Sung Hyang-sim

Sung Hyang-sim (; born 2 December 1999) is a North Korean footballer from Anju, South Pyongan Province. She plays for Pyongyang City Sports Club and the North Korea women's national football team as a forward.

At the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Sung was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player and won the Golden Boot as the competition's top scorer. The same year, she was nominated for the Asian Footballer of the Year and Asian Young Footballer of the Year awards by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), winning the latter. The previous year, she earned the Silver Ball at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Career Sung started playing football at the age of 12 at a state junior sports school. In 2013, she played for North Korea at the 2013 AFC Under-14 Girls' Regional Championship East Region and received the tournament's Most Valuable Player award. She later competed in the 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Later that year, she was included in North Korea's 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squad and appeared as a substitute in the final against France. Sung chose to wear the number 2 shirt.

In 2017, Sung made her senior debut for the North Korea women's national football team against China, scoring after coming on as a substitute. The same year, she was nominated by the AFC for the Asian Footballer of the Year and Asian Young Footballer of the Year awards, eventually winning the latter. This followed her six-goal performance at the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, where she finished as the tournament's top scorer and was named Most Valuable Player.

International goals Under-16 No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 30 September 2013 Jiangsu Football Training Centre Stadium, Nanjing, China 5–0 10–0 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2. 6–0 3. 10–0 4. 6 October 2013 Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing, China 1–1 1–1 (5–6 p) 5. 18 March 2014 Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia, Costa Rica 1–0 1–1 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 6. 22 March 2024 Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica 2–3 4–3 7. 5 November 2015 Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan, China 2–0 5–0 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship 8. 3–0 9. 9 November 2015 Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan, China 1–0 1–1 10. 1 October 2016 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan 1–1 3–3 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Under-19 No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 15 October 2017 Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing, China 1–0 9–0 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2. 4–0 3. 6–0 4. 8–0 5. 25 October 2017 2–0 3–0 6. 3–0

National team No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 3 April 2017 Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea 8–0 8–0 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification 2. 7 April 2017 1–0 1–1 3. 9 April 2017 2–0 4–0 4. 3–0 5. 8 June 2017 Fitness Centre Of Qiannan Stadium, Duyun, China 1–0 1–0 Friendly 6. 17 August 2018 Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia 1–0 16–0 2018 Asian Games 7. 2–0 8. 5–0 9. 7–0 10. 27 September 2023 Wenzhou Sports Centre Stadium, Wenzhou, China 7–0 7–0 2022 Asian Games 11. 26 October 2023 Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China 1–0 2–1 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 12. 1 November 2023 2–0 7–0 13. 30 November 2023 Suoka Sports Training Base Pitch 2, Zhuhai, China 1–0 11–0 2024 EAFF E-1 Football Championship 14. 3–0 15. 4 December 2023 16–0 17–0