^[4]

References

1. "El Almería ficha a dos internacionales coreanos para su cantera" [Almería signs two Korean international for its cantera] (in Spanish). Teleprensa. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
2. "El sueño de Kiu" [Kiu's dream] (in Spanish). Marca. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
3. "Valiant Villarreal open with win". ESPN FC. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
4. "Kim Young-Gyu llega cedido por el Almería "B"" [Kim Young-Gyu arrives on loan from Almería "B"] (in Spanish). Avilés' official website. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)
• Kiu profile at Soccerway