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The result was keep‎. I believe this is the first article on a North Korean football player that has come to AFD that the consensus decided to Keep. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:42, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article fails WP:GNG. Redirect 1966 North Korean World Cup squad. Simione001 (talk) 04:07, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep. The starting goalkeeper of the historic 1966 North Korean World Cup team. Source three states that his life story is chronicled in-depth in the book 동방의　첫　축구강국; he is also known to have been featured in the documentary The Game of Their Lives ([1]), which is also highly likely significant coverage. There's also a significant source I located here from NK Chosun, which notes among other things that he later was the head coach of the national team that competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He also frequently seems to be mentioned in articles regarding the team and NK football, e.g. [2] and [3]. We also need to take into consideration how outrageously difficult it is to find coverage on historic North Koreans. We have a decent bit of coverage, know more exists, and know that through his "spectacular saves" (per mentioned Telegraph source) the North Korea team was able to produce one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history. This should be kept. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:32, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep – Per sources presented by @BeanieFan11. Svartner (talk) 16:42, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- Thanks to User:BeanieFan11 for actually conducting a WP:BEFORE search. Subject clearly meets GNG and SPORTCRIT. JTtheOG (talk) 17:13, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 18:18, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per sources above which show notability. GiantSnowman 18:22, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per sources from BeanieFan11 above Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 21:38, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: per BeanieFan11's valuable sources Waqar💬 18:04, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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