Yeom Dong-Gyun
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Yeom Dong-Kyon is South Korea
n football goalkeeper.
He spent most of his career playing for Chunnam Dragons
and was a part of the national team squad by 10 October 2008.
on a three-year contract, but indicted for his involvement in the alleged match-fixing scandal on June 24. He admitted that he had involved in a league match-fixing and accepted a bribe a year ago.
Consequently, Yeom was released from Jeonbuk and K-League.
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n football goalkeeper.
He spent most of his career playing for Chunnam Dragons
Chunnam Dragons
Chunnam Dragons is a football club founded in 1995 in the Korean city of Gwangyang, which joined the K-League for the 1995 season at the same time as Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, their Jeolla province rivals.-History:...
and was a part of the national team squad by 10 October 2008.
Match-fixing scandal
On 24 January 2011, Yeom joined Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsJeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are a professional football club based in Jeonju, Jeonbuk, South Korea. They won their first K-League title in 2009. Prior to this, the club won the AFC Champions League title in 2006, becoming the first club from East Asia to win the tournament since the AFC Champions...
on a three-year contract, but indicted for his involvement in the alleged match-fixing scandal on June 24. He admitted that he had involved in a league match-fixing and accepted a bribe a year ago.
Consequently, Yeom was released from Jeonbuk and K-League.
Chunnam Dragons
- FA CupKorean FA CupThe Korean FA Cup is a national cup knockout competition involving K-League, National League, and various amateur and university-level clubs which is held by KFA....
(2): 2006, 2007