Hong Yong-jo

Hong Yong-jo
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-05-22) 22 May 1982
Place of birth Pyongyang, North Korea
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 25 April
2008 Bežanija 7 (1)
2008–2010 Rostov 31 (3)
2011–2012 25 April
International career
2002–2011 North Korea 51 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Hong Yong-jo
Chosŏn'gŭl
홍영조
Hancha
Revised RomanizationHong Yeong-jo
McCune–ReischauerHong Yŏngjo

Hong Yong-jo (Korean: 홍영조; Hancha: 洪映早; born 22 May 1982) is a former North Korean football midfielder. He captained North Korea at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Hong is one of the few North Korean footballers to ever play abroad, having had spells in Russia and Serbia.