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{{Short description|South Korean footballer (born 1986)}}
{{For|the history professor|Minsoo Kang}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kang Min-soo
| image = 강민수 교체 투입.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Goyang]], [[Gyeonggi-do|Gyeonggi]], South Korea
| height = {{height|m=1.84|precision=1}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Center back]], [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|Full back]]
| youthyears1 = 2001–2003
| youthclubs1 = Koyang High School
| years1 = 2004–2007
| clubs1 = [[Chunnam Dragons]]
| caps1 = 45
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2008
| clubs2 = [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]]
| caps2 = 20
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2009
| clubs3 = [[Jeju United FC|Jeju United]]
| caps3 = 19
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2010
| clubs4 = [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
| caps4 = 20
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2011–2019
| clubs5 = [[Ulsan Hyundai FC|Ulsan Hyundai]]
| caps5 = 204
| goals5 = 10
| years6 = 2014–2015
| clubs6 = → [[Sangju Sangmu Phoenix|Sangju Sangmu]] (army)
| caps6 = 46
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2020–2021
| clubs7 = [[Busan IPark]]
| caps7 = 20
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2021–2023
| clubs8 = [[Incheon United FC|Incheon United]]
| caps8 = 45
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2003
| nationalteam1 = [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U-20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 0
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2006–2008
| nationalteam2 = [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U-23]]
| nationalcaps2 = 20
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2007–2014
| nationalteam3 = [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
| nationalcaps3 = 33
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| pcupdate = 11 October 2022
| ntupdate = 23 November 2015
}}
{{Infobox Korean name|hangul=강민수|hanja=姜敏壽|rr=Gang Minsu|mr=Kang Minsu}}

{{family name hatnote|Kang||lang=Korean}}

'''Kang Min-soo''' ({{Korean|강민수}}; born 14 February 1986) is a South Korean former [[Association football|football]] player who plays as a [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|center back]]. He played for [[Chunnam Dragons]], [[Jeju United]], [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]], [[Suwon Bluewings]] and [[Ulsan Hyundai FC|Ulsan Hyundai]].

He was a member of [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea Olympic football team]] and [[South Korea national football team]].

His first match is [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's qualification#Group F|2008 Summer Olympics football qualification second round]] against [[Yemen national football team|Yemen]] U-23 football team at 28 February 2007. And his international debut match is [[Friendly match|Friendly]] match against [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] at 2 June 2007.

