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Kwak Tae-hwi

郭泰輝　/　かく・てひ

Association football player from South Korea

July 8, 1981 (age 44)　・　Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang, South Korea

North Gyeongsang
association football player

My Take

Kwak Tae-hwi is the kind of footballer I find easy to admire. Standing at 189 centimetres, he was a commanding centre-back for the South Korea national team, and the detail that really stays with me is that he was blind in his left eye from childhood yet still reached the international level. That alone reframes how I read his career: every clearance and aerial duel carried a degree of difficulty most defenders never face. A Chung-Ang University product from Chilgok in North Gyeongsang, he strikes me as a player whose grit mattered as much as his physical presence at the back.

Overview

Kwak Tae-hwi (Korean: 곽태휘; [kwak̚.tʰεçy] or [kwak̚.tʰεɦwi]; born 8 July 1981) is a former South Korean football player. He was blind in his left eye since his youth, but became a centre-back of the South Korea national football team.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kwak Tae-hwi
Name (Japanese): 郭泰輝
Reading: かく・てひ
Born: July 8, 1981 (age 44)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Rooster
Origin: Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: 189 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Chung-Ang University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kwak_tae_hwi/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%83%AD%E6%B3%B0%E8%BC%9D

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