Byun Byung-joo
Byun Byung-joo (;  or  ; born 26 April 1961) is a former South Korean football player. International career
Byun played for the South Korea national football team in 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cup, but South Korea failed to win a victory in the two World Cups. He said he was being inconvenienced by hitting Bulgaria's goalpost with his shot, which could have earned South Korea's first-ever World Cup victory if successful. Byun scored South Korea's second goal, helping his team defeat Saudi Arabia 2–0 in the 1986 Asian Games final. Byun scored with a Panenka against Antonín Panenka's country Czechoslovakia in a penalty shoot-out of the 1988 Korea Cup semi-finals. Style of play
Nicknamed the "Bullet" in South Korea, Byun showed fast dribbles and accurate crosses. He was an important winger for South Korea at the time, although he was criticized for his monotonous pattern. Career statistics

Club

International

Results list South Korea's goal tally first. Honours
Yonsei University
Korean President's Cup: 1980

Daewoo Royals
K League 1: 1984, 1987
Korean National Championship: 1989
Korean League Cup runner-up: 1986
Asian Club Championship: 1985–86
Afro-Asian Club Championship: 1986

South Korea
Asian Games: 1986
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations: 1987
AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 1988
Dynasty Cup: 1990

Individual
Korean FA Best XI: 1981
AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 1988

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1961 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
South Korean men's footballers
South Korea men's international footballers
South Korean football managers
Busan IPark players
Ulsan Hyundai FC players
K League 1 players
1984 AFC Asian Cup players
1986 FIFA World Cup players
1988 AFC Asian Cup players
1990 FIFA World Cup players
Footballers from Daegu
Daegu FC managers
Yonsei University alumni
Asian Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games
Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games