== Career statistics ==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
! colspan=3 | South Korea
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Korean FA Cup|KFA Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[K-League Cup|League Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[K-League 2004|2004]]||rowspan="4"|[[Chunnam Dragons]]||rowspan="18"|[[K League 1]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|[[K-League 2005|2005]]||10||0||3||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||16||0
|-
|[[K-League 2006|2006]]||18||0||2||0||10||0||colspan="2"|-||30||0
|-
|[[K-League 2007|2007]]||17||1||5||0||1||0||4||1||27||2
|-
|[[K-League 2008|2008]]||[[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]]||21||0||2||1||7||0||colspan="2"|-||30||1
|-
|[[K-League 2009|2009]]||[[Jeju United FC|Jeju United]]||19||0||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||24||0
|-
|[[2010 K-League|2010]]||[[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]||20||1||2||0||4||1||5||0||31||2
|-
|[[2011 K-League|2011]]||rowspan="4"|[[Ulsan Hyundai FC|Ulsan Hyundai]]||25||2||4||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||36||2
|-
|[[2012 K-League|2012]]||31||2||2||0||colspan="2"|-||11||1||44||3
|-
|[[2013 K League Classic|2013]]||37||2||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||38||2
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[2014 K League Classic|2014]]||11||0||1||1||colspan="2"|-||5||1||17||2
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Sangju Sangmu]]||19||1||3||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||1
|-
|[[2015 K League Classic|2015]]||27||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||27||0
|-
|[[2016 K League Classic|2016]]||rowspan="4"|[[Ulsan Hyundai FC|Ulsan Hyundai]]||26||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||28||0
|-
|[[2017 K League Classic|2017]]||24||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0||30||0
|-
|[[2018 K League 1|2018]]||30||1||4||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0||41||1
|-
|[[2019 K League 1|2019]]||23||3||1||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0||26||3
|-
|[[2020 K League 1|2020]]||rowspan="2"|[[Busan IPark]]||20||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||20||1
|-
|[[2021 K League 2|2021]]||[[K League 2]]||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|[[2021 K League 1|2021]]||rowspan="2"|[[Incheon United]]||rowspan="2"|[[K League 1]]||20||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||20||0
|-
|[[2022 K League 1|2022]]||25||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||25||0
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!423||14||38||2||35||1||36||3||532||19
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
|- style="background:beige"
!National team
!Year
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4" align=center valign=center|'''[[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U23]]'''
|2006
|1
|0
|-
|2007
|13
|1
|-
|2008
|5
|0
|-
! Total
! 19
! 1
|-
|rowspan="6" align=center valign=center|'''[[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]'''
|[[2007 South Korea national football team season|2007]]
|8
|0
|-
|[[2008 South Korea national football team season|2008]]
|12
|0
|-
|[[2009 South Korea national football team season|2009]]
|7
|0
|-
|[[2010 South Korea national football team season|2010]]
|4
|0
|-
|[[2011 South Korea national football team season|2011]]
|0
|0
|-
! Total
! 31
! 0
|}
''Statistics correct as of matches played 14 February 2010''<ref>{{NFT player|id=21479|name=Kang, Min-Soo|accessdate=25 January 2011 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!colspan="7"|International appearances and goals
|-
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Goal !! Competition
|-
!colspan="7"|2006
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 14 November || [[Changwon Civic Stadium]], [[Changwon]], South Korea || {{fbu|23|JPN}} || {{center|1–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
!colspan="7"|2007
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 28 February || [[Suwon World Cup Stadium]], [[Suwon]], South Korea || {{fbu|23|YEM}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2|2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers 2]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 14 March || [[Al Nahyan Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]], UAE || {{fbu|23|UAE}} || {{center|3–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2|2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers 2]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 28 March || [[Ansan Wa~ Stadium]], [[Ansan]], South Korea || {{fbu|23|UZB}} || {{center|2–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2|2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers 2]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 18 April || [[Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium]], [[Tashkent]], Uzbekistan || {{fbu|23|UZB}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2|2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers 2]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 16 May || [[Ali Mohsen Stadium]], [[Sana'a]], Yemen || {{fbu|23|YEM}} || {{center|0–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2|2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers 2]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 16 May || [[Daejeon World Cup Stadium]], [[Daejeon]], South Korea || {{fbu|23|UAE}} || {{center|3–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2|2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers 2]]
|-
| 1 || 2 June || [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|NED}} || {{center|0–2}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 2 || 5 July || [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|UZB}} || {{center|2–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 3 || 11 July || [[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], [[Jakarta]], Indonesia || {{fb|KSA}} || {{center|1–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
| 4 || 15 July || [[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], [[Jakarta]], Indonesia || {{fb|BHR}} || {{center|1–2}} || {{center|0}} || [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
| 5 || 18 July || [[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], [[Jakarta]], Indonesia || {{fb|IDN}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
| 6 || 22 July || [[National Stadium, Bukit Jalil|National Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia || {{fb|IRN}} || {{center|0–0 <small>(4–2p)</small>}} || {{center|0}} || [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
| 7 || 25 July || [[National Stadium, Bukit Jalil|National Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia || {{fb|IRQ}} || {{center|0–0 <small>(3–4p)</small>}} || {{center|0}} || [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
