Jeong Min-hyeong
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jeong Min-Hyeong | ||
Date of birth | 14 May 1987 | ||
Place of birth | South Korea | ||
Date of death | 4 July 2012 | (aged 25)||
Place of death | Yangju, South Korea | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2009 | International University of Korea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Busan IPark | 7 | (0) |
Total | 7 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2012 |
Jeong Min-Hyeong (Korean: 정민형; 14 May 1987 – 4 July 2012) was a South Korean footballer who played as a midfielder for Busan IPark in the K-League.[1]
He attended International University of Korea before embarking on a professional football career.
Death
[edit]On July 4, 2012, Jeong was found dead in his car which was parked in the outskirts of Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, after disappearing for 4 days. In the car police discovered a burned Yeontan and a suicide note.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "부산 수비수 정민형, 차량에서 숨진 채 발견…자살 추정 – Daum 스포츠" (in Korean). Sports.media.daum.net. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ Ib, Ryuk (5 July 2012). 부산 수비수 정민형, 4일 숨진 채 발견. Sportal Korea (in Korean). Retrieved 21 December 2017.
External links
[edit]- Jeong Min-hyeong – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
Categories:
- 1987 births
- 2012 deaths
- Men's association football midfielders
- South Korean men's footballers
- Busan IPark players
- K League 1 players
- Suicides by carbon monoxide poisoning
- Suicides by poison in South Korea
- 2012 suicides
- Sportspeople who died by suicide
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen
- South Korean football midfielder stubs