| Byun Byung-joo | |
| Fullname: | Byun Byung-joo |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Paju, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
| Height: | 1.740NaN0 |
| Position: | Right winger |
| Collegeyears1: | 1980–1983 |
| College1: | Yonsei University |
| Years1: | 1983–1989 |
| Years2: | 1990–1991 |
| Clubs1: | Daewoo Royals |
| Clubs2: | Hyundai Horang-i |
| Caps1: | 97 |
| Goals1: | 22 |
| Caps2: | 32 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Totalcaps: | 129 |
| Totalgoals: | 28 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1981–1990 |
| Nationalteam1: | South Korea |
| Nationalcaps1: | 76 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 11 |
| Manageryears1: | 1993–1996 |
| Manageryears2: | 1998–1999 |
| Manageryears3: | 2007–2009 |
| Managerclubs1: | Incheon Steel |
| Managerclubs2: | Yong In University |
| Managerclubs3: | Daegu FC |
| Hangul: | 변병주 |
| Hanja: | 邊炳柱 |
| Rr: | Byeon Byeong-ju |
| Mr: | Pyŏn Pyŏng-chu |
Byun Byung-joo (; pronounced as /ko/ or pronounced as /ko/ pronounced as /ko/; born 26 April 1961) is a former South Korean football player.
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.[1]
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.[2]
Nicknamed the "Bullet" in South Korea, Byun showed fast dribbles and accurate crosses.[3] He was an important winger for South Korea at the time, although he was criticized for his monotonous pattern.[4]
| Club | Season | League | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Daewoo Royals | 1983 | K League | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| 1984 | K League | 19 | 4 | — | — | 19 | 4 | ||||
| 1985 | K League | 4 | 1 | — | ? | ? | 4 | 1 | |||
| 1986 | K League | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | 12 | 2 | ||
| 1987 | K League | 30 | 5 | — | — | 30 | 5 | ||||
| 1988 | K League | 11 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||||
| 1989 | K League | 19 | 7 | — | — | 19 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 97 | 22 | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | 99 | 22 | |||
| Hyundai Horang-i | 1990 | K League | 10 | 3 | — | — | 10 | 3 | |||
| 1991 | K League | 22 | 3 | — | — | 22 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 6 | — | — | 32 | 6 | |||||
| Career total | 129 | 28 | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | 131 | 28 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 1981 | 8 | 2 | |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1983 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 1984 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 1985 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 1986 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 1987 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1988 | 10 | 3 | ||
| 1989 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 76 | 11 | ||
Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
| 1 | 4 September 1981 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 6 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1981 Pestabola Merdeka | ||
| 2 | 13 September 1981 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 7 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1981 Pestabola Merdeka | ||
| 3 | 9 August 1983 | San José, Costa Rica | 22 | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | ||
| 4 | 4 October 1984 | Seoul, South Korea | 27 | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly | ||
| 5 | 21 July 1985 | Seoul, South Korea | 41 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| 6 | 30 July 1985 | Jakarta, Indonesia | 42 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| 7 | 5 October 1986 | Seoul, South Korea | 54 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1986 Asian Games | ||
| 8 | 19 June 1988 | Suwon, South Korea | 57 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1988 Korea Cup | ||
| 9 | 11 December 1988 | Doha, Qatar | 63 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1988 AFC Asian Cup | ||
| 10 | 3–0 | |||||||
| 11 | 5 September 1990 | Seoul, South Korea | 74 | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Yonsei University
1980
Daewoo Royals
1989
1986
South Korea
Individual
1981[10]