| 8 || 28 July || [[Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium]], [[Palembang]], Indonesia || {{fb|JPN}} || {{center|0–0 <small>(6–5p)</small>}} || {{center|0}} || [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 22 August || [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fbu|23|UZB}} || {{center|2–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3|2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers 3]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 3 September || [[Al-Rashid Stadium]], [[Dubai]], UAE || {{fbu|23|QAT}} || {{center|0–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 8 September || [[Bahrain National Stadium]], [[Riffa]], Bahrain || {{fbu|23|BHR}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|1}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3|2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers 3]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 12 September || [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fbu|23|SYR}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3|2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers 3]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 17 October || [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]], Syria || {{fbu|23|SYR}} || {{center|0–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3|2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers 3]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 17 November || [[Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium]], [[Tashkent]], Uzbekistan || {{fbu|23|UZB}} || {{center|0–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3|2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers 3]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 21 November || [[Ansan Wa~ Stadium]], [[Ansan]], South Korea || {{fbu|23|BHR}} || {{center|0–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3|2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers 3]]
|-
!colspan="7"|2008
|-
| 9 || 6 February || [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|TKM}} || {{center|4–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Round 3]]
|-
| 10 || 20 February || [[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center]], Chongqing, China || {{fb|PRK}} || {{center|1–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[2008 East Asian Football Championship]]
|-
| 11 || 23 February || [[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center]], Chongqing, China || {{fb|JPN}} || {{center|1–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[2008 East Asian Football Championship]]
|-
| 12 || 26 March || [[Hongkou Football Stadium]], Shanghai, China || {{fb|PRK}} || {{center|0–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Round 3]]
|-
| 13 || 7 June || [[King Abdullah Stadium]], [[Amman]], Jordan || {{fb|JOR}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Round 3]]
|-
| 14 || 14 June || [[Olympic Stadium (Ashgabat)|Ashgabat Olympic Stadium]], [[Ashgabat]], Turkmenistan || {{fb|TKM}} || {{center|3–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Round 3]]
|-
| 15 || 22 June || [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|PRK}} || {{center|0–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Round 3]]
|- style="background:#8fcfdf;"
|  || 16 July || [[Ansan Wa~ Stadium]], [[Ansan]], South Korea || {{fb|GUA}} || {{center|2–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 27 July || [[Suwon World Cup Stadium]], [[Suwon]], South Korea || {{fbu|23|CIV}} || {{center|2–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 31 July || [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fbu|23|AUS}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 7 August || [[Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium|Olympic Sports Center Stadium]], [[Qinhuangdao]], China || {{fbu|23|CMR}} || {{center|1–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 10 August || [[Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium|Olympic Sports Center Stadium]], [[Qinhuangdao]], China || {{fbu|23|ITA}} || {{center|0–3}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics]]
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|  || 13 August || [[Shanghai Stadium]], Shanghai, China || {{fbu|23|HON}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics]]
|-
| 16 || 5 September || [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|JOR}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 17 || 10 September || [[Hongkou Football Stadium]], Shanghai, China || {{fb|PRK}} || {{center|1–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Round 4]]
|-
| 18 || 11 October || [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|UZB}} || {{center|3–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 19 || 14 November || [[Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium]], [[Doha]], Qatar || {{fb|QAT}} || {{center|1–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 20 || 19 November || [[King Fahd International Stadium]], [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia || {{fb|KSA}} || {{center|2–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Round 4]]
|-
!colspan="7"|2009
|-
| 21 || 1 February || [[Al-Maktoum Stadium]], [[Dubai]], UAE || {{fb|SYR}} || {{center|1–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 22 || 4 February || [[Al-Maktoum Stadium]], [[Dubai]], UAE || {{fb|BHR}} || {{center|2–2}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 23 || 11 February || [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]], Iran || {{fb|IRN}} || {{center|1–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Round 4]]
|-
| 24 || 28 March || [[Suwon World Cup Stadium]], [[Suwon]], South Korea || {{fb|IRQ}} || {{center|2–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 25 || 1 April || [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|PRK}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Round 4]]
|-
| 26 || 12 August || [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]], South Korea|| {{fb|PAR}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 27 || 18 November || [[Craven Cottage]], London, England || {{fb|SRB}} || {{center|0–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
!colspan="7"|2010
|-
| 28 || 9 January || [[Rand Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]], South Africa || {{fb|ZAM}} || {{center|2–4}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 29 || 18 January || Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, [[Málaga]], Spain || {{fb|FIN}} || {{center|2–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 30 || 22 January || Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, [[Málaga]], Spain || {{fb|LAT}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|0}} || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 31 || 14 February || [[Tokyo National Stadium]], Tokyo, Japan || {{fb|JPN}} || {{center|3–1}} || {{center|0}} || [[2010 East Asian Football Championship]]
|}

==Honours==
;[[Ulsan Hyundai FC|Ulsan Hyundai]]
* [[AFC Champions League]] (1): [[2012 AFC Champions League|2012]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{K League player}}
*[http://www.kfa.or.kr/record/playeramatch.asp?Page=1&Query=Gender%3DM%26Name%3D%EA%B0%95%EB%AF%BC%EC%88%98 Kang Min-soo – National Team Stats] at [[Korea Football Association|KFA]] {{in lang|ko}}
*{{FIFA player|278124}}
*{{NFT player|id=21479}}

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