 Kim in 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 April 1989 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Incheon, South Korea | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 October 2020 (aged 31) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Kwangwoon University | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2013–2020 | FC Seoul | 76 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Sangju Sangmu (military service) | 38 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Total | 114 | (4) | ||||||||||||
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2020 | ||||||||||||||
Kim Nam-chun (Korean: 김남춘; Hanja: 金南春; 19 April 1989 – 30 October 2020) was a South Korean footballer who played as a defender.
Kim Nam-chun made his debut for FC Seoul against Buriram United in the group stages of the AFC Champions League on 1 May 2013.
His first goal for FC Seoul came against Ulsan Hyundai in a K League Classic match on 9 October 2014.[1]
On 30 October 2020, Kim Nam-chun was found dead in a parking lot in Songpa.[2] South Korean police suspected that he died by suicide.[3]