Byung-ji Kim

First he was a track and field athlete but started playing football in his third year at Miryang Elementary School.
Kim had to stop playing football in his first two years of High School because he stopped growing.

Most appearances in K League history: 706
Most clean sheets in K League history: 229
Most consecutive appearances without a substitution in K League history: 153
Oldest player to ever play in K League history: 45 years 5 months 15 days
Most goals scored by a goalkeeper in K League history: 3
Most appearances in K League All-Star-Game: 16

1991 (2. half) Korean National Semi-Professional Football League champion
1992 (1. half) Korean National Semi-Professional Football League champion
1992 Korean National Semi-Professional Football League Player of the Tournament
1996 K League Team of the Season
1998 K League Team of the Season
2005 K League Team of the Season
2007 K League Team of the Season
2007 21st Sports Seoul Professional Football Awards Defensive Player of the Year

2002 Sports Medal of Honor - 2nd highest grade 'Tiger king'
2016 National Assembly Award of the Republic of Korea

Was an actor in the movie Toy Soldiers: Fake Men 2 The Complete (2021).
Cameo in worldwide successful Netflix series Vincenzo (2021).

Byung-ji Kim ist der Vater von Tae-san Kim (Seoul E-Land).

Miryang Elementary School (1979-1982),
Miryang Middle School (1983-1985),
Busan Boy House (1988)